With the NYC Swim solo application deadline approaching on November 1st, it was interesting to learn the total number of times Manhattan Island has been successfully circumnavigated by solo swimmers since the island was first conquered.

A total of 694 swims, including doubles and triples, have been completed since 1915.

51 of these swimmers are members of the Half Century Club – individuals who were 50 years or older when they swam around Manhattan Island. Several of these swimmers have swum multiple times around Manhattan Island after they turned 50 … and most of them have done other notable swim in their second half century of swimming.

1. Antonio Argüelles
2. Stephen Autry
3. Herbert Barthels
4. James Bayles
5. J.C. Brenton
6. Duke Dahlin
7. Henry Eckstein
8. Morris Finkelstein
9. Elizabeth Fry
10. Hayward Gatch
11. Warren Gove
12. James Gray
13. Lucien Hankart
14. Ashby Harper
15. Tom Hecker
16. Vince Herring
17. Missie Hersey
18. Thomas Hetzel
19. William Hill
20. Bill Hoehn
21. Benson Huggard
22. George Hunihan
23. Paul Jagasich
24. Selwyn Jellie
25. Adrian Kanaar
26. Timothy Kennedy
27. Drum King
28. Terry Laughlin
29. Michael Lewis
30. James Meier
31. Michael Miller
32. Kevin Murphy
33. Nick Olmos-Lau
34. Chris Palfrey
35. Dale Petranech
36. Frank Reynolds
37. Michael Ross
38. Kristian Rutford
39. Elliott Schufield
40. Mo Siegel
41. Carol Sing
42. Nancy Steadman Martin
43. David Storch
44. Klaus Stutzer
45. James Tout
46. Peter Urrea
47. Donald Walsh
48. Larry Weiss
49. Robert West
50. Ira Wolfe
51. Dexter Woodford

Photo by NYC Swim.

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