Team America - consisting of Floridian Joey Pedraza and Californian Lexie Kelly - arrived in Salvador, Brazil today and will face the powerful Team Brazil, led by Olympians Allan do Carmo and Ana Marcela Cunha, at the 50th annual Travessia Powerade Mar Grande-Salvador. The 15 km Travessia Mar Grande Salvador in Brazil will enjoy its 50th edition on January
The 15 km Travessia Mar Grande Salvador in Brazil will enjoy its 50th anniversary on January 13th. World champion Ana Marcela Cunha is the overwhelming pre-race favorite for the women's title this year. Last year, she won the overall title, but this year, 3 world-class marathon swimmers will push the pace in the coastal swim. Brazilian's Luis Rogerio
The big guns showed up on the other side of the world. 2-time Olympic medalist Thomas Lurz was there. World champion Sypridon Gianniotis showed up. And Olympic marathon swimmers like Allan Do Carmo, Evgeny Drattsev and Igor Chervynskiy were pumped up and ready to go. The world's elite was ready to race. And so were newcomers like Joey Pedraza from
The life and times of Joey Pedraza is international to say the least. Lexie Kelly of Open Water Source interviewed the Cuba-born American marathon swimmer who is representing his adopted country for the first time at a FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup competition in Hong Kong. Kelly: On the eve of your first FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup event, are
After the 2012 London Olympic Games, each country's coaches and administrators take stock of the results and then plan again for the next Olympic quadrennial. While Tunisia (Ous Mellouli, gold), Germany (Thomas Lurz, silver), Canada (Richard Weinberger, bronze), Hungary (Eva Risztov, gold), USA (Haley Anderson, silver), and Italy (Martina Grimaldi,
They flew in the dark of night. Quietly they gathered on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Fully intent on winning the annual Trans Tahoe Relay, Joey Pedraza, Ridge Grimsey, Trent Grimsey, Codie Grimsey, anchor leg and team captain Peter Thiel and Alexander Studzinski kept their participation strictly confidential for they knew their competition was tough. But
University of Florida Gator swimmer Joey Pedraza took a different route from Cuba to Florida than the more celebrated marathon swimmers of the modern era, Penny Palfrey and Diana Nyad. Pedraza was recently named to the 2012-2013 USA Open Water National Team - an honor for sure, but an unusual one for a swimmer born and raised in Cuba. Pedraza moved to
BJ Bedford earned an Olympic gold...so did Gary Hall Jr....as did Ian Crocker...and Scott Goldblatt...and Gary Hall Sr....and Kaitlan Sandeno... They all will be at the 20th annual Flowers Sea Swim. As Crocker says, "This is the only open water swim that I do. It is wonderful event." Over 25% of the 860 entrants are flying in to the Cayman Islands from a
Andrew Gemmell has a kick. A tremendous kick. His kick propelled him from the rear of the pack to a silver medal finish in the 10 km at the 2009 World Swimming Championships. He swims straight. He swims streamlined. And he swims smart. Those attributes enabled him to fly past leading Arthur Frayler on the final straightaway of the USA Swimming Open
Harvard University's Alex Meyer and Michigan's Sean Ryan went 1-2 in the 2011 USA Swimming National 10K Open Water Swimming Championships in the rough water conditions of Fort Lauderdale. Fighting currents, waves and whitecaps the entire distance, Alex and Sean put on the all-important push at the very end. They will represent the USA at the 2011 World
