Chris Dahowski, Team Captain of Swim22, the Contiguous Solo Crossing Relay across the Catalina Channel, will swim shoulder-to-shoulder with some famous swimmers in the Grand Finale on October 6th. Chris and his three teammates will attempt to do four consecutive channel crossings, with each swimming a solo Catalina Channel crossing. Each subsequent swimmer will be

Daily News Correspondent Kate Alexander had a blast at the Middle Tennessee Swim Club‘s weekly open water training under the tutelage of U.S. Masters Swimming Coach Ron Chlasta On Thursday evenings after work, Coach Ron opens up his own backyard for swimming in Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee. “Coach Ron’s Thursday group is now

Hawaii’s Jeff Kozlovich will kayak for and report on a 17.5-mile Kaulakahi Channel swim from the island of Kauai to the privately-owned Forbidden Island of Niihau by Bill Goding, Quinn Carver, Jen Shumacher and Brian Denaro. The first Kaulakahi Channel crossing was done by Linda Kaiser, Laurie Foster, Mike Spalding and Tom Robinson in 2003

Diana Nyad has her permission from the Cuban and United States governments to start her 103-mile (165K) Extreme Dream swim. She has done the training, including a 24-hour non-stop swim in the Caribbean Sea, and has organized the largest flotilla of support crews to escort and protect her across the wide expanse of sea affected

17 swimmers from India and host Bengal will participate in the world’s longest amateur race, the 81K National Open Water Swimming competition down the Bhagirathi river in West Bengal, India on September 5th. Organzed by the Murshidabad Swimming Association, one of its purposes is to help launch future marathon swimmers around the world. “This gives

The Kalamata-Koroni Long Distance Swimming Marathon is one of the world’s greatest open water swims. The Kalamata-Koroni Marathon is held annually in September across the Messiniakos Gulf in Greece, 30K (16.5 nautical miles) from Kalamata to Koroni. While Mohamend Maarouf of Egypt (6:33) and Mouala Homa (7:00) from Syria are the respective male and female

In support of the Mexican American Unity Swim in Lake Powell, Arizona, Craig Baskin created painting entitled H2O Unity. “I created the painting to help raise funds and awareness for all organizations affiliated with the non-stop three-day six-person distance swimming record attempt,” said contemporary artist Craig who donates 100% of the proceeds to the Wounded