Catalina Channel Swimming Federation cancels 2020 season
The Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, which has sanctioned upward of 80 solo and relay Catalina Channel swims in recent years, has canceled...
Galilee Marathon Swimming Association launches
Israeli marathon swimmers Guy Cohen and Eyal Schachner announced the formation of the Galilee Marathon Swimming Association, to support and record marathon...
New Documented Swim: Michael Johmann, Meredith Schmitt, & Michael Jotautas –...
A 12.5 km triple-tandem swim in the Ohio River near Louisville, by Michael Johmann, Meredith Schmitt, and Mike Jotautas, is now published...
New Documented Swim: Krzysztof Gajewski – Masurian Lake District
Krzysztof Gajewski's 77.5km swim through the interconnected lakes and canals of Poland's Masurian Lake District has been published and ratified as a...
Jorge Crivilles Villanueva completes Oceans Seven
Jorge Crivilles Villanueva of Alicante, Spain completed a Cook Strait swim (North Island to South Island) today in 9:12 (unofficial time), to...
New Documented Swim: Ned Hastings – Priest Lake, Idaho
Ned Hastings' (a.k.a. "Baltic of Kaniksu") unprecedented 38km swim of the full length of Upper and Lower Priest Lake in Idaho is...
“Swim the Channel” documentary now available
Swim the Channel is a one-hour documentary featured last July on BBC Four, which follows three English Channel aspirants in the 2014...
Rules of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon (1927)
Official rules of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon across the Catalina Channel in January 1927:
Any of the following...
Finish of Sarah Thomas double Memphremagog swim
Years before Sarah Thomas stunned the world with a 104-mile Lake Champlain swim and a 4-way English Channel, in 2013 she was...
Early marathon swims: St. Louis “Water Marathon” (1906)
One of the earliest marathon swim races in the U.S. was a 10-mile contest in the Mississippi River near St. Louis, Missouri...