Treasured Towel Of Talent
Treasured Towel Of Talent
Courtesy of Ned Denison, English Channel.International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Michelle Macy was in Dover this weekend. She noticed that Bel Lavers was sitting on a towel with her name on it. She wondered who made the towels.
The ubiquitous Ned Denison answered, “The towel lists all the swimmers who successfully crossed the English Channel and completed a lap around Sandycove Island in Cork, Ireland.”
Swimmers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming are indicted in red font on the towel. Swimmers who have achieved the Oceans Seven are indicated with arrow (^) on the towel. Swimmers who have been honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame are indicated with an apostrophe on the towel.
Ned Denison will speak at the 2019 WOWSA Ocean Fest in Redondo Beach, California on October 4th where he will share his experiences and passions of open water swimming from his unique perspective as chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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