Name that Woman Trailblazer: She is first woman to swim from mainland Rhode Island to Block Island (10.4 miles in five hours and 19 minutes). The 29-year-old, three-time Olympian, said she is “humbled and honored” to have made the achievement. Her swim helped raise funds for cancer research and programs — her dad died from pancreatic cancer several months earlier, and she began her swim next to his favorite restaurant, Ocean Mist.
Answer: Elizabeth Beisel.