Triathlon Coach Fights off Alligator Attack in North Augusta, South Carolina

By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
A triathlon coach in North Augusta took several athletes out for a swim on Sunday, though the swim, which was supposed to be race practice, nearly took a turn for the worse when he was forced to fend off a nearly four-and-a-half-foot alligator.
Jonathan Bruney, a 31-year-old triathlon coach, was preparing a number of his athletes for an upcoming Ironman race in September, where he said his goal was to get to “Augusta and really just go through the entire simula