How Patrick McKnight Spent 34 Days In Summer Courtesy of Brendan Cooperkawa showing Professor Patrick McKnight swimming past Roosevelt Island and toward Mill Rock to finish the 2016 20 Bridges Swim. The video above only hints at the trials that Professor Patrick McKnight put him through between July 12th and August 15th this summer. The 50-year-old
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
Petar Stoychev was the first person to break 7 hours in the English Channel. Trent Grimsey became the second person to break 7 hours in the 18.2 nautical mile (20.9 statute mile) Channel. But how do these swims among the world's elite compare to the fastest times of its near-equivalent in the Pacific Ocean, the 17.5nm (20.2 statute mile) Catalina
Scott Zorning, president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, announced 26 channel swim attempts between the Channel Islands and the coast of Southern California during the 2012 summer season. Most of the swims are from the small volcanic island, Anacapa, that lies about 11 miles from the California, while a few of the marathon swims will
The gold standard in the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming was established by Rendy Lynn Opdycke when she completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7:46:32 on July 5th, the English Channel in 10 hours 54 minutes on July 27th and the Catalina Channel in 8 hours 28 minutes on August 9th during a 35-day whirlwind period in her record-setting summer of
The World Swimming Majors has compiled the data on thousands of open water swimmers in 30 major marathon swims around the world. The 30 events are listed here. The data is organized and searchable by age, country, gender and location (e.g., English Channel). While the data base is not complete, it is interesting to see where swimmers rank. The more swims
Tom Fristoe, an extraordinarily successful and innovative aquapreneur, is adding to his daily workload. Tom, one of the fastest 51-year-olds in the pool and a former USA Swimming national open water swimming team member, is attempting to break Rendy Lynn Opdycke's 35-day completion of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. "My goal, with significant pool
Rendy Lynn Opdycke completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in a shortest period than anyone else in the history of the marathon swimming. Within a 36-day window in July and August 2008, the Washington state multi-sport athlete successfully completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 7 hours 46 minutes on July 5th, then the English Channel in
Samantha Simon of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota joined the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club after her Catalina Channel crossing on August 2nd which followed her August 17, 2009 English Channel crossing and her June 13th circumnavigation of Manhattan Island. Samantha's inclusion in the Triple Crown Club makes it 36 athletes total
Chloe Mccardel won yesterday's Manhattan Island Marathon Swim with an outstanding crew who kept her going against second-place Jaime Caballero."Many thanks to my wonderful paddler Niles Furlong who was assisted by paddler Richard Clifford, boat Captain Charlie Lehr, observer Bernard and my amazing support crew Paul McQueeney.""The race was really tough. The
