Courtesy of Sal Minty-Gravett MBE, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Prabhat Koli became the youngest individual to cross the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland. Koli described his 5th channel success en route to his Oceans Seven challenge, “The North Channel [is] done and ticked off the list. This was surely the […]

Courtesy of Ned Denison, English Channel. Corporate attorney Courtney Moates Paulk is closing in on the Double Triple. The Double Triple is a double accomplishment of the traditional Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming . A swimmer must completed a solo two-way crossing of the English Channel, a solo two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel

Courtesy of Tracy Clark, Cap Gris Nez, English Channel. 57-year-old Maureen Mech Montgomery completed a crossing of the English Channel on the shores of France at a steady pace of 82 strokes per minute after an early start at 2:40 am this morning at Samphire Hoe in England. Tracy Clark and escort pilot Stuart Gleeson

Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Today, Rene Martínez Saenz of Mexico completed a 13 hour 37 minute crossing of the English Channel from England to France. “I did the crossing with the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation on the Gallivant with Captain Michael Oram and Nora Toledano as my coach. I raised funds again for

Courtesy of WOWSA, Newport Beach, California. JG Monster Mile is a tradition with the Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards program. Jillian Schlom took off and won her age group by a full two minutes. Her swimming prowess is in her DNA as her father Steve Schlom is a veteran pool and ocean swimmer. “The Newport JG

Courtesy of WOWSA, Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. Attila Mányoki is one swim away from completing the Oceans Seven. But it is one tough crossing – from Northern Ireland to Scotland across the North Channel. Mányoki will begin anytime now, perhaps this weekend to culminate his Oceans Seven challenge: * August 2013: English Channel crossing from England

Courtesy of U.S. Masters Swimming. The U.S. Masters Swimming Go The Distance (GTD) Program is a self-directed event intended to encourage adult swimmers to track their swimming distance in a pool or the open water. There is no time limit for the distance milestones. Speed doesn’t count — just the cumulative distance that is on

Courtesy of Arik Thormahlen, Paradise Bay, Antarctica. Jaimie Monahan is ready to attempt to set a Guinness World Record for fastest person to complete six marathon swims on six continents. After becoming the first person to pioneer the Ice Sevens Challenge, Monahan set a new, ambitious goal and started planning her marathon swims. Her swims

Courtesy of FINA, Lac St-Jean, Québec, Canada. Three Times A Charm For Edoardo Stochino The Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean was site of the second race on the 2018 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series The renowned 32 km venue of Lac St-Jean from Péribonka to Roberval is always a tough challenge that Italian Edoardo Stochino knows