The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame officially recognized the round-trip swim by Greg O’Connor between the “L” Street Bathhouse and the Boston Lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in the Boston (Massachusetts) Harbor on August 12th. Greg completed the 16-mile swim in 7 hours and 17 minutes. Photo shows Greg in his earlier conquest of

Rarely are marathon swim attempts successful on the very first try. And so it was with Theodore Yach’s attempt from Hout Bay to Robben Island in South Africa. Today’s attempt was aborted two hours into the swim after ocean conditions deteriorated dramatically. Theodore’s mentor Tony Scallabrino said, “It was like a washing machine out there.

The probable dates of the FINA World Cup, Grand Prix and World Championship schedule are below. With the World Championship as the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifier, 2011 will be an extremely important year for aspiring open water swimming Olympians. The formal dates are still to be confirmed and announced, but the possible dates are

Yes, but it has everything to do with their swimsuits – not their personalities. The women, including aspiring Olympic 10K swimmer Cara Baker of New Zealand shown here, at the world-class level of open water swimming are down-to-earth, polite and considerate young ladies (and mothers) who are great ambassadors of sport and of sportsmanship. But

Codie Grimsey from Australia traveled to New Zealand to compete in the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series – and he came home victorious in the first race of the series, the 2.8K Harbour Crossing Auckland. Despite rain and winds, the Auckland Harbour was quite smooth and impressive to Codie, a stalwarth on the Australian ocean