Articles & Interviews
A Long Swim team welcomes Dr. Hande Ozdinler as Dir. of Scientific Research
A Long Swim – a foundation that uses open water swimming to raise funds for ALS research – has proven that teamwork is the best way to accomplish lofty and sometimes extreme goals. Teamwork gets a swimmer across a channel,
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An ‘Open Swim’ in the Chicago River is in the Works for September
WTTW News, by Alex Ruppenthal | May 17, 2019 4:17 pm Doug McConnell has swam in New York’s Hudson River, the Boston Harbor and even the English Channel. Now he wants to make a splash in his own city. McConnell,
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The Ellen McConnell Blakeman ALS Research Fellowship Begins at Northwestern University
The Ellen McConnell Blakeman ALS Research Fellowship Begins at Northwestern University A Long Swim has announced that it has made a significant gift to Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. The gift will fund the Ellen McConnell Blakeman ALS Research
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Chicago Athlete Magazine Interview 6-1-18
Q&A: Doug McConnell, Co-Founder of A Long Swim Chicago Athlete Magazine, by Holly Petrovich | June 1, 2018 Q: How did you first get involved with swimming? A: I was a swimmer since I was a little kid; I started with
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1440 Wrok News Talk 9-15-16
Interested in taking a swim in the Chicago River? 1440 Wrok News Talk, by Riley O’Neil | September 15, 2016 When I think of the Chicago River, my mind tends to lean toward images of the river being dyed green
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Chicago Sun Times 9-14-16
Some swimmers don’t want to wait to tackle Chicago River Chicago Sun Times, by Mark Brown | September 14, 2016 You’ve heard all the talk of making the Chicago River safe for swimming by 2020. A pair of local swim race
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