Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society
noun - The Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society is a winter swimming group of hardened individuals founded by Phil White of the Kingdom Games on 17 April 2015 and organized by Greg O’Connor, Janet Kylander Manning, Elaine Kornbau Howley, Helen Lin, Amanda Hunt, Charlotte Brynn, Rena Demeo, and Sarah Watson. The Society includes the 41 Pioneers, the 41 individuals who participated in the inaugural US Winter Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
Events[edit]
The Society organizes the second annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival, a winter swimming competition in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont with 25m, 50m, 100m, and 200m swims in a two-lane, 25-meter pool, cut in the ice on Lake Memphremagog right by the Eastside Restaurant in Newport, Vermont on 5-6 March 2016. The Organizing Committee consists of Charlotte Brynn, Janet Manning, Greg O'Connor, Elaine Kornbau Howley, Sarah Watson, Amanda Hunt, Rena Demeo, and Phil White.
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Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society - Pool Records[edit]
25m breaststroke women: Jaimie Monahan 20.40 in 2015
25m breaststroke men: Aleksandrs Jakovlevs 18.03 in 2015
25m freestyle women: Daina Bouquin 15.39 in 2015
25m freestyle men: Scott Zornig 14.64 in 2017
25m butterfly women: Jaimie Monahan 16.75 in 2016
25m butterfly women: Richard Born 15.53 in 2017
50m freestyle women: Daina Bouquin 33.23 in 2015
50m freestyle men: Mark Johnston 31.99 in 2015
100m freestyle women: Daina Bouquin 1:18.46 in 2015
100m freestyle men: Arik Thormahlen 1:15.65 in 2015
200m freestyle women: Martha Wood 2:52.44 in 2016
200m freestyle men: Frederick (Ted) Hirsch 2:52.23 in 2017
4x50m relay: Ice Holes 2:24.25 in 2017
External links[edit]
- Andie Nelson Respects Memphre and Her Spirit
- Young Margaret Rivard Is First To Complete In Search of Memphre This Summer
- Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival Begins Friday
- Greg O'Connor Goes Four For Four Across Lake Willoughby
- Kingdom Games
- Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society Facebook page
- Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society Formed
- Cool Kids Organize Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
- Boldly Butterflying Barnabus
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- 2016 Kingdom Games
- Watery Winter Wonderland In The Northeast Kingdom
- Ned Denison Honored In Vermont
- The White Knight Honored In Vermont
- Kingdom Games
- 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society Filling Up