For more than two days, Sarah Thomas was Dory from Finding Nemo personified: She just kept swimming.
Early Tuesday morning, Thomas, a 2004 graduate of UConn, concluded more than 54 hours straight of swimming and completed a four-way swim of the English Channel, becoming the first person ever to accomplish such a feat.
Throughout the swim, Thomas dealt with multiple jellyfish stings, cold water temperatures, and irritating saltwater in nothing but a swimsuit, cap and goggles.
Unsurprisingly, Thomas was a distance swimmer at UConn, and has continued to push the boundaries of open-water endurance swimming since graduating.