Courtesy of ‎David Handley‎, Beachcomber Island, Fiji. Louise Scales (née Louise Stevenson) has twice won the 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia (in 2010 and 2011) and was the first person to complete a 38 km two-way crossing from the mainland of Fiji to Beachcomber Island and back in 9 hours 45 minutes […]

Courtesy of Press of Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jim Whelan, an Honour Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame who organized the Atlantic City Around the Island Swim, passed away at the age of 68 due to heart attack at his home. Sid Cassidy remembers the force of nature who served

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. It has taken 18 years, but Shane Moraghan achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 9 hour 15 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel on Monday. The Dublin (Ireland) swimmer completed his final leg in Catalina in a charity swim for the Cystic

Story and photos courtesy of Phil White, Ayer’s Cliff, Québec, Canada. On August 14th at the Fifth Annual 9-mile swim on Lac Massawippi, 13-year-old Vera Rivard of Springfield, New Hampshire finished first among the women, and first overall with a blistering time of 4 hours 10 minutes [shown above with Darcie Rivard, her mother and

Courtesy of WOWSA, Manhattan Island, New York. Diego López Dominguez, the fastest swimmer in the weekend of 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swims described his 28.5-mile (45.8 km) circumnavigation of Manhattan Island. The native of the Canary Islands finished in 6 hours 37 minutes, the 11th fastest circumnavigation of Manhattan Island in history and the fastest

Courtesy of Peter Schultz, Kryds Isefjorden, Rørvig Åbentvandsfestival, Denmark. 77 out of 97 people completed Kryds Isefjorden (Isefjord Crossing), known as Denmark toughest open water competition. “The event was held on a day where the weather gods pulled the brake.” reported organizer Peter Schultz of Nextchallenge.dk. “The conditions were really tough with strong head current

Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The International Swimming Hall of Fame hosted a successful conference on Near-Death Experiences while Drowning on August 18th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Organizer Dr. Stathis Avramidis reported, “The conference raised awareness about the near-death experiences phenomenon in relation to drowning. Swimming teachers, lifeguards, head lifeguards

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. noun – Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award is an award given by the International Swimming Hall of Fame to honor and recognize the contribution of individuals and groups making major contributions to marathon swimming. The honor was established in 1970 by the New England Marathon Swimming Association to

Courtesy of WOWSA, San Diego, California. The men’s collegiate water polo season in the United States will begin next week. The teams are all going through their ardouous Hell Weeks, training hard twice per day. The Tritons of the University of California San Diego incorporate a lot of running and dryland training in the soft

Courtesy of New York Open Water, Manhattan Island, New York. 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim is held multiple times in 2017, giving opportunities for as many swimmers as possible to swim 45.8 km (28.5 miles) around Manhattan Island in New York City. The August 20th edition of 20 Bridges was the fourth of five editions