Kingston Woman Swims Lake Ontario and Breaks Two Records
Darren McEwen
Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:34 AM
Marathon swimmer Vicki Keith is catching up on some much-needed rest as she, once again, enters the record books.
The Kingston woman completed her swim across Lake Ontario late Wednesday night.
Kieth swam 77 kilometres butterfly, breaking her old record but fell just short of a plan to swim 80 kilometres.
The 44-year-old woman also set a record for spending the longest amount of time swimming in open water. Keith, who didn't plan to set the record, was in the lake for 64 hours. She made the gruelling trek to support a local charity.
Keith became the first and only person to complete a double-crossing of the Great Lake 19 years ago.
From www.cfra.com/.../index.asp
Isn't it crazy? How does one do fly for 64 hours straight?
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She wore a wet suit???? Not a true swim.
Now this is a true swimmer.
From 1956 onwards, Abouheif’s triumphs were both impressive and recurrent. He won the Michigan Race (60 km) which entailed 36 hours swimming, pocketing $15,000, a fortune at that time. The list goes on. Abouheif was five times winner of the St. John Lake race in NorthWest Quebec, in icy water. He then won the "Montreal", a relay race which he won alone for about 28 hours because his partner fell ill ( I was in this race). He won the Capri - Naples four or five times and the Rio de la Plata in which he took part at his own cost because of some obscure intrigue in the Federation. This race was the longest of his career (250 km) from Rosario to Buenos Aires - 60 hours of swimming. He says that it would be too tedious to list all the races he won or countries he visited.
She wore a wet suit???? Not a true swim.
Now this is a true swimmer.
From 1956 onwards, Abouheif’s triumphs were both impressive and recurrent. He won the Michigan Race (60 km) which entailed 36 hours swimming, pocketing $15,000, a fortune at that time. The list goes on. Abouheif was five times winner of the St. John Lake race in NorthWest Quebec, in icy water. He then won the "Montreal", a relay race which he won alone for about 28 hours because his partner fell ill ( I was in this race). He won the Capri - Naples four or five times and the Rio de la Plata in which he took part at his own cost because of some obscure intrigue in the Federation. This race was the longest of his career (250 km) from Rosario to Buenos Aires - 60 hours of swimming. He says that it would be too tedious to list all the races he won or countries he visited.
