Old School Breaststroking In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When Frederik Jacques set a new breaststroke record crossing the English Channel in 13 hours 31 minutes in 2005, he broke the record of a fellow breaststroker from Belgium, Patrick Ghysel (14 hours 42 minutes). On the other side of the world, American Jason
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A rōnin was a samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless for various reasons including due to the death or fall of his master. In modern Japanese usage, rōnin - or a wandering samurai - also describes an individual who is between jobs or a high
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Morning Times of Sayre, Pennsylvania reported the passing of open water swimming pioneer Russell Chaffee. The 87-year-old had quite a career and mindset that foreshadowed the contemporary growth of marathon swimming in the United States. A lifelong math teacher, Russell swam all over the eastern U.S.
Elaine Howley of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association provided this detailed perspective of Mo Siegel's swim across America's Channel. At 6:36 am on August 17th, 61-year-old Mo Siegel of Piermont, New York, splashed into the water off White Horse Beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Long rays of early morning sunshine glinted off the dune houses
The American Channel, formerly known as Massachusetts Bay, has been sitting dormant for nearly a century when it comes to marathon swimming. But Greg O’Connor (shown on left) of the Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association changed all that. With his vision and drive, he is reviving a swim that has attracted attention since 1915. Earlier today under
The Alexander Channel Cup, a three-foot George V sterling silver trophy, was presented to Henry Sullivan for being the first American and third person overall to swim the English Channel His breaststroke crossing in 26 hours 50 minutes was celebrated in film that the London Daily Sketch described as "...the most interesting film we have ever seen, showing
Henry Sullivan, in a era when easy transatlantic transportation was not available, attempted to swim the English Channel seven times. He traveled by ship each time across the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to England, a reported US$5,000 travel bill for each crossing back in the 1920s. Weeks across the Atlantic in a ship was finally followed by a
The all-breaststroke Catalina Channel swim that Jason Lassen did yesterday was a real throw-back swim, all the way back to 1927 when Henry Sullivan first swam the Catalina Channel in breaststroke in 22 hours and 45 minutes.Jason's 15:59 crossing was done under similar conditions as Henry faced in 1927. "I wanted to break his record fair and square so I swam
Persistence Pays Off After 28 Hours and 44 Minutes Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Jackie Cobell captured the attention of the global English Channel swimming community by her daunting 28 hours 44 minute crossing yesterday. Family, fans and friends from around the world followed Cobell's swim via the Channel Swimmers Google Group and track her
