Upper photo courtesy of Tracy Clark with Deborah Beier and Paula Yankauskas at Varne Ridge, England. Lower photo shows Beier with Yankauskas and canine support member Picard in Vermont’s Island Pond Swim during a 2016 Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association event. The 2018 induction ceremonies of the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Red River, North Dakota-Minnesota. It is safe to say no one has swum as far in the Red River flowing between the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota than Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist. In her sixth career (END-WET) river swim, the 34-year-old defended her title in 9 hours 40 minutes, beating a stellar

Courtesy of Bailey Weathers, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. The 2018 UANA Open Water Swimming Championships are being held on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands between June 15th and 18th. The championships for the national federations of South America, Central America, the Caribbean and North America are held in conjunction with the Flowers One Mile,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Pacific Ocean. He’s back. “We’re back on course after a few days hiding from a storm. It took us more than 24 hours, but we finally reached my last GPS point so I could get back in the water and continue The Swim [a 8,721 km transoceanic stage swim across the Pacific

Courtesy of WOWSA, Balatonfüred, Hungary. FINAtv will broadcast the next FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series race held in Balatonfüred, Hungary on June 16th. The men will race at 9:30 CEST and the women will begin 10 minutes later at 9:40. Watch here. Like all the other FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series races, the Balatonfüred event

Courtesy of WOWSA, Pacific Ocean. He’s back. “[It is] such a good feeling to be back out on the ocean and heading back to my last GPS location to dive right back in and continue The Swim across the Pacific Ocean,” wrote Ben Lecomte. Tropical Storm Maliksi finally passed across the course of his 8,721

Photo courtesy of Alicia Cabezuda, Jeju Island, South Korea. Between 2004 and 2011, Australian Sherrin Hibbard worked as an English teacher on Jeju Island off the southern coast of South Korea. Then she was inspired to attempt an unprecedented circumnavigation swim in her adopted country, a 160 km stage swim that took her 44 days