"The entire time I was just fighting myself mentally to kind of get over that fear," Maya Merhige said after the swim Chris Merhige and Kelly Gentry for Swim Across America Maya Merhige, a 17-year-old ...

Maya Merhige eventually stopped counting her jellyfish stings, such was the frequency with which they were getting scorched against her skin. At this point, Merhige was already several hours into her ...

Maya Merhige, a 17-year-old American swimmer, braved through the pain during a 27-mile swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand. Shortly after completing her journey, Merhige told CNN that she was ...

(CNN) — Maya Merhige eventually stopped counting her jellyfish stings, such was the frequency with which they were getting scorched against her skin. At this point, Merhige was already several hours ...