{"id":261241,"date":"2017-06-17T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T21:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=261241"},"modified":"2017-06-18T11:46:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T18:46:36","slug":"seven-sisters-women-complete-historic-catalina-channel-double-crossing-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/seven-sisters-women-complete-historic-catalina-channel-double-crossing-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Sisters Women Complete Historic Catalina Channel Double Crossing Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A relay team of six members recently completed the first all-female relay double crossing of the Catalina Channel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_261251\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261251\" data-attachment-id=\"261251\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/catalina-channel-double-crossing-map.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/catalina-channel-double-crossing-map.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261251\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/catalina-channel-double-crossing-map.png\" alt=\"catalina-channel-double-crossing-map\" width=\"461\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/catalina-channel-double-crossing-map.png 461w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/catalina-channel-double-crossing-map-280x198.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-261251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group dove in late in the evening of Friday, June 16th, 2017 off the Palos Verdes Peninsula as they began their 40.38 mile journey into history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_261259\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261259\" data-attachment-id=\"261259\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/seven-sisters-women-complete-historic-catalina-channel-double-crossing-relay\/abby-bergman-smith-college-catalina-double-crossing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/abby-bergman-smith-college-catalina-double-crossing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Teammates<strong> Rebecca Nevitt<\/strong> (Wellesley &#8217;88),\u00a0<strong>Eliza Cummings<\/strong> (Smith &#8217;17),\u00a0<strong>Cathleen Pruden<\/strong> (Mt. Holyoke &#8217;16), <strong>Gabriela Kovacikova<\/strong> (Wellesley &#8217;14), and <strong>Charlotte Samuels<\/strong> (Smith &#8217;20)\u00a0followed suit in one hour exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings was the athlete to touch land on Catalina Island, marking the halfway point of their swim at 8:16:16. The group then made their way back towards the mainland, finishing the swim in 18 hours and four minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being an all-female relay group, the six women were supported by an all-female kayak crew comprised of\u00a0<strong>Jax Cole, Alicia Bartley, Heather Barber,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Melissa King<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The relay team was comprised of students and alumni of the iconic Seven Sisters College Association.\u00a0The Seven Sister, a\u00a0loose association of seven\u00a0liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States,\u00a0are Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke\u00a0College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar\u00a0College, and Wellesley College.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_261258\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261258\" data-attachment-id=\"261258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/seven-sisters-women-complete-historic-catalina-channel-double-crossing-relay\/seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Kim Bergman&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-261258\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"seven-sisters-college-women-catalina-double-crossing-boat\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-261258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Kim Bergman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prior to the swim, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/seven-sisters-college-women-prepare-for-catalina-channel-double-crossing\/\" target=\"_blank\">team announced that their mission<\/a> was to &#8220;embrace and celebrate women coming together to demonstrate their passion, commitment, and drive to accomplish extraordinary things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Full mission statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">As Seven Sister College students and graduates, we all believe in the power of women supporting women to achieve greatness. The six of us on this relay represent women of different ages, interests and geographical location, bound by a fierce love for challenge and passion for excellence that we developed at our respective colleges. We are embarking on this relay to be an example of empowerment; the empowerment found when women take on an incredible challenge as a team and work together, and empowerment via paying it forward and being a role model for those who want to dream big and fulfill their own goals.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A relay team of six members recently completed the first all-female relay double crossing of the Catalina Channel. 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