Crosóige Mara

Left to right: Caitlin Desmond, Maeve Ryan, Eoin O'Riordan, Owen O'Keefe, Lynne Lynch, Carol Cashell; before their English Channel 2-way relay.

The team's logo.

Crosóige Mara (English: Starfish) is the name of an English Channel two-way relay team made up of the Irish swimmers Carol Cashell, Owen O'Keefe, Caitlin Desmond, Maeve Ryan, Lynne Lynch and Eoin O'Riordan.

They completed their two-way crossing of the English Channel under the escort of Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation pilot, Mike Oram, on 13 July 2013. The first leg took the team 10:18:59 exactly, which is just one second fast than team member Owen O'Keefe's solo swim time for the same crossing, and the second leg took 10:10:01 exactly. The total time of 20:29:00 was a new Irish 2-way relay record by over 40 minutes.

Through the swim, the team raised €13,250 for the Down Syndrome Ireland charity and advocacy group.

External Links

• Crosóige Mara | Facebook
• Crosóige Mara 2013 (@CrosoigeMara) | Twitter
• We did it! | Fermoy Fish
• Team Crosóige Mara | Swimmers Rock
• Swimmers Unite for Charity Cross-Channel Relay | Cork Independent
• Cork Swimmers Break Channel Crossing Record | Evening Echo
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Carol Cashell, The Latest Triple Crowner From Ireland