people
Michael
after the
swim with
coach Tim
Denyer.
Photograph
courtesy
Tim Denyer.
consistent, he had no issues with the
water temperature, all of his feeds
went down and were pretty fast, he
held excellent position next to the
boat and most importantly, he never
asked how much longer. A model
athlete!”
Red Top Swim coach Tim Denyer
Michael dedicated his marathon
says the single word that best sums swim to his la te sister Katrina Powell,
up an English Channel swim is a former softball star who died of
‘relentless’. cancer at just 18 years of age, as well
“It just seemingly never stops
– even when you are 400 metres
away from the coast, it still seems
as his uncle Henry Powell, who died
during WWII in the Channel itself.
Michael said his wife Amanda and
like France isn’t getting any closer,” children Georgia, 25, Darcy, 21, Jaime, says Tim, who has swum the Channel 12, and Oliver, 8, were all extremely maintaining his passion for swimming
himself and coached 21 athletes on supportive of his swim. and not letting his prosthetic slow him
Channel crossings this year.
“My two youngest ones were
Michael enjoys living a full life,
down in any aspect of his life.
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down for this swim and deserves welcome me back at 8pm that night,” www.redtopswim.com
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