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Spirit Orcas
Spirit Orcas is a group of Special Olympics swimmers who are coached by Susan Simmons. They form relay teams that do marathon swims. They plan crossings of the Georgia Strait in 2020 and the English Channel in 2022.
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Gunboat Channel Swim[edit]
The 34 km Gunboat Channel Swim was held in the Great Bear Rainforest in July 2019 with Ben Van Lierop, Dixon McGowan, Drew Sabourin, Cheyenne Furlong Goos, Maria Sharock, Aly White, and coach Susan Simmons.
The Great Big Swim[edit]
The Great Big Swim is an 8-week 80 km stage swim from Brentwood Bay to Esquimalt Lagoon in Canada to raise funds for COVID Relief in July - August 2020 with Cheyenne Furlong Goos (nicknames Chey or Cheybee), Meliah Motchman (nickname Madame Butterfly), Maria Sharock (nickname Pizza), Aly White (nickname Flipper), Dixon McGowan (nickname Dixonator), Drew Sabourin (Drewsie), Ben Vanlierop (nickname Benny), Lidia White (nickname Lidster), Susan Simmons, and Jasmine Kremer.
External links[edit]
- Swimming with the Spirit Orcas
- Spirit Orcas Complete A 21 km Marathon Swim
- Little Touches Go A Long Way In The Open Water
- Supporting The Spirit Orcas
- #SwimGift, Sharing by Susan Simmons
- Sawatsky On Swimming By Meliah Motchman
- Motchman Determined and Persistent to Complete a Marathon Swim
- Swimming Ever Since With The Spirit Orcas
- Spirit Orcas Discuss Tackling Challenges On WOWSA Live
- The Great Big Swim With The Spirit Orcas
- Susan Simmons, Gordon Giesbrecht, Brian Hunt On Cold Water Swimming
- The Great Big Swim Is On Stage 4
- Spirit Orcas Begin Their Long Journey
- Spirit Orcas
- Victoria swimmers train for challenge of a lifetime
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
