Tag: Jon Erikson

Ted Erikson, You Can Call On Him

Ted Erikson, You Can Call On Him Courtesy of a hacker. Ted Erikson completed several monumental open water swims in his career including a 30 hour 3 minute two-way crossing of the English Channel. It was his third attempt to set an English Channel double-crossing record. His record stood for 10 years until, remarkably, it was broken by his son, Jon

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Watching Over Many, Impacting All

Watching Over Many, Impacting All Courtesy of Kevin Murphy. One of the greatest coaches of endurance swimmers, Tom Watch [with glasses on left] died at the age of 93. Watch, a 1986 Honour Coach in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was from Weymouth and had been ill for some time. Kevin Murphy recalls, "Tom was on the escort boat as

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