Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound
Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound
Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions.
Bill Rock Productions documented the 1993 Swim Across the Sound, a charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including David Alleva, Diego Degano, Karen Burton, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Silvia Dalotto, Marian Cassidy, Claudio Plit, Greg Streppel, Chad Hundeby, and Annie Grandisson with organizer Roger Parsons participated in rough water conditions in the 1993 Swim Across The Sound in Connecticut.
Hundeby won in 5 hours 56 minutes followed by Streppel and Taylor-Smith.
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