A Tough Tempestuous Traversée, Grande-Anse à Paspébiac Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. The Traversée Grande-Anse à Paspébiac was a briefly run professional marathon swim in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting in the Ville de Paspébiac in Québec, the course stretched 22.5 km between New Brunswick and Grande Anse in eastern Canada across
James Kegley Describes His Journey On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. James Kegley was always friendly, personable and successful on the professional marathon swimming circuit in the 1970's and 1980's for a decade. He could put everyone and anyone at ease including all of those who were in his escort boats and crews on his
James Kegley’s Amazing Aquatic Adventure Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. James Kelgey, an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and a prolific professional marathon swimmer who raced on 5 continents, recalls the days when he visited Egypt for a series of professional races. "Back in 1981 when the Internet
James Kegley's Life And Wife Courtesy of WOWSA, Lac La Tuque, Canada. James Kegley was always friendly and personable on the pro circuit. He could put everyone and anyone at ease including all of those who were in his escort boats and crews on his marathon swims around the world. He is currently a professional photographer in Washington D.C.,
Older generations often tell younger people of the tremendous trials and tribulations of their youth and how much more difficult it was "back then" compared with contemporary times. Younger people tend to brush off the difficulties that older generations faced, believing that their stories and situations are exaggerated. In the case of the 24 Heures La
Where Are They Now? David Alleva Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. David Alleva was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 1992 as an Honor Swimmer. Dr. Alleva’s six-year professional marathon swimming career started in 1988 with a third place at the 42 km (26-mile) Traversée Internationale du Lac
The annual Chris Greene Lake Swim in Virginia was established in 1977 and has served as the U.S. Masters Swimming national 2-mile cable championships on several occasions. Because the cable swim is measured and surveyed annually to precisely 440 yards, the one and two-mile cable distances are the only open water events in which U.S. Masters Swimming
