Last Wednesday, Rondi Davies, Evidence Design’s senior content developer and open-water swim-enthusiast, became the fastest American — male or female — to swim around Manhattan! She completed the 28.5 mile course in 5 hours, 44  minutes, 47 seconds, breaking the 16-year old record set by Australia’s Shelley Taylor-Smith.

Rondi swam through heavy chop, past enormous barges; the Staten Island Ferry delayed its departure to allow the swimmers to pass! Evidence Design colleagues and family were out on a Brooklyn pier to cheer for Rondi as she rounded lower Manhattan and headed up the East River. Click on the links to learn more about the Manhattan Island Match Race and Record Attempt and Record breaking NYC Swim Season.

Bravo Rondi — amazing accomplishment!

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