Some of the leadership had admonished the club's volunteer legal Women had been allowed to petition for membership only one year earlier and the welcome was not universally cordial. In the process, she acquired the then-requisite two sponsors to apply for membership at the Dolphin Club in October, 1977. Heeding his advice, Joni and her cohorts swam regularly off the beach of Aquatic Park, warming up in their cars afterwards. Joni knew she had passed the test when the organizer stopped her in mid-swim and said, "So-for the after party-do you want to bring ground beef or wine?"ĭino suggested to the group that they keep swimming in the Bay to prepare for the longer Golden Gate swim. In the water, Dino Landucci, a venerable Dolphin, piloted the swimmers around the course. After sign-in and briefing, the aspirants trudged to the shore of Aquatic Park Lagoon. The sign encouraged people interested in swimming the Golden Gate to meet at the Buena Vista Cafe for a briefing and test swim.
Together, they conquered the world's most prestigious marathon swim pinnacle in August, 1989 in ten hours and forty-eight minutes.įor Joni Beemsterboer, a sign posted in the San Francisco Jewish Community Center in 1977 provided the catalyst that led to becoming a member of this team. Although Gertrude Ederle paved the way with a solo channel swim in 1926, it took over half a century for six American women to follow in her wake. The first women to break the gender barrier at the Dolphin Club became the first American women to form a successful English Channel relay team. L-R Susan Allen, Susan Cobb, Lisa Smith, Carol McGrath,
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