World Records Across The Cayman Brac Channel
Cayman Channels are the new it place in the open water world. 12 swimmers swam together from Cayman Brac to Little Cayman this past week.“It was wonderful. The conditions were perfect,” said coordinator Kate Alexander of the 5-mile inter-island channel swim. “We all made it safely and it was a straight shot across the channel. We split up into groups, each swimmer with safety boats escorting them and some swimmers with the new Swim Safety Devices around their waists as an extra means of safety.”
The group, which were guided by the Cayman Islands finest mariners and experienced seafarers, included His Excellency The Governor Duncan Taylor who is the fastest and most accomplished open water swimming head of state in the world.
Finishers included Alex Harling (38, UK, 2:59:01), Kerri Kanuga (41, Canada, 2:59:05), Andrea Roach (37, Canada, 3:04), Lizzy Berns (34, UK, 3:10), Kristina Horacek (29, USA, 3:10), Anne Jackson (50, Cayman, 3:18), Matthew McKinley (21, Cayman, 3:18), Felix Ebanks (20, Cayman, 3:20), Barb Pedersen (59, Zimbabwe, 3:22 with fins), Kate Alexander (53, USA, 3:25), Cordell Gutierrez (19, Cayman, 3:30 with fins) and Duncan Taylor (52, UK, 2:59:00).World open water swimming records were set for the oldest finishers and largest group crossing.
Second photo above shows Kerri Kanuga (41) of Canada with a Swim Safety Devices.
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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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