NEWPORT — A 62-year-old woman from Newport spent her Sunday qualifying for the upcoming Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival taking place in February of 2019.
Lynn Rublee swam 25 meters in 35-degree water at Eagle Point on Lake Memphremagog.
In doing so, she became the 80th winter swimmer to sign up for the upcoming Festival held on Lake Memphremagog.
Also qualifying this past weekend was Elizabeth Hershey, 52, of Conestoga, PA.
The pool is the only 25-meter, two-lane winter swimming pool cut in the ice in all of North America.
As the festival heads into its fifth year, the number of registrants has already topped last year’s numbers with room for just 20 more swimmers.
Registration closes on February 1.
Among the 80 already signed up, some of the locals include Vera Rivard, 15, and her younger sister, Margaret Rivard, 11, of Derby. Pam Ladds, of Newport, is also ready to go.
The pool is scheduled to be cut on Thursday and Friday, February 21 and 22, 2019, and the event kicks off that Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
