NAME: Melissa Burroughs

HOMETOWN: Chapel Hill, NC

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

WHY BLS? I've been eyeing this swim for years! Everything I've heard leads me to believe it will be a beautiful and well-run event. I recently took a new remote job with a headquarters in Boston so it seemed like a good year to finally do it.

WHO IS YOUR PILOT AND CREW? Pilot = Corey Briggs, Crew = Joe Infantino

WHERE ARE YOU SWIMMING FOR YOUR BLS TRAINING? Spending several weeks in the NEK in VT this summer to train and crew for my partner's Search in Lake Memphremagog

SWIMMING FUN FACT: I hated swim lessons so much as a kid that I would escape the pool and run away. I guess I just wanted to be in open water!