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Emily von Jentzen
Emily von Jentzen is a 29-year-old American attorney from Kalispell who works for the Flathead County Attorney's Office in Montana. She is also a pool swimming coach, triathlete, life-long distance swimmer and an open water swimmer who runs the Enduring Waves Foundation. She is an open water swimmer who raises money for children with special medical conditions.
She holds several Montana Masters pool swimming records and is a USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach and a USA Swimming Level I Certified Coach.
Race Organization[edit]
She organizes and competed in the 2016 Flathead Lake Swim Series, a charity event for the Enduring Waves Foundation.
Marathon Swimming[edit]
- On 31 August 2011, von Jentzen swam across the 55-mile Lake Chelan in Washington State, U.S.A. in 36 hours. Her unprecedented charity swim was called A Lakke for Katelyn, a fundraiser for Katelyn Roker who is battling Stage 4, a high-risk neuroblastoma. She raised US$8,500 for a 5-year-old with acute high risk nueroblastoma.
- In 2010, von Jentzen became the first woman to swim 30 miles, the length of Montana's Flathead Lake, in 18 hours 26 minutes in 17 July 2010 (assisted).
In addition to setting her first open water swimming record, she also raised US$9,500 to help pay medical expenses for Karmyn Flanagan, a 3-year-old child battling leukemia.
- In August 2013, she attempted to swim 70 miles across Canyon Ferry Lake in Helena, Montana in her unprecedented solo Swimming for Carter's Cause: Four Paws event.
- On 5 September 2014, von Jentzen is a 24-hour charity swim called Enduring Waves for Isabella. It is a perimeter swim around Flathead Lake in Montana.
- She won the 2014 Flathead Lake 10K with a combined time in 6 hours 39 minutes 14 seconds in the 0.5-mile, 1-mile, 5 km and 10 km races.
- She won the 2016 Flathead Lake 10K with a combined time of 5 hours 48 minutes 4 seconds in the 0.5-mile, 1-mile, 5 km and 10 km races.
External links[edit]
- Flathead Lake Open Water Virtual Triple Crown
- Flathead Lake 10K event website
- Flathead Lake 10K
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Emily von Jentzen's blog
- Emily von Jentzen Facebook page
- Emily von Jentzen Getting Ready For The Unprecedented
- Start In The Morning, End At Midnight Two Days Later
- A Lakke for Katelyn
- Emily von Jentzen's Unselfish Day on the Lake
- Facebook Page
- Self-serve Station At USMS Championships In Las Vegas
- Women Makes History Swimming Flathead Lake
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Emily von Jentzen Is On Track Across Canyon Ferry Lake
- Emily Von Jentzen Stops, But Carter's Cause Continues
- Enduring Waves Foundation Looking To Help
- Enduring Waves for Isabella
- My Next Swim Goes To Isabella
- Enduring Waves Continues For Isabella
- Flathead Lake Swim Series Facebook page
- Enduring Waves Foundation
- Phillip Luebke Wins Flathead Lake Swim In Montana
