News

SEND YOUR NEWSWORTHY VIDEOS TO VIDEOS@NEWSTALK1010.COM

60-Year Old Woman Abandons Swim Across Lake Ontario

Posted By: Michelle Rosa · 9/5/2012 11:51:00 PM

It was just two weeks ago that 14 year old Annaleise Carr became the youngest person to swim from Niagara to Marilyn Bell Park in Lake Ontario. A 60 year old woman who was trying to do the same thing, had to abandon her swim Thursday night.

Colleen Shields of Georgetown was pulled out of the water around 8 o'clock because of strong winds and exhaustion. She started the swim at 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

Shields had successfully completed that same swim in 2006, but lost the title as the oldest person to complete that stretch, after 57-year-old William Saldo completed it.

This was her fifth attempt at getting her title back. 

Leave a comment:

· Subscribe to comments
Be the first to comment here.

Videos

Trending