Results
Congratulations to Jessica Stokes, Alana Aubin, and Katharine Dunn who took the top three spots overall at this year's Charles River Swim. They are pictured here with Race Director Kate Radville. Way to go ladies!
Maura Twomey Swims the English Channel
Congratulations to Maura Twomey! Maura completed her first one-way crossing of the English Channel (Dover, England to Cran d'Escalles, France) in 16 hours 23 minutes on Friday July 10th! Not only was this a fantastic personal accomplishment, but Maura also used this as an opportunity to raise funds for Build4life, a charity focused on developing life saving inpatient and outpatient cystic fibrosis facilities in hospitals across Ireland.
Thanks to Maura's crew member, fellow CMSCer Jen Downing, for this great photo of the crossing!
NE LMSC Swimmers Compete at US Winter Swimming Championships
NE-LMSC swimmers Helen Lin, Elaine Howley, Paula Yankauskas and Rich Born recently competed in the Inaugural U.S. Winter Swimming Championships. Swimming in a "pool" carved into the frozen Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont, competitors raced in the 25 breaststroke and the 25, 50 and 100-meter freestyle. Way to go ice swimmers!!
CMSC's "Miles for Marly" Raises $2,000!
Cambridge Masters Swim Club hosted its 4th annual 100x100s "Miles for Marly" on January 4th. Miles for Marly rasies money for the Marly Pineda Scholarship Fund at Smith College in honor and memory of our friend and coach Marly Pineda.
This year's event attracted 108 swimmers and raised $2,000 for a cause close to our hearts. Many thanks to CMSC Head Coach Abe Rogers for coordinating this event, Rick Osterberg for setting up the scoreboard counting system and all of the volunteers.
Until next year!
NELMSC Celebrates Four Newly Frozen "Ice Milers"!
On December 14th, four NE-LMSC swimmers - NEM President Helen Lin, Kellie Joyce, Rena Demeo and Paula Yankauskas - became official Ice Milers when they completed one mile of outdoor open water swimming wearing only a swimsuit, cap and goggles in water under 41 degrees. Swimmers were not allowed to touch any other person or escort kayak and could not stand until the swim was complete.
The MA Open Water Association organized the event at the L Street Bath house in S. Boston, supplying EMTs and escorts for the four ladies. Helen, Kellie, Rena and Paula swam eight lengths of the beach between two fences, equaling about 1,800 meters. The water that day was 40 degrees; the air, 41 degrees.
Congratulations to all four ladies for doing something few of us can imagine, but all of us respect and celebrate!
Another Fantastic NE SCM Championships at BU!
Results
Congrats to everyone who swam at this weekend’s New England SCM Championships hosted at the Boston University pool. As usual, there was a large turnout of swimmers from all across New England.
Cambridge Masters Swim Club took top honors with 4,299 points; Great Bay Masters was second with 3,105 and Worcester Area Masters was third with 2,651.
David Russel of CMSC took home swimmer of the meet honors.
The weekend saw numerous New England records fall, and three Masters Age Group World Records!
Men 25-29 100-meter back set by David Russell from CMSC (53.88).
Women 100-119 400-meter free relay set by NEM-BUMS (4:04.38)
Men 50-54 50-meter back set by Frit Bedford of the UV Rays. Frit lowered his own world record from 2013 to 27.28.
Thanks to all of the volunteers who worked so hard to plan and run another spectacular meet! Special shout-outs to the BU Fit Rec Center staff; Doug Sayles, NEM Registrar; the officials, led by Bob and Priscilla; Simmons Swim & Crew for the back-up timing; Joe Fraier from Swimwear in Motion; Bart, Jacqui and other Great Bay Masters volunteers for running the concessions and finally the NE-LMSC and NEM for the support.
Happy Holidays to all!