Courtesy of Global News. Jenna Lambert's crossing of Lake Ontario was unique for several reasons: *she was 14 when she completed her 32 hour 18 minute crossing in 2006 *she has cerebral palsy *she raised $210,000 in Jenna's Kid 4 Kids Marathon to support of the Kingston Family YMCA's Y Penguins and its new pool She had planned to swim for up to 24 hours
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 13-year-old Abi Tripp, 17-year-old Nick Streicher, 17-year-old Michelle Sempowski, 17-year-old Natasha Dobson, 18-year-old Harley Bolton, 21-year-old Natalie Lambert, 23-year-old Jenna Lambert, and 53-year-old Vicki Keith have anxiously awaited the day when they could set off on their relay attempt to swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 13-year-old Abi Tripp, 17-year-old Nick Streicher, 17-year-old Michelle Sempowski, 17-year-old Natasha Dobson, 18-year-old Harley Bolton, 21-year-old Natalie Lambert, 23-year-old Jenna Lambert, and 53-year-old Vicki Keith were disappointed once before when their planned 305 km west-to-east lengthwise
In the heyday of the Canadian National Exhibitions, professional marathon races swimming in looping circuits in Lake Ontario attracted the world's best swimmers. Then Marilyn Bell swam across the lake, one of the largest in the world and the imagination of marathon swimmers was ignited. Crossing Lake Ontario was added to the bucket list of many. In 1970,
