In the open water, the distances are long; the effort is exhausting. Lorelei Schmidt thinks about quitting frequently. It would be easy, expected even, considering the difficulty she faces. The ...

She’s taking home the mermaid crown. A fearless Gotham native is set to stroke across the English Channel’s 21 miles of treacherous waters this week — becoming the first woman from the Big Apple to ...

Amy Wamsley tells people to live their dreams. She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. A Yellow Springs woman is planning to swim across ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim. Yellow Springs native Amy Wamsley has ...

Amy Wamsley of Yellow Springs jumped into the water on the shores of England last week at 49 years old. After swimming in freezing waters for nearly 17 hours straight, she emerged from the waters onto ...

A Paralympic gold medallist became the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel – and says that “nothing is impossible.” Melanie Barratt, 49, took on the challenge after falling in love ...

They’re out there, and every now and then you bump into one: Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Amy Mazur, recently retired and about to turn 63, is such a person. She plans to swim the ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman is getting ready to do something that fewer than 2,000 people have ever done successfully. Amy Wamsley is preparing to swim across the English ...

A dream in the works for years became a reality for a North St. Paul, Minnesota, native. Thirty-year-old Seth Baetzold swam across the English Channel on Wednesday, saying he didn't do it for himself, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of training, a local woman finished her swim across the English Channel. “After months of training, Amy just ...