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Meet the Community of Open Water Swimmers


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Hundreds of millions of people around the world regularly swim, bike, run, hike or exercise, either alone or together in groups.

While swimming in a pool is a great form of exercise, swimming in the open water can present unique challenges that prevent many from venturing beyond the surf or too far from the shoreline.  Cold water, rough water, surf, currents, tides, deep water and marine life are all obstacles that open water swimmers know all too well.

But those that do take up the challenge share a strong common bond.  Put any open water swimmers together on an airplane sitting next to one another and they will form an amicable friendship and develop a healthy mutual respect.

They will share non-stop stories that generates smiles, nods and laughter.  They will discuss their nervousness before a race and their sense of accomplishment after.  They will compare swims of different water temperatures, distances and conditions.  They will talk about feeling too cold and feeling too warm. 

They can quickly understand leaking goggles, boat fumes and sore muscles.  They know the feeling of a sting of a jellyfish and the sting of cold water.  They can appreciate the feeling of swimming fast or against the currents.  They know what it is like to swim well in calm waters and the opposite sensation of being disoriented in the open water.  They completely understand and appreciate what their newly found friend is saying without being told all the details.

Like marathon runners, deep-sea divers, mountain climbers and triathletes, open water swimmers can colorfully imagine and immediately grasp the experiences and feelings of a fellow athlete.  Their common ties generate camaraderie and their bonds magnify a heartfelt sense of accomplishment - because they are both now a part of a greater community.

Whether you jump in the ocean and swim past the surf or you swim across a lake, this sense of open water adventure crosses all cultures, ages, backgrounds and abilities. The challenge – and new friendships made – help make your efforts worthwhile. 

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Shelley Taylor-Smith
Shelley Taylor-Smith
 
7-time World Marathon Champion

Shelley Taylor-Smith's
first major achievement was breaking the world four-mile record in 1983.  Then, she won the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim five times, first breaking the world record in 1995 and setting the current world record in 5 hours, 45 minutes and 25 seconds. She also won the Australian Championships three times, and 7 consecutive world professional marathon swimming championships. [More...]

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Alex Meyer
Alex Meyer
 
2010 World 25K Champion
Alex Meyer from Harvard University faced massive disappointment when he was disqualified at the last turn at the 2009 world championships.  Coming into the last turn at the 2010 world championships in Canada, Alex made sure to avoid d�j� vu as he went stroke-for-stroke with the 2-time world champion Valerio Cleri.  In a race for the ages that came down to two men giving it their all, Alex zigzagged his way to [More...]

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Christine Jennings
Christine Jennings
 
World Cup Gold Medalist & Top Pro
Christine Jennings who has burst upon the highest echelon of the elite open water swimming world, won the extremely competitive RCP Tiburon Mile in a close race over Olympians Melissa Gorman and Chloe Sutton.The 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships culminated in an entertaining race - 10,000 meters of shoulder-to-shoulder swimming in the women's marathon in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. Simply put, Christine Jennings is on her way to [More...]

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Emily Brunemann and Chip Peterson
Emily Brunemann and Chip Peterson
 
World 10K Champion
Chip Peterson:  At the 2005 World Championships, Chip won gold in the 10K event and a silver medal behind Germany's Thomas Lurz in the 5K event. Chip was jointly awarded the inaugural Open Water Swimmer of the Year  [More...]

Emily Brunemann: at Michigan... NCAA Champion in 1,650-yard Freestyle (2008) ... two-time USA Swimming National Team member who trains daily with Chip, both training hard with dreams of Olympic glory [More...]

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Penny Palfrey
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Fearless Adventurer
Penny Palfrey is one of swimming�s greatest aquatic adventurers. She has done numerous unprecedented swims in cold water as well as warm water, starting down two Great White Sharks along the way.  Prepare to be enthralled by her descriptions of her incredibly dangerous swims when she faced humungous ocean swells in Hawaii and sharks in the Pacific as well as her races around Manhattan Island.  Learn about how she trains and overcomes obstacles [More...]

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Trent Grimsey
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World Silver Medalist & Top Pro
Trent Grimsey
is currently Australia's highest ranked male open water swimmer on the FINA pro circuit. Since making the switch from pool to the open water in 2008 after just missing out on Australia's 2008 Olympic Team in the 1500 freestyle, "Trento" has shown he can mix it with the best in the world, from 5K to 25K.

In his relatively short open water career there is not much Trent hasn't achieved. [More...]

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