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Gus Sundstrom (October 28, 1858-September 9, 1936) was the first swim instructor and swim coach at Manhattan's New York Athletic Club (NYAC), and served for fifty years, from 1885-1935, mentoring several world record holders and Olympians. He was equally adept coaching water polo at NYAC, and led his teams to national titles, and a 1904 St ...
Diana Nyad / ˈ n aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. [2] Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time.
Nyad became a world-renowned swimmer in the 1970s, and made headlines in 1975 at age 25 for setting a world record by swimming around the island of Manhattan in less than eight hours — beating ...
Earlier, Corson had completed the swim around Manhattan Island, a distance of 42 miles, and had also completed the swim from Albany, New York, to New York City, swimming the distance in a total of 5 days, 3 hours and 11.5 minutes. The straight-line distance between the two points is 143 miles, but Corson swam an extra 10 miles due to various ...
New Netflix film tells the incredible story of Diana Nyad’s quest to swim 110 miles over open water without the use of a shark cage
These 16 swimming holes near NYC are just a hop, skip and a cannonball jump away. Don’t forget your swimsuit. The 15 Best Staycations NYC Has to Offer. 1. Canopus Lake (Carmel, NY)
Charles "Charlie the Tuna" Chapman (born 1954) is an American distance swimmer specializing in the butterfly stroke, who in 1981 became the first Black swimmer to successfully cross the English channel, and in 1988 set a record for swimming twice around New York's Manhattan Harbor, a 28.5 mile marathon. In 1997, he became the first person to ...
Some Queens residents will be getting their first-ever public pool — which locals consider a much-needed refuge from the summer heat — as part of a $46.1 million state investment to expand ...