Guelph student hopes to swim across two of the Great Lakes this summer
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A University of Guelph student hopes weather will be on her side this year as she attempts swims across both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario this summer.
A University of Guelph student hopes weather will be on her side as she attempts swims across both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario this summer.
Last year, Coralee Allaert intended to swim the 30 km across the smaller Lake Erie but when repeated attempts were stopped by stormy weather, she eventually had to settle for an equidistant swim in a Mississauga pool.
The 22-year-old is hoping for better weather for her first planned lake crossing this weekend as she attempts to cross Lake Erie from Sturgeon Point in New York State to Crystal Beach in the Niagara region.
“I’m ready to swim across these Great Lakes, putting one stroke in front of the other,” Allaert stated. “It’s been a long wait with all the weather-related cancellations last year.”
If the Kitchener resident can successfully complete this weekend’s journey, she will try to take on the bigger Lake Ontario in August, swimming from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Toronto.
“We’ll see how it goes. I mean, thinking about it, it’s overwhelming, to be honest,” Allaert told Global News.
The University of Guelph student said that it is not easy to forecast how long the swims will take.
“I mean, you can’t be specific on time of how long it would take you to get across because you have various conditions that can happen,” she explained, noting that the current could play a large part in how long she will be in the water.
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