A Bay-Area teen has created history by being the youngest person to ever swim the Kaiwi Channel in Hawaii.
The 15-year-old shared that swimming between the two Hawaiian islands to raise funds for pediatric cancer research was something personal for her-stemming both from her love of swimming and also in honor of a friend she lost in December 2022.
"I continued to motivate myself by remembering why I was doing it… in dedication and memory of a friend who passed away last month…pushed me and go forward," said Merhige.shared that doing the task was connecting and combining things she loves with something "everyone has to deal with." Merhige said swimming the channel was also something she wanted to do since she was 9, and that her late friend Sam "would've loved it.
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