SWIM SEA OF CORTEZ 2010
Team Mexico
Mónica Ramirez: Master swimmer, International medalist and an open water Swimmer. She swam Cañón del Sumidero, Chiapas (15km), English Channel Relay Two way (85km), Por Ellas...Las 9 Bahías de Huatulco, Relay (21km), Por Ellas...El Mar de Cortés, Relay (45km), Por Ellas...Cozumel-Cancún Q.ROO, (80km).
Edna Llorens: Master swimmer, International medalist and an open water Swimmer. Nov 1st 2009 easily winning her age group in the 3k by 3 minutes. Cancùn Isla Mujeres, (12km). Cañón del sumidero, Chiapas, (10km). El Reto, Acapulco, (12km). Por Ellas...Las 9 Bahías de Huatulco, Relay (21km), Por Ellas... El Mar de Cortés, Relay (45km), Por Ellas...Cozumel-Cancún, Q.ROO, Relay, (80km). Her swimming career, world and open water events POR ELLAS…Health, Cáncer awareness and sport education, span the globe.
NORA TOLEDANO
MONICA RAMIREZ
EDNA LLORENS
Nora Toledano: International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Nora was the first and only Mexican and first Latin American woman and sixth person to complete a double-crossing of the English Channel. She crossed the English Channel six times individually in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2005, and five times on a relay. She has swam 45K (28 miles) from Akumal to Cozumel in Mexico, 70K (43.4 miles) from Cozumel to Cancun in Mexico, 48K (29.8 miles) around Manhattan Island in New York, USA and won the 3K (1.8 miles) at the 2005 World Masters Games. She coached give Mexican English Channel Swimmers from Mexico and is the co-author with Antonio Argüelles of Endless Blue, an open water swimming book. She organized the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cancún (Mexico) and was nominated in 1994, 1997 and 2005 to receive the National Sports Award in Mexico.