Congratulations to Voni Oreman age 41 for swimming the English Channel!!! 10 hours and 59 minutes! Voni also placed 4th in the USA swimming 10K Championship in Newport Beach, CA with a time 2:31:39. www.usa-swimming.org/fast_ti...lts&eventid=508
Voni is a University of Denver Masters Swimmer and a Age Group Swim Coach for the Greenwood Athletic Club in Colorado.:cool:
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The first crossing of the Channel, by Matthew Webb in 1875, was done using the breaststroke. Indeed, the breaststoke was the predominant stroke in England through much of the 19th century. But other than Webb, no one else swam the Channel until the 1900's (1911, if memory serves me) and by then the crawl was the standard. I believe that there is still the occasional person who tries it using breaststoke (and butterfly!).
There are currently two groups sanctioning Channel swims:
www.channelswimmingassociation.com (The original group) and www.channelswimming.net (The breakaway group) You can poke through their sites for more info. Also, A Google search will net you some interesting links.
In open water races in England they still often have a breaststroke division. See www.bldsa.org.uk (British Long Distance Swimming Association)
-LBJ
The first crossing of the Channel, by Matthew Webb in 1875, was done using the breaststroke. Indeed, the breaststoke was the predominant stroke in England through much of the 19th century. But other than Webb, no one else swam the Channel until the 1900's (1911, if memory serves me) and by then the crawl was the standard. I believe that there is still the occasional person who tries it using breaststoke (and butterfly!).
There are currently two groups sanctioning Channel swims:
www.channelswimmingassociation.com (The original group) and www.channelswimming.net (The breakaway group) You can poke through their sites for more info. Also, A Google search will net you some interesting links.
In open water races in England they still often have a breaststroke division. See www.bldsa.org.uk (British Long Distance Swimming Association)
-LBJ
