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World Open Water Swimming Records (AMERICAS)

 
The list below is a short list of open water swimming records (under 10 kilometers) done
without wetsuits and according to traditional English Channel rules in the Americas. With over
70% of the Earth covered in water, the number of records and locations to swim are
numerous and potentially endless.

If you know of any additional records or new records that have been set, please email the
name of the world record holder, their country, date (month, day and year), location, distance
and official time to Open Water Source. 
 
Waikiki Roughwater Swim (2.4 miles, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Fastest Male: Daniel McClellen (Australia), 1995, 42:13
Fastest Female: Lisa Hazen (USA), 1995, 45:33
 
RCP Tiburon (1.2 miles, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Fastest Male: Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) 2007, 18:20.00 
Fastest Female: Chloe Sutton (USA) 2007, 19:04.70
 
Golden Gate Bridge Crossing (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Fastest Crossing: Bob Roper (USA), 1969, 17:21
 
Willoughby Swim (4.75 miles, Lake Willoughy, Vermont, U.S.A.)
Fastest Crossing: Charlotte Bryne (USA), 21 August 2010, 2:09.50
 
Kingdom Swim (3 miles, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A.)
Fastest Swim: Tim Walsh (USA), 24 July 2010, 1:12:48
 
Beagle Channel (Argentina to Chile)
First One-Way Crossing: Lynne Cox (USA), 1990
First Two-Way Crossing: Rachel Golub (USA), Patricia Sener (USA), Cristian Vergara
(Chile/USA), 2010
 

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Lake Titicaca (Bolivia to Peru)

First Crossing: Lynne Cox (USA), 1992
 
Strait of Magellan (Chile)
First Crossing: Lynne Cox, 1976, 1:02
 
Bering Strait (2.2 miles from Little Diomede, U.S.A. to Big Diomede, U.S.S.R.)
First Crossing: Lynne Cox (USA), 1987, 2:06
 
One-Mile Cable Swim (Chris Green Lake, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Fastest Female: Abby Nunn (USA), 2009, 20:02.38
Fastest Male: J. Allen (USA), 2001, 20:39.99
 
Two-Mile Cable Swim (Chris Green Lake, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Fastest Female: Tobie Smith (USA), 2003, 39:51.99
Fastest Male: James Kegley (USA), 1988, 38:32.00
 
Horsetooth Open Water Swim (Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.)
Fastest 10K: Brooks Felton (USA), 2005, 2:09:31
Fastest Female 10K: Sarah Thomas (USA), 2009, 2:20:06
Fastest 2.4-mile: Patrick Dideum (USA), 2004, 49:34
Fastest 2.4-mile: Shauna Nelson (USA), 2007, 51:10
 
Cayman Brac Crossing (4.88 miles from West End, Cayman Brac to Point of Sand,
Little Cayman Island in the Cayman Islands)
First Channel Crossing: Jeff Miller (25 years old, Cayman Islands), 2 May 1987, 2:36:00
Fastest Channel Crossing: Lexie Kelly (24, USA), 16 April 2011, 1:53:53
Fastest Male Channel Crossing: Steven Munatones (48), 16 April 2011, 1:53:54
First Crossing by Caymanians: Felix Ebanks and Matthew McKinley (Cayman Islands), 18
April 2010, 3:30:00
Youngest Male: 19-year-old Felix Ebanks (Cayman Islands), 18 April 2010, 3:30:00
Youngest Female: 24-year-old Lexie Kelly (USA), 16 April 2011, 1:53:53
Oldest Male: 52-year-old His Excellency The Governor Duncan Taylor (UK), 17 April 2011,

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2:59:00
Oldest Female: 53-year-old Kate Alexander (USA), 17 April 2011, 3:25:00
Largest Group Crossing: Alex Harling (38, UK, 2:59:01), Kerri Kanuga (41, Canada, 2:59:05),
Andrea Roach (37, Canada, 3:04), Lizzy Berns (34, UK, 3:10), Kristina Horacek (29, USA,
3:10), Anne Jackson (50, Cayman, 3:18), Matthew McKinley (21, Cayman, 3:18), Felix
Ebanks (20, Cayman, 3:20), Barb Pedersen (59, Zimbabwe, 3:22 with fins), Kate Alexander
(53, USA, 3:25), Cordell Gutierrez (19, Cayman, 3:30 with fins) and Duncan Taylor (52, UK,
2:59:00), 17 April 2011

Flowers Sea Swim (1 mile, Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands)

Fastest Male: Alex Meyer (USA), 2010, 17:18
Fastest Female: Eva Fabian (USA), 2010, 17:47
 
The Money Box Cap 2k (Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)
Fastest Male: Rivers Will (USA), 2005, 24:07:00
Fastest Female: Natalie Sacco (USA), 2010, 26:00:00
 
American Swimming Association Open Water Swimming Texas High School State
Championships (2K, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)
Fastest Male: Conner Nolan (USA), 2010, 25:13
Fastest Female: Claire Singley (USA), 2010, 25:51
 
American Swimming Association Open Water Swimming Collegiate National
Championships (5K, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)
Fastest Male: Matt Attal, St. Leo University (USA), 2007, 59:38.0
Female Female: Brittany Massengale, Rice University (USA), 2007, 55:09.3
 
Snake River Challenge Open Water (1K, Lewiston, Idaho, U.S.A.)
Fastest Male: Ian Wheeler (USA), 3 July 2010, 11:10.69
Fastest Female: Courtney Schwiesow (USA), 3 July 2010, 12:03.93
 
CAST Classic Open Water (2.5K, Coeur’D’Alene, Idaho, U.S.A.)
Fastest Female: Sidney Orr (USA), 14 August 2010, 39:53.6
Fastest Male: Kyle Jones (USA), 14 August 2010, 38:19.87
 

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CAST Classic Open Water (5K, Coeur’D’Alene, Idaho, U.S.A.)

Fastest Female: Natalie Edge (USA), 14 August 2010, 1:10:57.93
Fastest Male: Kalen Darling (USA), 14 August 2010, 1:04:21.04
 
CAST Classic Open Water (10K, Coeur’D’Alene, Idaho, U.S.A.)
Fastest Female: Susanne Simpson Edge (USA), 14 August 2010, 2:27:0.23
Fastest Male: John Van Velthuyzen (USA), 14 August 2010, 2:23:42.22
 
Race for the Conch Eco-SeaSwim (1 mile, Turks & Caicos)
Fastest Male: Marcos Diaz (Dominican Republic), 9 July 2010, 22:12.9
Fastest Female: Isla McLeod (Scotland), 9 July 2010, 28:42.5
 
Seven Mile Beach – Northwest Point at West Bay Dock to The Wharf (5 miles, Grand
Cayman Island, Cayman Islands)
First Crossing: Victor Thompson (Cayman Islands), 15 July 1989
 
Golden Gate Medley Swim (4 miles, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
First Medley: Tom Keller, Michael Chase and Jon Ennis (USA), August 2010; 2:20 [one length
underneath the entire Golden Gate Bridge from end-to-end or about one mile of each stroke
done in traditional individual medley order]
 
Queen of the Sea (Reinha do Mar) (7K, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Fastest Swim: Christine Jennings (USA), 11 December 2010, 1:17
 

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