WILMETTE, Ill. (WLS) -- Swimmer Marian Cardwell finished a 24-hour swim in Lake Michigan Sunday.
She swam for a full day, non-stop, along the Wilmette coastline to raise money for the Chicago Diabetes Project, a global collaboration of doctors, scientists and researchers working to cure diabetes.
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She swam across the English Channel in 2012. She wanted to swim across Lake Michigan this summer, but COVID-19 forced her to stay closer to home.
She's still planning her 108-mile swim from Chicago to Grand Haven, Michigan next August. She expects it will take about 70 hours and would be the longest unassisted open water swim.
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You can read more about her at https://www.thegreatdiabetesswim.com/.