In 2008 six women got together to show what a group of women over 50 could accomplish if they banded together. Tracy Grilli, Christie Ciraulo, Jenny Cook, Nancy Steadman-Martin, Lisa Bennett and Karen Einsidler are all top masters swimmers from all over the country: New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia (now Florida) and California. They decided to call
On land, it can be considered rude to outright ask a man his salary. Similarly, it is considered a breach in etiquette to ask a woman her age. But we found the open water creates the ambiance of the Fountain of Youth. Ask a woman her age after a channel swim or almost any open water swim, and age is generally never hidden. In fact, the older she gets,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Records continue to fall this marathon swimming season. Americans Christie Plank Ciraulo, Nancy Steadman-Martin, Tracy Grilli, Karen Einsidler, Lisa Bennett and Jenny Cook set a record in the Pacific Ocean with a 9:19:44 crossing of the Catalina Channel. Their time dropped the existing record for an
