Data courtesy of Barbara Held and Marcia Cleveland. Among the individuals who have completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the average age is 43.7 years old. The age of completion ranges from teenagers [female: Charlotte Samuels at the age of 16 and male: Lachlan Hinds at the age of 18] to veterans [female: Barbara Held at 59 and male: Bob
Kelp and dolphins. Turtles and sharks. Salt water and tides. Whales and swells. These are things that open water swimmers and triathletes who live in the central part of America usually do not think about as they train in pools and compete in lakes. But the environment changes - dramatically - once they head to the seashores and are faced with marine
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If there has been anyone involved in open water swimming who has kept their composure, it is Richard Clifford. The practicing attorney from New York City could have panicked and he could have been hurt, but the calm he shows in the courtroom is the calm he consistently demonstrates in the open
The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming has already welcomed its first new member of 2012 with Jaime Caballero's Catalina Channel swim this April. Who else will join this esteemed group of open water swimmers? Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club members are limited to those who complete crossings of the English Channel and Catalina Channel and a
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California. One size definitely does not fit all in the open water swimming world. From training habits to feeding, open water swimmers follow an exceeding wide range of parameters. And shaving down is no different. An online roundtable discussion was conducted and the information-sharing was fascinating. International Swimming Hall of
In the 1960s, there was a series of extraordinary professional marathon swims in Lake Michigan sponsored by Jim Moran. Pro swimmers like Greta Andersen, Abdul Latif Abou Heif and Ted Erikson went head-to-head for hours, day and night, in the cold, rough waters of Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan has also attracted swimmers like Kevin Murphy, a 34-time English
The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association awards banquet was held last night, honoring its 7 successful channel swimmers of 2011.br> The honorees include Jim Neitz, Forrest Nelson, Tina Neill, Marcia Cleveland, Chris Layton, Lynn Kubasek and Alan Morrison. Recollections, memories, comments and stories from each of the swims were shared over a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 25-year-old Chloë McCardel of Melbourne, Australia went toe-to-toe with 35-year-old Spanish marathon swimmer Jaime Caballero of San Sebastian all day long - alternating in the lead - to nip him by less than 10 meters at the end and win the 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. McCardel follows the footsteps
