A Colorado man garnered top overall honors Saturday at an open water swim in the Florida Keys designed to raise awareness of the need to preserve six aging lighthouses off the subtropical island chain.
Boulderรขโฌโขs Yoelvis Pedraza completed the 9-mile Swim for Alligator Lighthouse Saturday in 3 hours, 18 minutes and 3 seconds, besting his 2014 victory time by almost 17 minutes.
รขโฌลI like to come to this swim, itรขโฌโขs such a long swim and itรขโฌโขs only once a year,รขโฌย said Pedraza, who recently moved to Boulder from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. รขโฌย What รขโฌหmakesรขโฌโข the swim is to get to the lighthouse.
รขโฌลRight underneath it, is just a gigantic diversity of life,รขโฌย he said. รขโฌลYou see reef, you see fish, you see everything.รขโฌย
Alison Hayden of Kinnelon, N.J., won the womenรขโฌโขs title at 4:31:07.
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