The Associated Press and the Watertown Daily News reported that 66-year-old Peter Hendley was swimming from Grenell Island to Murray Island in Alexandria Bay in New York when he was hit by a boat. Peter had been swimming with a small buoy to alert others that he was in the water. However, visibility was an […]

Lance Ogden set a new record with a time of 4:01:07 on the 17.5-mile Ederle Swim course from Manhattan Island in New York City to Sandy Hook in New Jersey. He averaged over 4 miles per hour throughout the swim and was escorted by an all-star crew alongside the boat Together II. Although the last

The World Open Water Swimming Association presents the Personalities of Open Water Swimmer.  It is a Facebook quiz here. The sport of open water swimming attracts people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. Perhaps because the sport holds its competitions in oceans, lakes, rivers, bays, canals, channels, and reservoirs, each with its own characteristics

Ronan Keating, the Irish singing sensation and television star of The X Factor, is out in the high seas in support the Marie Keating Foundation and breast cancer research. Ronan is now with Olympian Steve Perry and other celebrities in a bold attempt to cross the Irish Sea from North Wales to Dublin, Ireland. To

Niek Kloots of Open Water Swimming Europe explains the swimmer’s obligation to start, swim and finish with a swim cap on their head. In sanctioned swims in the Netherlands, swimmers who fail to do so are disqualified. “The swim caps are used to determine who is who during the swim as well as for safety.

The Press Association reported that the charity relay for Cancer Research UK with its famous relay members, including Ronan Keating, Jenny Frost, Pamela Stephenson, Jason Bradbury and Steve Parry, is now about 21 miles into their 56-mile swim from Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales, to Dublin, Ireland across the Irish Sea. While the tides and

Jason Pintinalli, Event Coordinator of the Tom Wear Memorial Swim, announced that today is the last day for discount fees for its September 10th race in New Jersey’s largest lake. “The 1-2 mile Tom Wear Memorial Swim in Lake Hopatcong honors the K9 Heroes of 9/11 at our third annual Tom Wear Memorial Swim. This

Dimitris Kakalikas announced the athletes for the 30K ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑΣ «Ο ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ» (Nautical Club of Kalamata «POSEIDON») in Kalamata, Greece. On September 3rd, the 23rd Open Water Swimming Marathon Kalamata – Koroni will showcase two special attempts. Manyoki Attila from Hungary will try for a second time to swim a triple crossing of the

Record-setting Elizabeth Fry of Connecticut, U.S.A. set another world record by becoming the oldest person to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel on August 20th. Elizabeth added to her world record collection (which includes the records for the fastest “reverse-direction” circumnavigation of Manhattan Island and the 35-mile double Ederle Swim between New York