Venetian eSplash 10.23.2014
40 Mile Swimmers Swim Near Greenland
The 2014 swim season saw 72 swimmers participate in the 40 Mile Swim Challenge, with 39 swimmers achieving or exceeding their 40 mile goal. Those are the people you’ll see around town sporting their attractive blue and white hoodies in this beautiful Fall weather.
Top swimmer this year was Jessica Landisman-Williams, swimming an astounding 191 miles between May and the end of September. Look for her name on the plaque in the entrance kiosk. Coming in second was Jessica Richardson, swimming 147 miles. The rest of the top five:
- Laura Doonan @ 122 miles
- Rick “the Shark” Alembik @ 93 miles (All but 3 laps without the use of swim fins!)
- Janet Fath @ 85 miles
In spite of frequent thunder and rainstorms, Venetian members of the 40 Mile Challenge swam a total of 2404 miles this past summer, just shy of last summer’s 2497. That’s enough to get us just off the coast of Greenland, or to the northern section of Vancouver Island, BC, or just south of Quito, Ecuador, or through the middle of Venezuela, or the middle of the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans….
Other swimmers achieving or exceeding 40 miles this summer:
Juliet Mavromatis Liny Grabbe Ken Nuttall James Coblin
Nancy Anastasiades Libbie Banks Linda Rathje Tony Fiore
Robin Rock Rachel Fiore Joanne Hauserman Georgia Ashbaugh
Sam Brown Terry Kruzan Jimmy Lockhart John Duffield
Kendall Hamilton Elizabeth Lide Aaron McClennan Jim Harvey
Laura Moore Lynn Borsuk Michael Simon Michael Purser
Rob Smulian Maya Hahn Warner McConaughy Nick Cortese
Kreton Mavromatis Missy Douglas Marcia Borowski Rob Pope
Margaret Doonan Pierce
Open House for Laura Quade
Laura, Preston, Patrick (from afar) and I would like to thank everyone for their support during Laura’s recovery. I can’t tell you how much it means to have such caring people in our lives! That being said, we are having an informal drop by for a visit and snack on November 1st from 1-4 p.m. at The Quades, 222 Winnona Dr., Decatur. (From Jean Quade)
Future Events
Monday Nov 10 Board of Directors Meeting 7pm 150 E Ponce DeLeonAve
Submitted by Nick Cortese, communications@venetianpools.org