Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 54-year-old Jim Barber and 47-year-old Victoria Rian, stalwarts from the Indianapolis (Indiana) open water swimming community, touched down near Sandy Beach on Oahu after swimming across the Molokai Channel in 14 hours 42 minutes. The tandem swimmers, veterans of the English Channel and Catalina Channel,
She is not one of the elite competitive swimmers, but Amanda Horton is representative of many of the thousands of athletes who participated in the Big Shoulders event in Lake Michigan this weekend. And Horton was brutally honest about the triangular course within view of the magnificent Chicago skyline. "This has been my most challenging open water event
Renée Leslie is a pool and open water swimmer from the Indy Aquatic Masters swim team in Indianapolis, Indiana. The San Diego native recently got the open water swimming bug after completing the 10-mile Swim the Suck in Tennessee. "When I entered the Swim the Suck, it felt like [that distance] is so impossible. [Swimming long distances in the open
The who’s who of the global open water swimming community are gathering in New York City for the June 23rd Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. The annual 28.5-mile circumnavigation swim around the heart of New York City has grown so popular that is no longer an issue if a swimmer will complete the 28.5-mile loop, but rather how fast. The selection process is
U.S. Masters Swimming will present an Open Water Swim Clinic in conjunction with the USMS 25K Open Water Nationals in Noblesville, Indiana.It's a learning opportunity not to be missed.The clinic is jam-packed with several experienced open water swimmers and headlines two Triple Crown swimmers (Mallory Mead and Jim Barber). The coaching staff has more than
While the annual banquet for the English Channel swimmers is elegant and black-tie, the annual Catalina Channel Swimming Federation is casual held with the Pacific Ocean looming just offshore.At this year's banquet, as usual, there was laughter, tears and heartfelt acknowledgements by the swimmers that frequently touched upon family ties. David Hartmire
