Open Water

Jaimie Monahan, Marathon Swimming Around the World: Six Continents in 16 Days By Ned Denison Jaimie Monahan has staked major claims in the sport of open water swimming. She is an honoree in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (2018), Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (2019), “Queen of Around Ma...

American Claire Weinstein Wins World Aquatics Open Water Cup Finale American Claire Weinstein won the final installment of the 2023 World Aquatics Open Water Cup on Saturday in Funchal, Portugal. Weinstein led three Americans in the top five and win came ahead of a crowd of contenders for the season...

Over the years, I have attended numerous awards ceremonies from the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation banquet to the Golden Goggle Awards and high school and university season-ending celebrations. Last (week) was the 20th G...

From Hospice to Helping Others: Brent Rutemiller’s Remarkable Battle Against Multiple Myeloma “Rutemiller’s Army” Helps Brent Fight His Own Cancer and is Making Waves to Fight Cancer with Swim Across America In June 2023, Brent Rutemiller, former publisher of Swimming World Magazine and former CEO o...

World Aquatics Names Five Venues for 2024 Open Water World Cup, Paris Not Among Them World Aquatics on Monday unveiled five stops on its 18th season of the Open Water World Cup. Not among them is the site of the year’s biggest open water race, the Olympic course in Paris. The circuit kicks off in Ma...

Dan Simonelli found his calling in the open ocean. He build up his stamina, along with his love for the water and did some pioneering open water swims. But when he was at his highest, life, like an ocean wave, sent things crashing back down as Simonelli was diagnosed with cancer twice. The water is ...

Brennan Gravley made it a USA sweep in the open water events at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Gravley claimed the gold medal in the men's 10K to end the swimming competition from Santiago. He finished in a time of 1:50.23.4. While he was ahead for most of the race, several swimmers...

USA swimmer Ashley Twichell won the 10K open water gold medal at the Pan American Games on Sunday. Twichell won the race in 1:57.16.4. "I am really happy with that. It is my first time in Chile and it was a beautiful venue. I got to race some new faces and some old faces," Twichell said. "The sun ca...

Today marks 13 years since the death of Fran Crippen in an open-water race in Dubai that should have never taken place due to extremely high water temperatures. Swimming World annually runs this story in which Crippen's longtime coach, Dick Shoulberg, fondly remembers his protege. October 23, 2010 c...

Open water swimming in Australia is getting a big boost as the more opportunities for the Rottnest Channel crossings will resume. The Rottnest Channel swim is a swim from Perth to Rottnest Island on the western coast of Australia. The added opportunities are led by Out of Event Crossings, which coll...

International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Highlights Ethics Guidelines For Induction All Halls of Fame and Honor Organizations wish to create and maintain the highest possible reputation. As a result, all face a similar question: What are the correct and appropriate actions, as well as reasons, w...

World Aquatics Moves Open Water World Cup Stop from Israel to Portugal Due to escalating hostilities in the Middle East, World Aquatics on Thursday announced it will relocate the final leg of its Open Water World Cup from Eliat, Israel, to Funchal, Portugal. The event was originally scheduled to be ...

American Bethany Mitchell Completes North Channel Swim American Bethany Mitchell this summer completed a swim, since ratified, across the North Channel, linking Great Britain and Ireland. Mitchell, a native of Illinois and resident of Seattle, completed the crossing on July 27. Mitchell and her son ...

For the first time in conference history, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will hold a one-day Open Water Swimming Championship to be contested on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. The collegiate championship meet will consist of four events, beginnin...

Swim Ireland Bringing People Together Through Sanctuary Swimmers Groups Swim Ireland has brought together nearly 100 swimmers from 19 countries via its Sanctuary Swimmers group. The partnership between Swim Ireland and Sanctuary Runners has extended the latter’s concept to the water. Swimmers from 1...

Plans for more strict pollution monitoring in the River Seine have been unveiled ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to an Inside the Games Report. The river was unusable for the Olympic test events last month in both open water swimming and the triathlon, forcing organizers to take a deeper...

When Alan Corcoran learned of his father's death, he was devastated. Cancer had taken one of the most important people in his life and the adventure athlete wanted to do something meaningful to honor his father. Cororan decided to attempt to swim the length of Ireland, a 500K swim, to raise money fo...

LEN Open Water Cup US Participants Announced by USA Swimming USA Swimming today announced the five athletes set to represent the United States at the LEN Open Water Cup on Saturday in Barcelona, Spain.   The LEN (European Swimming Federation) Open Water Cup in Barcelona is the final le...

For the first time in conference history, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will hold a one-day Open Water Swimming Championship to be contested on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California. The collegiate championship meet will consist of four events, beginn...

Olympic Gold Medalist Brooke Bennett Finishes Second at Swim for Alligator Lighthouse Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett finished second Saturday at the ninth annual Swim for Alligator Lighthouse, an open water swim in Islamorada, Florida. Bennett finished behind another well-known swimming name i...