Lisa Hertz
Lisa Hertz Malick is a 28-year-old American marathon swimmer and English school from Winter Haven High School in Florida. She is married to marathon swimmer and ice swimmer Jason Malick.
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Marathon Swimming Career
She has completed marathon swims including the first double crossing of the Assawoman Bay/St. Martins River channel from Ocean Pines to Ocean City, 6.7 miles in 2 hours, 55 minutes, the Swim Miami 10K, the Swim Charleston 12 Mile Swim, and Tri-Floyd's 8 Mile Swim. Hertz was the winner of the women's division of 2013 Swim Around Charleston and is the 2013 women's winner and current record holder of the Tri-Floyd 8 Mile. Hertz swam for Franklin and Marshall College between 2003 and 2007, competing in sprint freestyle and backstroke events. She was also the 2008 recipient of the Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation scholarship and competed in the Chesapeake 4.4 Mile Bay Swim (2008-2010) and the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim (2013, 2014). She finished second in the 2014 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in 12 hours 46 minutes.
She also completed an unprecedented 23-mile Shadow Swim from Clearwater Beach to St. Pete Beach in Florida on 6 December 2014.
Race Organization
Hertz co-organized the inaugural 7K Coquina Key Invitational in St. Petersburg, Florida together with Jason Malick.
Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation
The Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation is directed by Brian Earley with a mission is to support student-athletes via scholarships. The Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation awards scholarships to students who are active in their communities, fundraising for the 1-mile or 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim that help pay for the student’s school, college, university or vocational training. Past recipients include:
2010 - Taylor Smith
2009 - Erin Luley
2008 - Lisa Hertz
2007 - Erin Luley
2006 - Michael Allen
2005 - Ally St. Claire
2004 - David Collier
2003 - Ashley Green
2002 - Ashley Green
2001 - Adrianne Glasgow
2000 - Carly Plantully
1999 - Ashley Mathews
External links
- Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation website
- Great Chesapeake Bay Swim website
- Great Partners
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Tough Tackle Turbulent Tampa
- Collins On The Kattack
- Hertz Goes Into Overdrive
- Attagirl Across Assawoman
- When Two Open Water Swimmers Marry
- 10 Hours Around Manhattan Leads To A Lifetime Together
- NYC Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Kicking Off Another Swim - The Coquina Key Invitational
- Lisa Hertz Completes 23-Mile Shadow Swim
- Malick's Marriage Marine-Style
- How Do You Prepare For An Open Water Swim?
- Pat Marzulli Talks About His Record-Setting Crossing
