The Marathon Swimmers Federation announced its 2019 Barra List, recognizing the most prolific amateur marathon swimmers of the year:
The five honorees were selected by a vote of MSF members and contributors, from an initial list of 12 nominees, which in turn were generated by an automated query on the LongSwims Database.
The Barra List is named in honor of David Barra‘s legendary 2010 season. For further details, see marathonswimmers.org/awards/2019/barra
John Batchelder 
John Zemaitis 
Stephen Rouch 
Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist 
Sarah Thomas
Before the Barra List was the Barra Award. Previous Barra Award honorees:
- 2018: Martyn Webster
- 2017: Abigail Fairman and Stephen Rouch
- 2016: Jaimie Monahan and Dan Simonelli
- 2015: Bridgette Hobart, Craig Lenning, and Mark Sheridan
- 2014: Charlotte Samuels and Mo Siegel
- 2013: Wendy Trehiou and Sylvain Estadieu
- 2012: Grace van der Byl
