The Epic Lake Swim From Wisconsin To Michigan Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim, Lake Michigan from Wisconsin to Michigan. Back on August 13th, Jim Dreyer, the Executive Director of the Mighty Mac Swim, reported on a mid-lake, cross-state relay crossing of Lake Michigan in 20 hours 50 minutes. A team of six swimmers left Two Rivers in the state of
Mighty Mac Swimmers Give Back To The Mackinac Straits Community Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, St. Ignace, Michigan. Like tens of thousands of swims around the world, the Mighty Mac Swim race course will be empty this summer. Swimmers who were to participate in the cancelled Mighty Mac Swim have donated their entry fee refunds to raise over US$6,000 for pandemic
Chris Thompson, Kaelan Oldani to Defend Mighty Mac Swim Titles Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim, St. Ignace, Michigan. Jim Dreyer, Executive Director of the Mighty Mac Swim, announced that defending champions Chris Thompson and Kaelan Oldani will return to defend their titles in the annual Mighty Mac Swim in Michigan. The race is locally
World’s Strongest Endurance Swimmer, Walter Poenisch Courtesy of Fayette Poenisch, International Federation of Professional Ocean Swimmers and Divers. While Walter Poenisch was recently inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame for his marathon swimming achievements including his 90.75-mile (146 km) swim in 1972 (Swim of the Century), his
Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim in the Straits of Mackinac between two Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Changes abound for the 2017 Mighty Mac Swim, a charity swim that gave US$20,000 first prize awards in its 2016 edition to both Chris Thompson and Amanda Stevens [see results below]. Pre-qualification and registration opens today at
Courtesy of Jim Dreyer, Mighty Mac Swim, Michigan. This Labor Day’s Mighty Mac Swim on September 5th will award US$20,000 to both the male and female winners at its annual swim race across the often turbulent Straits of Mackinac. The swim, now designated as the Michigan Open Water Championship, is a 4.34-statute mile swim across the straits that connect
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jim 'The Shark' Dreyer will attempt an unprecedented triple crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2017. But it will not be a typical or traditional attempt. He is going to swim a bit further than the normal course, between Santa Catalina Island and the California mainland. He is going to swim between
Courtesy of boat pulling Jim Dreyer, known as the Human Tugboat or The Shark, Michigan. The Mighty Mac Swim is an annual Labor Day race across the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan’s peninsulas, alongside the Mackinac Bridge. The Michigan Open Water Championship limits its field to 80 swimmers and will benefit Habitat for Humanity. The first 79
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mighty Mac Swim started as a charity swim in Michigan, but it quickly became one of the world's greatest charitable events in open water swimming history. But Event Director Jim Dreyer has even bigger goals. He announced that the annual Labor Day swim will now become an official race competition starting
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is leading up to 65,000 walkers across the Mackinac Bridge on the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk on September 7th, those walkers will also be able to see 84 swimmers below them in the inaugural Mighty Mac Swim across the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. The athletes will
