Ellery McGowan - Channel swimmer
Ellery has been part of 4 relay Channel swims
Nationality: Australian
Gender: Female
About Ellery:
Ellery made her debut in Open Water swimming by taking the 2km event at the 2005 World Masters Games in Edmonton Canada. Less than a couple of weeks later she was dragooned into the Guildford Lido Legends' Channel relay and hogged the limelight with the swim in to the rocks at Cap Gris Nez.
After a Lake Zurich relay in 2009 she went on to swim the lake as an epic solo in 2010, becoming the eldest Lady to conquer the course in a time of 11hr 35 minutes. The cold of the Channel has never been a problem. Ellery took two age-group titles at the World Cold Water Championships in 2010 at Lake Bled, Slovenia, and succesfully defended both in 2012 at Jurmala, Latvia.
2011 saw Ellery swim a couple of relays in the space of three weeks before she set up the "Swinging Sixties" relay in 2012. With an average age of 66 years this 5-person team, surely the eldest to cross the Channel, completed in 13 hours 59 minutes.
Ellery made her debut in Open Water swimming by taking the 2km event at the 2005 World Masters Games in Edmonton Canada. Less than a couple of weeks later she was dragooned into the Guildford Lido Legends' Channel relay and hogged the limelight with the swim in to the rocks at Cap Gris Nez.
After a Lake Zurich relay in 2009 she went on to swim the lake as an epic solo in 2010, becoming the eldest Lady to conquer the course in a time of 11hr 35 minutes. The cold of the Channel has never been a problem. Ellery took two age-group titles at the World Cold Water Championships in 2010 at Lake Bled, Slovenia, and succesfully defended both in 2012 at Jurmala, Latvia.
2011 saw Ellery swim a couple of relays in the space of three weeks before she set up the "Swinging Sixties" relay in 2012. With an average age of 66 years this 5-person team, surely the eldest to cross the Channel, completed in 13 hours 59 minutes.