Kristy Kowal

Kristy Kowal with fellow open water swimmer Lexie Kelly

Kristy Kowal and Heather Petri at the Nantasket Beach Swim in Hull, Massachusetts, a Swim Across America charity event

The Mermaid Mafia at the 2015 Trans Tahoe Relay, a 10-mile lake swim across Lake Tahoe with Captain Lexie Kelly, 6-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni, 4-time Olympic medalist Heather Petri, Olympic silver medalist Kristy Kowal, Olympic gold medalist Staciana Stitts, and Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman

Kristina ("Kristy") Ann Kowal (born on 9 October 1978 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an Olympic swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. She is a third grade elementary teacher in Pennsylvania.

Pool Swimming Career Highlights

Kowal helped her college, the University of Georgia (UGA), to three NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. In 2000, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year and she was recipient of the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001, which honors eight senior student-athletes each year. She graduated from UGA in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed). Kowal became a member of the United States Swimming Team in 1995.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She competes in the annual Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands.
• She competes in the annual Flowers International 5k and 10k events in the Cayman Islands.
• She competed in the Boston Harbor Swim, a Swim Across America charity event, in Massachusetts.
• She competes in the Naples Island Swim in Long Beach, California every year.
• She competes in the Rhode Island Open Water Swim, a Swim Across America charity event, in Rhode Island.
• She competes in the Nantasket Beach Swim, a Swim Across America charity event, in Massachusetts.
• She competes in the Chicago Open Water Swim, a Swim Across America charity event, in Illinois.
• She competes in the San Francisco Open Water Swim, a Swim Across America charity event, in California.
• She competes in the St. Croix Coral Reef Swim in the Caribbean Sea.
• She competes in the Tampa Bay Open Water Swim, a Swim Across America charity event, in Florida.
• She provided escort support for a solo one-way crossing and a two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel relay in California.
• She competes in the Atlanta Open Water Swim
• She competed in the Redondo Beach Open Water Swim in Redondo Beach in Southern California.
• She competes in the Naples Island Swims in Long Beach, California.
• She competes in the Trans Tahoe Relay in Lake Tahoe.

External links

• Greatest Group Of Breaststrokers Doing Open Water
• Olympic Fever In The Cayman Islands
• Sea And Salt On Lips And Tongue
• After Hours With Open Water Swimmers
• Open Water Synchronization
• Flowers Sea Swim
• The Wait Is Fun Around Boston Harbor
• It Is A Swell Day For Secret Love In Boston
• In The Dawn's Early Light, Swim Across America In Boston
• John Zsum Gives It His All
• Kristy Kowal Swims Fast, Smiles Brightly
• Kristy Kowal Gets Hungry For Open Water
• 2016 Trans Tahoe Relay Results
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Enjoying The Transition From The Pool To Open Water
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Lexie Kelly, Ryan Bullock Go 2 For 2 In Southern California
• Enjoying The Transition From The Pool To The Open Water