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We named Linda McGill, MBE one of the best open water swimmers of the 1960’s (see here). In reality, she is one of the best of all time given the scope of her exploits in the pool and open water. McGill was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968 as an Honor Swimmer. […]
Long Live Linda’s Legacy. Linda McGill Passes Away Read More »
Harrison Haines (@hhaines44, University of Florida bio here) has been a great backstroker all his aquatic life: as an age group swimmer, as a high school swimmer in Massachusetts, as a college swimmer at the University of Florida, and now as an English Channel swimmer. This week, he set a backstroke course record across the
Harrison Haines Sets A Record Going Back Read More »
11 different sports will be conducted in Long Beach at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games including marathon swimming
Calm, Quick, Warm: The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Open Water Read More »
Lynton Mortensen retired and ventured on a grueling, challenging, adventurous global tour, pushing himself in the cold from Europe to Asia to Africa and Antarctica
Lynton Mortensen, Open Water Swimming’s 007, Man of Mystery Read More »
The life and legacy of 31-year-old Patrick Woepse, a UCLA water polo player and channel swimmer, was remembered at a 2.5 km memorial ocean swim in Newport Beach, California today.
We Can Do Hard Things: the Legacy of Patrick Woepse Read More »
As I swim long distances in the pool and open water, all kinds of thoughts come drifting in and out of my mind. There never seems to be a dull moment of thoughts or reflections.
More Myriad Musings While Marathoning Read More »
Swim Shikoku is a circumnavigation swim around the island of Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan.
Planning for Swim Shikoku Read More »
Over the last nearly 100 years of Catalina Channel swimming history, there have been over 800 solo one-way crossings of the channel, but only 15 successful two-way crossings. On Tuesday, mother-of-two 37-year-old Sidney Russell (37, USA, MSF bio here) completed a 27 hour 52 minute 64.6 km two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel from Palos Verdes Peninsula to Santa Catalina Island and
Sidney Russell Does 2 To Add to Catalina’s 15 Read More »
In 1988, Roly Bisslik [shown below] became the first person to swim 30 km in over 10 hours from Venezuela to Aruba in a charity swim in order to raise funds to buy a piece of land to build an Olympic swimming pool for the community of Aruba, later named Piscina Olimpico Roly Bisslik.30 years later, Bisslik coached 5 swimmers to
Britta Schwengle Represents Aruba, Making Her Father Extremely Proud Read More »
As of July 20th at the conclusion of the open water events at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) stood on top of the 5 km and 10 km podiums, as well of the World Aquatics global rankings (see below). Her 14,580 point total
No Surprise: Moesha Johnson Leads Open Water Swimming Global Rankings Read More »