New Smelts Member to Cross Catalina Channel!

One of our new team members hasn't joined us at Gill for any practices yet, because she is training in the lake for her next marathon swim, the Catalina Channel. Amanda Hunt will set out from Doctor's Cove on Catalina Island the night of October 10, around 11:00pm. She will swim 21 miles which she estimates will take her about 15 hours. The water is expected to be in the low 60s. This swim will be her biggest challenge because of the unpredictable nature of ocean swimming. She grew up in Australia playing tennis and didn't start swimming until age 33. She has done the 28 mile Manhattan Island swim twice, but she expects this swim to be much more difficult. GO AMANDA! GO SMELTS!