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Ernie Hoftyzer Content for UC DavisenHe Did It! Ernie Completes Swim Across English Channel
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<p><strong>Updated 11 a.m. July 27:</strong> Ernie Hoftyzer began swimming in the dead of night Tuesday (July 26) near Folkestone, England, and wouldn't stop for nearly 12 hours.</p>
<p>The Institute of Transportation Studies chief administrative officer successfully swam the English Channel 鈥� the final piece of the so-called Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, which also includes swimming the 20-mile Catalina Channel and the 28-mile circumnavigation of Manhattan Island.</p>July 27, 2016 - 10:05amDave Jones/news/ernie