Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

David Barra and Rondi Davies announced that Stephen Rouch became the 7th 7-stage Finisher in the history of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim.

Rouch joins an illustrious list of accomplished marathon swimmers: Grace van der Byl (completed in a cumulative time of 31 hours 47 minutes), Rondi Davies (32 hours 36 minutes), Andrew Malinak (40 hours 21 minutes), Lori King (34 hours 15 minutes), Cheryl Reinke (38 hours 43 minutes), and Paige Christie (39 hours 7 minutes).

Stage 6 results of The Great Bays, from Tappan Zee Bridge to George Washington Bridge, are below [cumulative time for all 7 stages will be reported later]:

1. Stephen Rouch 3:28:26 [cumulative time of 25 hours 37 minutes 11 seconds in Stages 1-6]
2. Virgilio Graco Morlan 3:37:40 [cumulative time of 32 hours 36 minutes 0 seconds in Stages 1-6]
3. Katrin Walter 3:41:39
4. Flavio Toi 3:46:25 [cumulative time of 33 hours 5 minutes 10 seconds in Stages 1-6]
5. Abigail Fairman 3:47:45 [cumulative time of 33 hours 22 minutes 28 seconds in Stages 1-6]
6. Andrew Feldman 3:48:01
7. Marta Izo 3:48:56 [cumulative time of 33 hours 8 minutes 41 seconds in Stages 1-6]
8. Jamie Tout 3:49:13 [cumulative time of 35 hours 58 minutes 5 seconds in Stages 1-6]
9. Edward Riley 3:52:38 [cumulative time of 35 hours 52 minutes 3 seconds in Stages 1-6]
10. Robert Heiss 3:57:31
11. Steve Gruenwald 4:01:43 [cumulative time of 38 hours 23 minutes 10 seconds in Stages 1-6]
12. Steven Spiegel 4:03:24
13. Larissa Agudelo 4:04:05
14. Javier Olivares 4:04:05
15. Harry Finger 4:07:05 [cumulative time of 38 hours 57 minutes 0 seconds in Stages 1-6]
16. David Wallman 4:25:17
17. Andreas Kaubisch 4:30:52 seconds
18. Jacqueline Broner 4:43:09 seconds
19. Martin Healy 4:52:04 seconds
20. Chet Morton 4:55:57 seconds
21. Sharon Gunderson 5:14:38

Follow the 120-mile downstream race here.

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