Guila Muir, who organized the swim and a team of her fellow over-60 swimmers calling themselves
Silver Seals of the Salish Sea, was first out to applaud them all
(above right). More than a dozen well-wishers were on the beach at Alki Point for the grand finish.
This was the first time the 10.4-mile Bremerton-to-Alki route, known as the
Amy Hiland Swim for the first person on record to complete it (in 1959), had been done as a relay, and the first by elder swimmers. Organizer Muir was all smiles, as her years-long dream came true:
As previewed Friday, she was joined by West Seattleites