Rena Demeo
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Rena Marie Demeo is a 47-year-old American open water swimmer from Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She will represent the USA at the IISA 5th World Championship in Samoëns, France between 11-15 January 2023.
- She competed in the inaugural Cold Water Challenge, a 2.6-mile jetty-to-jetty ocean swim in Penfield Beach in Fairfield, Connecticut.
- She competed in the second Cold Water Classic on 3 May 2014.
- She supported Sarah Thomas, Craig Lenning and Elaine Howley in their crossing of Loch Ness during their Triple Crown of Lake Monster Swims.
- She competed in the 2015 United States Winter Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on 21-22 February.
- She is a member of the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society and is one of the famed 41 Pioneers.
- She helped organized the second annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in March 2016.
- She competed in the 2017 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival.
- She will participate in the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on 23-25 February 2018.
- She completed an ice mile on 14 December 2014 under the auspices of the International Ice Swimming Association in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts in 5.00°C water and 1.90°C air in 47:03.
- She completed the 2013 Kingdom Swim 3-miler
- She serves as a swim angel and second for Ice Miles in Boston, Massachusetts.
- She is Vice Chairperson of the IISA USA (or International Ice Swimming Association USA), the governing body of ice swimming within the USA that functions under the auspices of the International Ice Swimming Association.
External links
- Team America Gearing Up For The IISA 5th World Championship
- Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival Begins Friday
- International Ice Swimming Association USA Launched
- First-time Ice Milers, Winter Wonders
- Ice Sevens King And Ice Sevens Queen Discuss Global Journey
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- The Why's Of Swimming In Really Cold Water
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Cold Water Training Turns Into Cold Water Challenge
- 2.6 Miles Of Cold Water Challenge
- Brad McVetta Crowned Cold Water Classic Champion
- Paula Yankauskas, Hardened Winter Swimmers Go 4 For 4
- United States Winter Swimming Association
- The Why's Of Swimming In Really Cold Water
- Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society Formed
- In Search Of Nessie Succeeds Without Sightings
- Cool Kids Organize Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
- Watery Winter Wonderland In The Northeast Kingdom
- Feeling At Home, Feeding Abroad
- Ram Barkai, Martha Wood Swimming Fences In Near 0°C