Tampa Bay Marathon Swim 2015

evmo

The 18th Tampa Bay Marathon Swim is this Saturday, April 25. The following solo swimmers will attempt to cover 24 miles up the length of Tampa Bay:

• Katie Scott, 24F, Haymarket, VA, USA
• Serbo Simeoni, 49M, Safety Harbor, FL, USA
• Emma Schaefer, 26F, West Bloomfield, MI, USA
• Andrew Truscott, 34M, St. Helier, Baliwick of Jersey
• Steve Gruenwald, 53M, Faribault, MN, USA
• Maureen Montgomery, 54F, Clearwater, FL, USA
• Neil Leyland, 41M, St. Charles, MO, USA
• Katrin Walter, 37F, Buttikon, Switzerland
• Katie Benoit, 36F, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
• Lesley Fanning, 47F, Mt. Pleasant, SC, USA
• Andrew Heinrich, 43M, Orlando, FL, USA
• Willy Blumentals, 42M, Concord, MA, USA

Follow along at distancematters.com and twitter.com/DistanceMatters.

RonCollins

The Eighteenth Annual 24 Mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim will be on April 25th, 2015. Entry information is available at DistanceMatters.com. We are able to accept up to 24 solo and relay entries. In addition to race day swimming, we are now able to offer solo swims of Tampa Bay from March 1st to May 31. Email us for more information, or to indicate your interest in training, or entering as a swimmer, or to receive more information about becoming an event volunteer.

Open water coaching, training and qualifying are offered year-round in Florida. In the Tampa Bay area during January and February, we have water temperatures that hover around 60F/16C. Call or email us for more information about scheduling with The Distance Matters Open Water Boot Camp for training, cold water acclimation, and qualifying for marathon swims.
For more information, contact:

Ron Collins | DistanceMatters.com
The Tampa Bay Marathon Swim
The Distance Matters Open Water Boot Camp

tortuga

I can't seem to find the entry form on your website

RonCollins

As of 11/23/14, here are the confirmed entries for the 2015 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim:
Katrin Walter, 37F, Buttikon, Switzerland
Neil Leyland, 41M, St. Charles, MO, USA
Katie Benoit, 36F, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Andrew Truscott, 34M, St. Helier, Jersey
Emma Schaefer, 26F, West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Steve Gruenwald, 53M, Faribault, MN
Katie Scott, 24F, Haymarket, VA, USA

swimmer25k

Best of luck to those swimming. Remember to keep your nose into the wind once you see Gandy Bridge. Have fun.

HollyT

Now that's a swim! Best wishes to all!

evmo

Solo results from yesterday:

1. Emma Schaefer, 26F, West Bloomfield, MI, USA - 10:32
2. Serbo Simeoni, 49M, Safety Harbor, FL, USA - 11:10
3. Katie Scott, 24F, Haymarket, VA, USA - 11:19
4. Katrin Walter, 37F, Buttikon, Switzerland - 11:53
5. Maureen Montgomery, 54F, Clearwater, FL, USA - 11:55
6. Neil Leyland, 41M, St. Charles, MO, USA - 11:58
7. Steve Gruenwald, 53M, Faribault, MN, USA - 12:53
8. Katie Benoit, 36F, Colorado Springs, CO, USA - 12:02
9. Andrew Truscott, 34M, St. Helier, Baliwick of Jersey - 13:11
10. Lesley Fanning, 47F, Mt. Pleasant, SC, USA - 13:50
11. Andrew Heinrich, 43M, Orlando, FL, USA - 18:09

More at DistanceMatters.com

gregorywannabe

I've recently returned from 4 weeks in the Greek Islands (hard I know! ), the first week of which was on a SwimTrek holiday (SwimTrek Greek Cyclades).

I'm guessing some members here have been on SwimTrek tours before?

The winner of the 2015 Tampa Bay Marathon, Emma Schaefer, was one of our guides. The other was Sian Williams, a Welsh girl who has swam the English Channel. So we were in pretty good hands.

Emma was only just back swimming after this marathon swim, due to a blood clot in her arm, which involved multiple surgeries, including removing a rib. It would seem this started before her swim, and her arm blew up a week after. See her blog here: Emma's blog Pretty amazing.

Emma and Sian were great, and what a fantastic week we had.

Some photos of the girls lubing us up. Best part of the swim!

gw