Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Kuroshio Current, Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte completed his longest stage swim of 9 hours 29 minutes as he is now over 800 nautical miles (over 1,500 km) from his starting point on Japan. He is making good progress in the fast-moving Kuroshio Current in the Pacific Ocean. He still has a […]

Bill Rose Honored By His Fellow Coaches Courtesy of International Swim Coaches Association, Clearwater Beach, Florida. After participating in the Distance and Open Water Swimming Panel with Mark Bernandino, Gregg Troy and Tyler Fenwick at the annual International Swim Coaches Association convention and sharing his experience with hundreds of other swim coaches, long-time Mission Viejo

Courtesy of WOWSA, Oahu, Hawaii. 1973, Nancy Ivy placed third overall in the 1973 Waikiki Roughwater Swim in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kaili Chun also placed third overall in the 1973 Waikiki Roughwater Swim. These two young women have been the only females to finish in the top three at the 3.8 km race course across Waikiki

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. After winning the FINA 5 km world championships and the recent RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay, it would have been very difficult for any women to beat Ashley Twichell today at the 3.8 km Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu. It was a beautiful day with

Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Ollie Signorini [shown with the female winner Ashley Twichell] won his second career 2.4-mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim this morning in Honolulu, Hawaii. Signorini beat 4-time winner Rhys Mainstone (second) and Wes Roberts (third). Signorini will soon head off to Maui for tomorrow’s Maui Channel Swim with his

Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Kuroshio Current, Pacific Ocean. After over a month of being stymied by wind and weather, squalls and storms, Ben Lecomte has been swimming steadily on his 8,721 km transoceanic stage swim over the last 11 days. With 20.61 nautical miles completed on his last stage swim on Day 89 on September

Courtesy of Lewis Pugh finishing The Long Swim in Dover Harbour, United Kingdom. “When Lewis Pugh is planning an event, it sounds like there is self-doubt because he asks so many questions and he is always thinking of myriad ‘What If’s?’. He considers Plan A, Plan B, Plan C and then some more,” observes Steven