Courtesy of Track RS, North Channel, Northern Ireland-Scotland.

Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services announced that American swimmer Ryan Utsumi from San Francisco completed his fourth career Oceans Seven channel today with a fast, fairly straight 10 hour 34 minute crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland.

“What a challenging swim. It took everything I had to make it through, but very happy to have done it,” he reported after reaching shore.

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