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Class of 2013<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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Art\/Art Studies, B.A.<\/p>\n

Bio<\/h3>\n

When Katie Scott puts her mind to something, she does it \u2013 even if it means jumping into 60 degree water before dawn and spending the next 13 hours, 39 minutes swimming across the English Channel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not allowed to touch the boat or touch a person,\u201d Katie said of her Aug. 29 swim. \u201cI got stung in the face by a jellyfish, and the water is cold<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Katie, who swam distance for the Saints, had completed open water swims in Chesapeake Bay, won a distance event off Key West in 2012 and 2013, and was second in a 15-mile swim near Cape May in her native New Jersey. Now an assistant MU swim coach and head coach at Bishop O\u2019Connell High School, she took second in a 24-mile swim in Tampa Bay in 2015. But she\u2019d never done anything quite like this. The channel is 21 miles wide, but because of changing tides, she had to swim 34 miles before reaching Cape Nez-Gris, in northern France.<\/span><\/p>\n

After arriving in Dover, England, in late August, Katie had a window of about five days to make the crossing, based on weather conditions. \u201cMy biggest fear was not getting to swim,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is still one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Tankers went by carrying airplanes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Katie was supported by a boat pilot; her fianc\u00e9, Matt Ward, \u201914; and a few others. Every 45 minutes she would take in a combination of warm water, Gatorade and a carbohydrate supplement. When things got tough, she told herself to just take it one stroke at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly about 522 women in history have done it and less than 2,200 people have done it,\u201d said MU head swim coach Mike Clark. \u201cThat is pretty fantastic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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