Courtesy of Karen Einsidler, Mighty Mermaids. The Mighty Mermaids is made up of six women who are all competitive masters swimmers. "We got together to do marathon swims when we were all over 50 [years old]," explains 61-year-old Karen Einsidler. "We do one swim a year and are very selective about the swims we choose. Our inaugural swim together was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Not even a morning full of drought-dampening rain or heavy-duty Texas thunderstorms could put a damper on the 11th Annual Lake Travis Relay. With a delayed start and slightly adjusted course swimmers rallied for a day of swimming challenge and fun. AquaTex Wonder Women won the race in 3 hours 19 minutes
Courtesy of Don Watson from Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. "It was a strange weekend in Austin, Texas. On Thursday and Friday, the day before the 12-mile Lake Travis Relay, the air temperature was about 98ºF (36ºC). On race day Saturday, the day started with a heavy rain with thunder and lightening as the air temperature dropped to 54ºF (12ºC) degrees.
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
Kūlia i ka nu‘u is a Hawaiian-language term that literally means "strive to reach the summit". It is a traditional Hawaiian value of accomplishment and achievement. According to Managing With Aloha, people with this value continually pursue improvement and personal excellence. For these individuals, the most satisfying competition is with themselves.
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,
Jamie Patrick of the Lake Tahoe Swimming Society certified three successful crossings of Lake Tahoe last weekend: On July 27th, North Channel conqueror Craig Lenning of Denver, Colorado swam in the north to south direction in 11 hours 0 minutes 26 seconds. The following day, Morgan Christian of San Diego, California swam in the south to north direction in
The Aquaboomers, a relay team made up of primarily SCAQ swimmers, broke the existing record for a Catalina Channel relay in the men's 50-59 year age-group yesterday.Starting before midnight, the team of Dan Leonard (Captain), Tracy Edwards, Brad Magit, Bill Ireland, Bruce Thomas and Steve Lowe crossed in 8 hours 8 minutes. Fellow SCAQ member Alicia Bartley
With the Mighty Mermaids re-writing the record book with their 9 hour and 14 minutes crossing yesterday, we were curious about the overall Catalina Channel records over its 84-year-old history:MC = California mainland to Catalina IslandCM = Catalina Island to California mainlandListed in order of speed:Mixed 3 male & 3 female by USA Swimming National Team in
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
