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Mighty Mac Swimmers Give Back To The Mackinac Straits Community
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Steven Munatones 08/07/2020 No Comment

Mighty Mac Swimmers Give Back To The Mackinac Straits Community Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, St. Ignace, Michigan. Like tens of thousands of swims around the world, the Mighty Mac Swim race course will be empty this summer. Swimmers who were to participate in the cancelled Mighty Mac Swim have donated their entry fee refunds to raise over US$6,000 for pandemic

Chris Thompson, Kaelan Oldani to Defend Mighty Mac Swim Titles
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Steven Munatones 11/17/2019 No Comment

Chris Thompson, Kaelan Oldani to Defend Mighty Mac Swim Titles Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim, St. Ignace, Michigan. Jim Dreyer, Executive Director of the Mighty Mac Swim, announced that defending champions Chris Thompson and Kaelan Oldani will return to defend their titles in the annual Mighty Mac Swim in Michigan. The race is locally

2017 Mighty Mac Swim Set For Registration
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Steven Munatones 11/14/2016 No Comment

Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim in the Straits of Mackinac between two Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Changes abound for the 2017 Mighty Mac Swim, a charity swim that gave US$20,000 first prize awards in its 2016 edition to both Chris Thompson and Amanda Stevens [see results below]. Pre-qualification and registration opens today at

Mighty Mac Swim Awards US$40,000 on Labor Day
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Steven Munatones 09/03/2016 No Comment

Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim, Michigan. This Labor Day’s Mighty Mac Swim on September 5th will award US$20,000 to both the male and female winners at its annual swim race across the often turbulent Straits of Mackinac. The swim, now designated as the Michigan Open Water Championship, is a 4.34-statute mile swim across the straits that connect

Michigan’s Mighty Mac Across The Mackinac
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Steven Munatones 09/02/2015 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is leading up to 65,000 walkers across the Mackinac Bridge on the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk on September 7th, those walkers will also be able to see 84 swimmers below them in the inaugural Mighty Mac Swim across the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. The athletes will

Superhuman And Not…Swim the Straits of Mackinac Returns
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Steven Munatones 08/30/2014 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In towns around the world, people walk for exercise and enjoyment. In some towns, walking with a mass group of individuals is a sign of community involvement. From St. Ignace to Mackinaw City in Michigan, walking across the Mackinac Bridge has become a treasured Labor Day tradition. Upwards to 65,000

The Success Of Team Dire Straits
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Steven Munatones 04/19/2014 No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In September 2007 across the Straits of Mackinac, 50 swimmers celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas with another 50,000+ thousand colleagues. The 50 members of Team Dire Straits raised over US$58,000 for Mentor Michigan in a charity swim