Seth Baetzold (30, MSF bio here) loves swimming 58 km along the Red River of the North from the state of North Dakota to Minnesota in the annual Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) race:

• 2025: he won in 10 hours 10 minutes, escorted by Brian Huschle
• 2024: he won in 9 hours 14 minutes, escorted by Brian Huschle
• 2023: he finished in 9 hours 51 minutes, second to Michael Rice
• 2022: he finished in 8 hours 34 minutes, third to Jamie Proffitt and Karen Zemlin
• 2021: he finished in 13 hours 33 minutes, third to Sarah Thomas and Marian Cardwell
• 2019: he finished in 10 hours 21 minutes, second to Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist

2025 Results

1. Seth Baetzold (30, MSF bio here) escorted by Brian Huschle 10 hours 10 minutes
2. Stephen Rouch (44, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) escorted by Lindsey Danis 10 hours 15 minutes
3. Joe Zemaitis (45, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) escorted by Nick Tamble 10 hours 25 minutes
4. John Zemaitis (41, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) escorted by Steve Gruenwald 11 hours 7 minutes
5. W. Casey McGrath (53) escorted by Nick Zdon 11 hours 15 minutes
6. Chris Allshouse (55, MSF bio here) escorted by Julia Allshouse 11 hours 30 minutes
7. Katie Blair (46, MSF bio here) escorted by Kat Puhl 11 hours 42 minutes
8. Jerelyn Watanabe (56) and Terri Dietz (54, MSF bio here), duo relay 12 hours 7 minutes
9. Edward Lomicka (56, MSF bio here) escorted by Ivan Pancic 12 hours 15 minutes
10. Gerald George (66, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) escorted by Jimmie Kennedy 12 hours 42 minutes
11. Laina Green (30) escorted by Michael Box 12 hours 59 minutes

Historic END-WET Male & Female Winners

• 2012 (43.5 km): Darren Miller 9 hours 11 minutes, Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist 9 hours 15 minutes
• 2013 (43.5 km): Karen Zemlin 6 hours 58 minutes, Bob Naylor 7 hours 22 minutes
• 2014 (58 km): Kevin Kopplin 8 hours 38 minutes, Kathleen Wilson 9 hours 9 minutes
• 2015 (58 km): Sarah Thomas 9 hours 43 minutes, William Leonard 9 hours 53 minutes
• 2016 (58 km): Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist 10 hours 44 minutes, Jeff Utsch 11 hours 13 minutes
• 2017 (58 km): Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist 10 hours 33 minutes, Arlo Lorenz 13 hours 48 minutes
• 2018 (58 km): Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist 9 hours 40 minutes, Stephen Rouch 10 hours 35 minutes
• 2019 (58 km): Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist 9 hours 21 minutes, Seth Baetzold 10 hours 21 minutes
• 2020: no race held
• 2021 (58 km): Sarah Thomas 13 hours 4 minutes, Seth Baetzold 13 hours 10 minutes
• 2022 (58 km): Jamie Proffitt 8 hours 32 minutes, Karen Zemlin 8 hours 33 minutes (shown above)
• 2023 (58 km): Michael Rice 9 hours 25 minutes, Linda Simons 10 hours 38 minutes
• 2024 (58 km): Seth Baetzold 9 hours 14 minutes, Cheryl Reinke 9 hours 45 minutes
• 2024 (58 km): Seth Baetzold 10 hours 10 minutes, Cheryl Reinke 9 hours 45 minutes

The details of the 2025 END-WET are here.

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