Yesterday, 52-year-old Elizabeth Fry swam the 17.5 miles from Battery Park in Manhattan to Sandy Hook, NJ, in only 4 hours, 59 minutes and 2 seconds, 7 minutes and 2 seconds faster than the record set by Australia’s Tammy van Wisse in 2006. And then she swam back, becoming the first person ever to complete the 35-mile round.trip. Read the New York Post and NYDailyNews.com
52-year-old Fry sets record for fastest swim from Manhattan to NJ and back
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rokur
Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)