MSF News

Recent MSF Documented Swims

• Sarah Thomas: 80-mile swim in Lake Powell, Utah/Arizona.
• Jeff Miller: Circumnavigation of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Now Available: MSF 2017 Photo Calendar

Looking for a last-minute holiday gift for the open water swimmer in your life? The 3rd annual MSF Photo Calendar makes a great training log.

To preview or purchase a calendar, CLICK HERE.

Also available: MSF silicone swim caps, stickers, magnets.

MSF Global Marathon Swimming Awards:
Finalists Announced

Voting is currently in progress. Ballots were emailed to all eligible Marathon Swimmers Forum members on December 8. If you didn’t receive your ballot, first check your spam folder; then send a message to awards2016 at marathonswimmers dot org.

Solo Swim of the Year

• Pat Gallant-Charette, Sally Minty-Gravett, Carol Schumacher Hayden, Sarah Thomas
• Howard James, Christian Jongeneel, Mike Tyson

Barra Award for Best Overall Year

• Caroline Block, Devon Clifford, Chloe McCardel, Jaimie Monahan
• Dan Simonelli, Mark Spratt, Philip Yorke

Streeter Award for Service to Marathon Swimming

• New York Open Water, Sam Jones, Roy Malinak

Yudovin Award for Most Adventurous Swim

• Lori King, Jeff Miller, Greg O’Connor

Blogs & Other News

• Debate rages about Ben Hooper’s claim to be “swimming every mile of the Atlantic.”
• Where the Crazy People Swim - a new book about marathon swimming by Steve Walker.
• Suzie Dods announces 4th annual 24 Hour Relay in Aquatic Park, San Francisco - February 3–5, 2017.
• A “No BS Guide” to swimming in Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan.
• Diana Nyad caught in lie about being first woman to swim around Manhattan.
• LoneSwimmer: The Return of Furious Bob, Long Swim Recovery Meal, “The Sound of Bells”: A Tale of the Copper Coast
• Laura Picardo: Manhattan to Sandy Hook swim report
• Graeme Schlachter on cold water swimming
• Keith Garry: North Channel record swim report
• Patrick McKnight: Telling my Story - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• Ingrid Bon: reports on Swim for the Potomac 10K and the Kingdom Swim (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
• Are women “quietly dominating marathons swimming”? An analysis by Karen Throsby of the New York Magazine article by Melissa Dahl
• Courtney Moates Paulk: reverse Catalina Channel report
• Mark Sheridan: Lake Geneva swim report
• Fergal Somerville: report on Pat Gallant-Charette’s North Channel swim

IMSHOF 2017 inductee class

• Honour Swimmers: David Barra, Tamara Bruce, David O’Brien, Steven Redmond
• Honor Contributors: Richard Broer, Colin Hill, A.C.N.E.G., Pittman Family, Ricardo Ratto
• Davids Wheeler Award: Richard Broer
• Poseidon Award: Steven Munatones

2017 induction ceremonies to be held April 22 in Windsor, UK (just minutes from Heathrow Airport). More information here.

Stats & Trivia

Top 10 Fastest Triple Crown swimmers, by overall elapsed time

Click here to view the Top 25.