Three new Lake O Champions!!!

So the 3 new champions of Lake Ontario were presented with their Crossing certificates on Saturday! 

The recognition of the 3 newest members of the Lake O Crossing club happened in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the weekend.  Solo Swims Ontario (SSO) re-dedicated the plaque of successful Lake Ontario Crossings for swims along the traditional route from NOTL to Toronto.  At a recent SSO meeting that I attended, we discussed the plaque and the fact that it only recognized the swims from NOTL to Toronto, but neglected other equally worthy swims, including several that have been held at the other end of the Lake, near Kingston… and the new LOST Route that Melanie has established from Port Dalhousie to Oakville (a route I plan on taking next summer too!). 

Given that we plan on having more LOST swimmers cross via the new LOST Route and that Vicki Keith has lots of swimmers doing crossings at the east end of the Lake too, SSO has generously agreed to remedy this situation by erecting a plaque at the east end of the Lake to recognize those Lake O Crossings… and we will have a plaque in Oakville to recognize the Crossings on the LOST Route!!!  And Melanie has just become the first swimmer on the plaque!!! 

We are still working on the details of the plaque in Oakville, but hopefully we can get it up by next summer… to inspire you all!

Rebekah Boscariol, Christine Arsenault and Melanie Price completed the 60th, 60st and 62nd successful swims across Lake Ontario.  And given that there is a small handful of swimmers who have crossed Lake O more than once, these three swimmers have become the 49th, 50th and 51st to complete a Lake O Crossing!

Our biggest CONGRATULATIONS to Bekah, Christine and Mel!

A special round of applause from all the LOSTies to Melanie… for being the first LOSTie to cross the Lake… and for establishing the LOST Route!

(you can find more on everyone’s swims in previous blogs… scroll down or check the archives on the right or search their names.)

Cheers,

Rob