In Search of Memphre 2016

Fil

In Search of Memphre will continue on September 10, 2016 on Lake Memphremagog. It is a 25 mile international freshwater swim between Newport, Vermont and Magog, Quebec. It is hosted by Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association and Kingdom Games. On line applications are now being received at the In Search of Memphre page on the Kingdom Games website.

A YouTube video of photographs from the previous five years can be found at: Memphre Video

The swim is capped at 10 swimmers in 2015. Four slots have been filled for 2016, leaving room for 6 more.

For more information check out our website or contact Fil at phw1948@gmail.com

During the first five years 18 Swimmer Scouts have completed this swim, while 11 have started but did not finish. Below is a list of the finishers and their times.

In Search of Memphre

Finishers

September 10, 2011

1) Elizabeth Fry, 52, of Westport, CT – 13 hours and 25 minutes

2) Charlotte Brynn, 45, of Stowe, VT – 14 hours and 40 minutes

3) Gregory O’Connor, 42, of Natick, MA – 17 hours and 23 minutes

4) Elaine Kornbau Howley, 33, of Waltham, MA – 17 hours and 58 minutes

September 8, 2012

1) David Dammerman, 44 of Saratoga Springs, NY, 11 hours and 27 minutes

2) Bill Shipp, 42, of Mitchellville, MD, 12 hours and 38 minutes

3) Lori Carena, 58 of Brooklyn, NY, 15 hours and one minute

4) Jennifer Dutton, 43 of Wayland, MA, 15 hours and 6 minutes

5) David Barra, 47 of High Falls, NY, 15 hours and 15 minutes

6) Aurora Gore, 29 of Libertyville, IL, 15 hours and 46 minutes

September 7, 2013

1) Sarah S. Thomas, 29, of Conifer, CO – Double Cross: 30 hours and 1 minute

• 15 hours and 9 minutes, Magog to Newport; 6 minutes in Newport
• 14 hours and 46 minutes, Newport to Magog

2) Bethany Bosch, 29, of Wallingford, VT – 17 hours and 11 minutes

**September 7, 2014
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1) Graclyn Van Der Byl, 36, of Solana Beach, California - 11 hours and 33 minutes.

2) David Uprichard, 48, of New York, NY - 15 hours and 59 minutes

3) Paula Yankauskas, 60, of Hyde Park, VT - 17 hours and 59 minutes

**June 24, 2015
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1) Craig Lenning, Denver, CO – 15 hours and 5 minutes

September, 5, 2015

1) Katie Benoit. 36, Colorado Springs, CO 15 hours and 25 minutes

2) Amanda Hunt, 46, Naperville, IL, 17 hours and 8 minutes

Fil

The Roster this year as of mid April has grown to seven Swimmer Scouts with room for three more, We are especially looking for international participants in this international swim to promote a more open border with our Canadian friends. Here's the current Roster:

1 Shannon Keegan Talent OR
2 Nathaniel Dean Arlington MA
3 Laura Collette Gloucester MA
4 Devon Clifford New Rochelle NY
5 Mark Smitherman Clearwater FL
6 Kate Howell Healdsburg CA
7 Emily Evans Flagstaff AZ

KarenT

I'd love to do this - maybe next year.....

swimmer25k

I was there as a coach/trainer in 1997 and 1998 for Bambi Bowman. It's an awesome race. Too bad the pro full-length marathon is gone. (Too much of a hassle for many of the foreign swimmers to get US visas.)