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PHOTOS: Chilly 15K birthday swim honours dad who drowned in Harrison Lake

Sections ‘were absolutely freezing,’ Jen Soti says of 6-hour swim, followed by 35K run/walk
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Jen Soti gets a hug from her mother at the end of her 15-kilometre swim at Harrison Lake on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Contributed photo)

In honour of her late father, Surrey’s Jen Soti celebrated her 50th birthday with a sometimes frigid six-hour swim in Harrison Lake.

She swam 15 kilometres Thursday, Aug. 17, followed by a 35-kilometre run/walk on forest roads back to the bay where the swim started earlier that day, at around 5:20 a.m.

Soti’s 50K journey was done as a fundraiser for Ecojustice Canada in tribute to her father, Jim Keeling Jr.,

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Tom Zillich

About the Author: Tom Zillich

I cover entertainment, sports and news stories for the Surrey Now-Leader, where I've worked for more than half of my 30-plus years in the newspaper business.
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