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The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Forrest's Day Out In The ...
By Steven Munatones
NBC Olympics Commentator for the 2008 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. Created the Open Water Swimming Dictionary & World's Top 100 Open Water Swims. Prepared materials used by NBC, USA Swimming, Beijing Olympic Committee, Wall Street Journal ...

Mead Completes the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
WKU Athletics
Mead swam the 21-mile English Channel in July of 2008 and the 28.5-mile Manhattan Island Marathon swim in July of 2004, accounting for the other two events ...

Simon at home in water
Janesville Gazette
Simon established her mettle in the Tampa Bay marathon, her first marathon swim in April 2008. Just 18 years old and among savvy distance swimmers twice her ...

Monterey: Ocean film fest to open with marathon swim effort
Los Angeles Times
Yes, that's roughly a 12-hour swim, if weather and wildlife cooperate. Luckily for him, the jellyfish population is expected to be thinner this year, ...

Diana Nyad: Inspiring Figure for LGBT Issues and Sports
Opposing Views
Diana Nyad, a world class distance swimmer; media commentator; motivational speaker; fitness guru and one of the Out 100 of 2009 named by Out Magazine, ...