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Mar 12, 1998 Ontario, Canada 26 years old
Canadian swimmer
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About Annaleise Carr
- Annaleise Carr (born March 12, 1998) of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, became the youngest person to swim across Lake Ontario by the "traditional route" on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at the age of 14 since Marilyn Bell became the first of any age to do so in 1954.
- Annaleise had to qualify for this swim which was overseen by the regulated body and supervision of Solo Swims of Ontario.
- After qualifying and filing the 70 pages of paperwork a date was set August 18, 2012.
- With Lisa Anderson, her parents, grandparents, great grandparents and crew she was set with a huge flurry of media watching her leave as well as being on the water with her.
- Annaleise began her swim from Niagara-on-the-Lake(considered one of the world's most difficult open water swims) at 6:17:10 pm on August 18, 2012.
- She arrived at Marilyn Bell Park in Toronto after swimming for almost 27 hours, touching land at 8:58 pm on August 19, 2012.
- During her attempt, spectators received updates via live blogs, Twitter, and GPS live tracking. During her swim Annaleise's fundraising increased to $60,000, $80,000 to over $100,000 after her swim.
- To date Annaleise has raised over $250,000 for the Children and families at Camp Trillium.
- At the time of her swim Annaleise was the youngest person to cross Lake Ontario at 14 yrs 158 days and set an international record to be the youngest swimmer to swim continuously in open water for more than 24hrs (24 Hour Club).
- Annaleise's swim from Niagara-On-The-Lake to Toronto's Marilyn Bell Park when calculated through GPS; Annaleise swum close to 70 km due to being pushed off course due to currents and waves of approx 6 ft high pushing back toward Niagara-on-the-Lake.
