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    Mega-Athlete Jim "The Shark" Dreyer on NoLimitsradioTV 39

    July 5, 2016

    View Entire Show HERE (2 hours)

     

    Warrior Outdoors partnership discussion begins HERE (28 minutes)

     

    Marathon swimmer gives life saving tips at Midland Community Center

    BY ILSE HAYES THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH 2016

    Jim Dreyer gave viewers some tips on staying safe off shore during the NBC 25 TODAY show Thursday morning.

     

    *How Your Pants Can Save Your Life

     

    *Surviving a Rip Current

     

    *Saving a Life Without Losing Yours

     

     

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    Jim Dreyer To Attempt The Impossible

    The Daily News of Open Water Swimming

    FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016

    Jim 'The Shark' Dreyer will attempt an unprecedented triple crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2017.

    But it will not be a typical or traditional attempt. He is going to swim a bit further than the normal course, between Santa Catalina Island and the California mainland. He is going to swim between Catalina Island and the Battleship Iowa Museum in Los Angeles Harbor. This will add another 2.2 miles on each leg for a total of a 73.2-mile (117.8 km) three-way crossing.

    And Dreyer is planning to go even a step significantly further. 

    He will swim with an 80 lbs. (36.2 kg) military backpack.

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    World Record Athlete Partners with New TV Show to Support ‘Our U.S. Heroes’

    June 21, 2016 - Press Release

    (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Ultra-Marathon Strength Athlete, Jim “The Shark” Dreyer, announced today that he will be launching a new series of world record athletic events in conjunction with appearing on the new TV show, Warrior Outdoors, scheduled to begin airing in the fall of 2016. Furthermore, beginning immediately, Dreyer declared that he will donate 50% of his speaking fees to the Warrior Outdoors mission of helping U.S. military veterans and homeland first responders afflicted with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), summarized as “Healing for Heroes.” Named a Superhuman, with his performance on the popular TV series “Stan Lee’s Superhumans,” and having set 19 world records, Dreyer has also been a mainstay on the speaker’s circuit.

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    Mighty Mac Swimmer wins famed car from Pfeiffer Lincoln Murdick's Fudge Run

    September 19, 2015 - Photo & caption released to the media

    .Steven Heaney of Maumee, Ohio, sits in the driver's seat of the Lincoln MKC he won, courtesy of Pfeiffer Lincoln, at the Grand Rapids, Michigan dealership this past Saturday. Dan Pfeiffer presents Heaney his prize from the passenger seat, while Mighty Mac Swim Event Director Jim Dreyer looks on. Heaney was one of the swimmers to successfully cross the Straits of Mackinac in the Mighty Mac Swim on Labor Day, and won the vehicle that Dreyer recently towed on a barge in a world record quest.  The Pfeiffer Lincoln MKC served as a raffle prize that helped the swimmers and others raise over $400,000 in cash and in-kind contributions for Habitat for Humanity, making it the single largest fundraiser for the charity in Michigan history. Funds will be used to revitalize Michigan neighborhoods.

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    West Michigan Live

    WOOD Radio - Justin Barkley

    August 18, 2015

    Hear interview HERE.

    Heavy currents force swimmer to finish swim without heavy barge

    August 17, 2015

    ST. IGNACE (AP) -- Heavy currents in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac foiled a long-distance swimmer's test: Swimming to Mackinac Island towing a barge carrying a vehicle loaded with fudge.

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    Jim Dreyer to be "tug boat" on Mackinac Island swim

    WZZM 13

    August 12, 2015

    Watch News Story HERE

    “Superhuman” Jim Dreyer Ready for Next Aquatic Feat of Strength

    A Healthier Michigan - By Julie Bitely

    August 12, 2015

    Even though he’s recovering from a rotator cuff injury, Michigan native Jim Dreyer is set to attempt what’s arguably his most strenuous feat of strength to date.

     

    On Saturday, Aug. 15, Dreyer will pull a new Lincoln MKC on a barge while swimming 3.58 miles to Mackinac Island. The total weight of his cargo is approximately 16.5 tons!

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    JIM DREYER PUTTING “SUPERHUMAN” AND “THE HUMAN TUGBOAT” NICKNAMES TO TEST BY PULLING A LINCOLN MKC TO MACKINAC ISLAND

    TRAVELTHEMITTEN.COM - By Chris Katje

    August 6, 2015

    If you don’t know the name Jim Dreyer yet, chances are you don’t know how determined the endurance swimmer is in completing challenges. Fresh off a rotator cuff injury, Dreyer will attempt to do the impossible August 15th. Dreyer, who has already swam across all five Great Lakes, will tow a new Lincoln MKC on a barge from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island.

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    Jim Dreyer and the Mighty Mac Swim

    The Daily News of Open Water Swimming

    August 6, 2015

    Fighting back from a rotator cuff injury, Jim Dreyer will attempt his most strenuous aquatic feat of strength to date on August 15th. The event, postponed from July 4th, will have Dreyer attempting to pull a new Lincoln MKC on a barge while swimming 3.58 miles to Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. 

    The weight of his unusual cargo is 16.5 tons. 

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    The Great Lakes Shark

    Lakeland Boating Magazine - By Kim Schneider

    September, 2015

    If you’ve never heard of Jim Dreyer before meeting him on this summer day — on a hidden cove south of Saugatuck, Michigan — you might think he’s a tourist out for a casual vacation float. His mischievous, dimpled grin is hidden under a floppy fishing hat; his sandaled feet propped atop the inflatable yellow kayak like someone ready to do nothing but lounge in the sun.

     

    But appearances won’t fool you for long. An orange head pops up between waves alongside Dreyer’s vessel, then another — this one in a bright green swim cap — as his hands gesture wildly while offering the swimmers tips on things like shoulder rotation and bilateral breathing (competitive swimmer jargon). You won’t see him on shore until the last of this group of nine swimmers has completed their 5-mile training swims, for this is one safety and mission-oriented swimmer, motivator and coach.

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    Meeting the Lake Superior Challenge

    Lake Superior Magazine - By Molly Hoeg

    July 29, 2015

    One of the more widely publicized personal Lake Superior challenges came from ultramarathon swimmer Jim “The Shark” Dreyer of Byron Center, Michigan.

     

    Jim is far from your ordinary swimmer. After nearly drowning at age 3, he didn’t learn to swim until three decades later as an adult when he also discovered an unusual talent. Able to swim long distances without tiring, he set some audacious goals.

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    West Michigan Live

    WOOD Radio - Neal Dionne

    July 28, 2015

    Hear interview HERE

    Jim Dreyer "feat of strength" postponed due to injury

    WXMI FOX 17, by Bob Brenzing

    June 30, 2015

    BYRON CENTER, Mich. – For the first time in his super-human athletic career, Jim Dreyer has had to postpone an event due to injury.

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    My 5 Favorite Places in Michigan: Jim Dreyer (Endurance Swimmer and Superhuman)

    TRAVELTHEMITTEN.COM

    March 9, 2015

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    Michigan man focuses on his goal and never gives up

    NOW U

    September 4, 2014

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    The secret is out: Jim Dreyer's feat revealed on 'Stan Lee's Superhumans' show

    M-Live Story

    August 7, 2014

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    The Human Tugboat

    History Channel's 'Stan Lee's Superhumans' episode

    August 6, 2014

    Watch highlights video HERE

    Michigan Swimmer Attempts to Become Superhuman

    ABC 10 News

    August 5, 2014

    Watch Video HERE

    Jim Dreyer to Appear on Stan Lee's Superhumans

    EBW TV

    August 5, 2014

    Watch video HERE

    Seven wacky world records you'll never believe

    RedBull.Com

    August 4, 2014

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    Jim Dreyer - "Superhuman" Swimmer?

    WXMI FOX 17 Morning Show

    July 20, 2014

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    Jim Dreyer to be featured on Stan Lee's Superhumans reality show

    M-Live story

    July 11, 2014

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    SOUL FOOD: Jim “The Shark” Dreyer’s powerful message of faith and hope

    FOX News Channel - Video & Article (article by Kelly Wright)

    August 14, 2013

    A week ago while co-hosting “Happening Now” on Fox News with my colleague Jenna Lee, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Dreyer. The native of Michigan is the only man to have set records for swimming across all five Great Lakes. It has earned him the reputation of being known as “The Shark.” 

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    Jim ‘The Shark’ Dreyer: Man who swam 51 hours towing a ton of bricks reveals hallucinations, GPS errors and moments of near death all for charity

    New York Daily News, by Nina Golgowski

    August 14, 2013

    He swam 51 hours while pulling a ton of bricks and overcoming hallucinations, GPS errors and feared moments of near death.

     

    After what was expected to be a 22 mile, 30-hour swim towing two dinghies packed with 334 bricks, Jim "the Shark" Dreyer surfaced last Wednesday in Detroit with an incredible tale the tell.

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    Feature from Last Training Swim

    August 2, 2013

    Read M-Live story HERE

    Swimming Alone - WXMI FOX 17

    July 24, 2013

    To view video click HERE

     

    Swimming Alone - Print Media

    July 23, 2013 Press Release

    Read M-Live HERE

     

    Read the Detroit Free Press HERE

     

     

     

     

    Swimming to Detroit with a ton of Bricks

    Feat of strength aims to raise funds & rebuild hope

    July 23, 2013

    (Grand Rapids, Michigan) World record ultra-marathon athlete and Michigan native Jim Dreyer announced today that he will now swim alone without a support boat, when he attempts to tow a ton of bricks 22 miles across Lake St. Clair to Detroit.

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    Port Huron Media Blitz

    June 19, 2013

    To view CTV "Focus" segment click HERE

     

    To view EBW TV video click HERE

    Pace Per Mile

    Worldwide Audio Podcast

    May 31, 2013

    To listen to podcast click HERE

    TV News - Announcement / Media Event

    May 28, 2013

    To view WZZM 13 video click HERE

    

    ​​To view WXMI FOX 17 video click HERE​

    WXMI FOX 17 Morning Show

    May 28, 2013

    To view video click HERE

    M-Live Stories & Photos

    Includes short video intro

    May 28, 2013

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    Rebuilding Michigan Brick by Brick

    Feat of strength will fund building projects for Habitat for Humanity of Michigan affiliates ​

    May 28, 2013

    (Lansing, Michigan)  Michigan native, Jim Dreyer, will attempt to tow a ton of bricks, swimming 22 miles across Lake St. Clair to Detroit this summer, in support of Habitat for Humanity.  If successful, the swim, scheduled to begin August 5th, will be recognized as a world record.  The swim will mark Dreyer's 50th birthday, which will also occur in August

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     Where does a "Superhuman" turn for support?  Jim Dreyer turns to his "Superteam!"

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