St. Louis-area pools are hosting end-of-summer dog swim events
The dog days of summer are over, which means the end of the swim season at St. Louis-area pools and aquatic centers is also swiftly approaching. Many pools are celebrating the end of the season by giving pups a chance to take a plunge.
Michigan veterans die from suicide at much higher rates than the rest of the population, according to recent Veteran Affairs data.
The Step Up Foundation is working to prevent these deaths by funding research into veteran brain health. The 2024 “Find Your Way Home” swim in Grosse Ile will benefit the foundation.
More than 500 athletes rushed the shoreline in droves Monday morning for the 95th Annual Oceanside Pier Swim, tackling the mile-long route around the pier.
“It is true, open ocean so you have the currents, you have the waves, you have those natural elements, but today we had really good conditions,” said Race Director Sabrina Houston, who told CBS 8 it was especially important to hold the event this year.
“It’s a big year for the Oceanside Pier because it was on fire earlier this year, so we really wanted to have it and make it special,” said Houston.
While the end of the pier remains closed due to damage from the fire in April, 80% of it is currently open to the public.
WORLD RECORD: 510km/56 hour NON-STOP SWIM (Yukon River)
How far can a human swim non-stop? No sleep, no rest and no touching land. On June 16, 2024, we wanted to find out and embarked on a 510km (317 mile) non-stop swim down the Yukon River (Canada) in water temperatures as low as 8°C (46.4°F). Now ratified as an Official Guinness World Record, the entire adventure was only made possible by the heroics of the team who protected me from bears, wolves and hypothermia and navigated me through rapids, currents and log jams. One of the greatest crews ever assembled, I hope you enjoy this documentary that was 100% directed, filmed AND edited entirely by James Perrett who was 1 of these 16 HEROES: Christopher J Morgan, Ger Kennedy and Thomas Walter Kofler, Larry Bonnett, Brian Earl, Liam Parfitt, Stan Fordyce, Scott Edgley, Hester Sabery, Dr Tom Hall, Stephen O’Brien, Eric Bonnett, John Robertson, Raymond Kmyta, Shannon Kmyta and Sherrie Earl.
