Widow mourns former Team USA triathlete who drowned on Shelter Island vacation
Spencer Korwin, a 38-year-old former Team USA triathlete, died after drowning during a family trip to Shelter Island, and his wife Carly eulogized him at a service in Manhattan.
Former Team USA triathlete Spencer Korwin, 38, drowned while on a family vacation on Shelter Island, New York, after being discovered beneath the dock of The Pridwin Hotel on September 2, 2026. A funeral service held at Temple Israel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side featured his wife Carly Korwin speaking through sobs, praising him as a devoted husband, father and friend. The couple, who began dating after both graduated from Syracuse University, were parents to two daughters, Sadie, 4, and Colette, 1, and had planned to expand their family.
Attendees remembered Korwin’s lively personality, his habit of leaving notes for his family, and his habit of sending automated loving texts twice daily. The service highlighted the sudden loss of a beloved community member and the deep grief of his close-knit family.
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