For one-way and two-way English Channel relay crossings, the natural record progression seems to have stopped - or at least put on hold after the GPS era arrived.
Some of history's toughest pool and open water swimming workouts by luminaries around the world are listed
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison, chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, talked with Jim McConica on today's WOWSA Live. The 69-year-old from Ventura, California has set 117 U.S. Masters Swimming pool records, 30 relay records, 26 long distance records, and six long distance relay records.
Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Yvetta Tulip Hlaváčová of the Czech Republic was elected as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2021. After competing for 9 years on the FINA World Cup professional marathon swimming circuit, Hlaváčová crossed the 33.5 km English
Penny Dean On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from June 2012) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), USA Swimming open water swimming head coach and an Honor Swimmer in both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame Penny Dean, Ph.D.
On Course - Eventually - To The Olympic Marathon Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Catalina Channel, California. When Commander C. Gerald Forsberg, OBE served as President of the British Long Distance Swimming Association and hosted the Windermere International Championships in England, he described how a small group of open water swimming enthusiasts met in
David S. Clark Talks Safety, Catalina Channel Season On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Administrator David S. Clark has swum, kayaked, crewed, coached and coordinated over 150 channel swims around the world - including Catalina Channel, English Channel and North
Hank Wise To Be Honored By Iconix Fitness Courtesy of WOWSA, Long Beach, California. Hank Wise, the reigning King of the Catalina Channel together with Samuel Neri and the captain of the fastest Catalina Channel relay in history, is a native of Long Beach, California. Wise will be honored by Iconix Fitness for his ocean-swimming exploits. Iconix Fitness
Pre-dawn Swimming In Seal Beach Courtesy of Peter Knapp, Seal Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honorees Cindy Cleveland, Lynne Cox and Penny Dean, and their open water coach Siga Rose trained in Seal Beach, California since they emerged in the channel swimming community in the 1970's. Site of 50 editions of the annual Seal
World Record Progression Of English Channel Crossings Courtesy of Julian Critchlow, English Channel. Out of curiosity, we wondered what the gradual progression of the English Channel crossing records were since 1875. Based on Julian Critchlow's database, we found out these nuggets of history of swims from France to England and from England to
