URBANSWIM Completes Another Successful Year
URBANSWIMS organizes the Rose Pitonof Swim, Liberty to Freedom Swim, PRIDE Swim Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge Swim, and the Statue of Liberty Swim in the waters around Manhattan Island in New York City.
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Stitched Up, Spencer Schneider Swims For A Loop
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Two days before the 2015 Rose Pitonof Swim from Manhattan Island to Coney Island, Spencer Schneider fell off his Vespa and received 11 stitches to close his wounds. Without his doctor's permission, Schneider had to pull out of the Rose Pitonof Swim, but he immediately began to plan a swim to replace the
A Rose Blooms From Island To Island
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rose Pitonof Swim, a tidal-assisted 17-mile (27.3 km) swim from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York, will be held on August 13th. "This annual event commemorates the historic swim of Rose Pitonof, a world champion swimmer of the early 1900s," explains race founder Deanne Draeger. "Rose was the
17-Year-Old To Do 17…Again
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rose Pitonof Swim, a 17-mile swim from Manhattan to Coney Island in New York, is entering its fifth year. The event is named after Rose Pitonof who was the first person ever to successfully complete this swim at the young age of 17. In 1911, Rose swam from East 26th Street to Steeplechase Pier, in the
In Memory Of Legacies In The Open Water
Memorial swims are swimming events or races that serve as a focus for memory of something or someone, usually someone who is deceased. Memorial swims
include events that celebrate the legacy of a race founder, commemorate a spectacular achievement, call attention to a local individual or young person who died tragically in the water, or raise
A Rose Starts To Bloom In The City
A Rose Starts To Bloom In The City Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Deanne Draeger started the Rose Pitonof Swim in New York City in 2011. The open water swimming seeds she planted with the centennial of Rose’s swim in 1911 are on schedule to blossom big-time with her new Urban Swim in the summer of 2012. Deanne and Swim Ambassador Jason
Everything Comes Up Roses, 100 Years Apart
Everything Comes Up Roses, 100 Years Apart Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Rose Pitonof Swim was a 17-mile swim, founded by Deanne Draeger, from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York, U.S.A. The race is a replication of the first swim of this distance and course, completed by Rose Pitonof, a 17-year-old swimmer who swam the
