Feeling Young Again

We have written about maserful masters swimmer before (e.g., Don Korten, Ian Mcartney and Dr. Ladislav Nicek). There is another young one to add to the list: 77-year-old Richard Ellis who competed in and won the 800-meter swim at this year's Round the Sound Swim in Bermuda. Richard won the 60+ year old division as well as the 40-59 year old division and took second among swimmers ages 20-39.

A renowned American and World masters swimming champion, Richard has been successful all his life, "I am very competitive by nature. I wake up an older person, but after swimming, I feel young again. Everyone should keep active, mentally and physically, as much as they can." <

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Those Brave Australian Open Water Swimmers

Despite an estimated 24,000 freshwater crocodiles that live in Lake Argyle in Western Australia, nearly 50 swimmers competed in the Lake Argyle 10K marathon swim classic this weekend.

71-year-old Ian Mcartney from Bathurst in New South Wales gave an interview to the ABC Rural, "If I could possibly do it before I die, I'd like to swim the entire dam. The beauty of the place, that's enough to bring anyone back."

Photo by Peter Morris of the Balmoral Beach Club swimmers who did a 60K relay across Lake Argyle in 2006.