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On August 29, 1931, when Young won the 15-mile men's division for the Lake
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In 1930, in her first win of the highly publicized Lake
Ontario 10-mile women's Marathon sponsored by William Wrigley, which she had trained for with her future husband George Young, her time was 5 hours, 33 minutes. Though Ravoir won the women's event that year, future husband George Young failed to
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cut her earnings on August 27, 1932 for the 10 mile Lake
Ontario Race from a former $ 5,000 to $ 3,000. She completed the race with a time of 5:22:18. She jumped into the lead only 100 yards from the start, steadily lengthening her lead as the race progressed and drew to a finnish. She won by 15
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Ravoir retired in 1967 from her job in
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Riverton three mile marathon swim as only a sixteen year old in August 1922.
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Showing all-round versatility in her swimming, she won a 300-yard medley swim of back, breast, and freestyle swimming at the
National Junior 300-yard medley at the Aquatic Carnival of the Ambassador Swimming Club in 5:33 in Atlantic City on the evening of April 5, 1924.
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warmest races in the series. She was around twenty-five at the time. Against 35 rivals, and a crowd of 100,000, she won the event and took home the $ 5,000 first prize purse, completing the race a half mile ahead of the second-place finisher.
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January 1923, she won the 500-yard, Middle Atlantic District free style championship at the Ambassador Swimming Club in 7:44.
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William Wrigley, left, with husband George Young, right, in 1927
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Hambleton, Jack, "Margaret Ravoir Wins Toronto Swim Classic",
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