Open Water

Markus Rogan, Michael Donaldson Among Ice Swim Record Setters Olympic medalist Markus Rogan and training partner Michael Donaldson were among the swimmers to set ice swimming records in Austria recently. Rogan swam 111.2 meter under ice, a number he chose to honor the birthdate of his eldest son. Do...

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) is different from most sports halls – Honorees do not have to be retired to be inducted.  The sport is often a lifetime activity – 50 years in some cases. One example, Honoree Michael P. Read, MBE - Class of 1978 swam the English Channel 33 t...

Canada’s Emma Finlin Gets Spot at Paris Olympics with Extra Quota Spot Three days after finishing 24th in the women’s 10-kilometer swim at the World Aquatics Championships, Canadian teen Emma Finlin found out Tuesday that she’s done enough to get to the Paris Olympics. Canada was granted an unalloca...

Ivan Puskovitch Secures Team USA Berth to Paris Olympics in Open Water; Second American Bid To Be Determined With a 14th-place finish in the 10K open-water event at the World Championships in Doha, Ivan Puskovitch qualified to represent the United States in the discipline at this summer’s Olympic Ga...

Passages: Michael Jennings, Channel Swimmer and Olympic Torch Bearer, 85 Michael Jennings, who swam the English Channel and whose open water exploits earned him a spot in the 2012 London Olympic torch relay, died on Jan. 15. He was 85 years old. Jennings hailed from Kent and was a member of the Chan...

Open Water Swimmer Brennan Gravley Announces Retirement Brennan Gravley, an NCAA qualifier at the University of Florida and a Pan Am Games open water champ, has announced his retirement. Gravley, who wrapped up his final season in Gainesville in 2023, made the announcement this week on social media....

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the five athletes set to compete at the World Aquatics Open Water Championships – Doha 2024. The competition is scheduled for February 3-8, at Old Doha Port. Katie Grimes (Las Vegas, Nev./Sandpi...

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 ...