Kristin Jones
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Kristin Jones winning the 10-mile Kingdom Swim in 2013 in 4:05:46
Kristin Jones and Cody Brunette at the 37th annual Swim Around Key West in a charity swim for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance. Photo by Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association
Kristin Jones winning the World Open Water Swimming Association World 10-mile Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont
Kristin Jones is a 26-year-old American pool and open water swimmer from Juneau, Alaska who swims in order to raise money for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
Open Water Swimming Career
- She won the overall women's title at the WOWSA World 10-mile Swimming Championships held in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont held on 6 July 2013 where she was escorted by kayaker Elizabeth Otto.
- She finished the 12.3-mile Swim Around Key West in 5 hours 16 minutes where she swam in order to raise money for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
- She won the 2013 10 km Sitka Sound Adventure Swim
- She won the 8.2-mile Pennock Island Challenge in Alaska as charity swims for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
- She won the women's title at the Tempe Town Lake 4 km race in 2014.
- She won the first of three races in the 2014 Arizona Open Water Swim Series.
- She finished 3rd overall and was the fastest woman in the 2016 4-day, 4-stage SCAR Swim Series (SCAR Swim Challenge) after finishing the 15.2 km Saguaro Lake crossing, 14.4 km Canyon Lake crossing, 27.3 km Apache Lake crossing, and 10 km Roosevelt Lake crossing in 15 hours 56 minutes 53 seconds on 5 May 2016. She won the SCAR Buckle.
- She completed the Saguaro Lake in 3 hours 19 minutes 49 seconds
- She completed the Canyon Lake in 3 hours 21 minutes 34 seconds
- She completed the Apache Lake in 6 hours 17 minutes 53 seconds
- She completed the Roosevelt Lake in 2 hours 57 minutes 37 seconds
- On 24 August 2019, she finished 11th overall in the 15.2 km Saguaro Lake stage swim of the 4-day SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3:39:35.5.
blueseventy
Jones serves as one of blueseventy's global Ambassadors.
External links
- Project Welcome to No Lanes – No Lines – No Limits
- No Lanes – No Lines – No Limits: History of the Kingdom Swim
- The History of Swimming 4 Long Days In SCAR
- Faraway Swimming In Alaska With Kristin Jones
- Faraway Swimming - Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance – Swimming for those who can't
- Kingdom Swim
- Eric Nilsson, Kristin Jones Win 10-Mile World Championship
- Champion's Reflections, Kristin Jones On The Kingdom
- Swim Around Key West
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Eric Nilsson, Kristin Jones Win 10-Mile World Championship
- Cody Brunette Tops Swim Around Key West
- Swimming For A Cause, Swimming For Family
- Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance fundraising page
- blueseventy Ambassadors
- blueseventy's Laura Val And Kristin Jones
- Where Women Dominate
- Kristin Jones Overcomes Physicality In Tempe Town Lake
- Brad Lundblad Overcomes Lyme, Completes 4-Day S.C.A.R.
- 4 Long Days, 4 Longer Swims For Kristin Jones
- Arizona S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge Facebook page
- Kingdom Swim Next Up
- 10 Go 4 For 4 In 5th Year
- SCAR Swim Challenge
- As Night Falls, So Does Men's Record. Jamie Ann Phillips Leads Way With Stefan Reinke
