Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Walter Poenisch (1913 – 2000) was selected as an Honor Swimmer in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He is one of the few marathon swimmers who have been inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame, but not yet inducted in the International Marathon […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. On Saturday under ideal conditions, 78 winter swimmers came from the Czech Republic, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Turkey and across the United States (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Texas, Connecticut, Maine and Maryland) to compete in the United States Winter Swimming Association’s 2017 Winter Swimming National Championships at the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Rio Negro Challenge Amazonia is a 500m, 1.5 km, and 3 km river swim from Iranduba to Manaus in Brazil, partly along the Rio Negro Bridge in the Rio Negro on April 25th. The Rio Negro is the largest tributary of the Amazon and the largest blackwater river in

Courtesy of Doug Woodring, Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim, Hong Kong. Photos courtesy of Cow Lau from Muse Creations. “It was a great race and fast with the currents and tide in everyone’s favor,” described race director Doug Woodring of the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong. There were a few

Courtesy of Tobias Ginsberg, Sanlam Cape Mile, South Africa. After the first four men crossed the finish at this weekend’s Sanlam Cape Mile, then came the first woman Ashley Twichell who won her second race in two weeks. After winning last week’s 44th annual aQuellé Midmar Mile, Twichell completed the mile swim in 18 minutes

Courtesy of Tobias Ginsberg, Sanlam Cape Mile, South Africa. Chad Ho returned to his familiar position on top of the awards podium at th 2017 Sanlam Cape Mile at South Africa’s Eikenhof Dam. After getting upset by Matthew Meyer at the 44th annual aQuellé Midmar Mile, Ho came back strong to out-sprint visiting American Chip

Courtesy of WOWSA, Burghausen, Germany. Jacques Tuset is one tough, adventurous guy. Training in the south of France, Tuset traveled to the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany to complete his first ice kilometer. He swam into the outer lane, closest to the encroaching surface ice, and finished in 15 minutes