Just over a year ago, Anchorage’s Jordan Iverson set out to accomplish a feat that only a few hundred people in the world and just one other Alaskan have ever done: complete the open-water swimming ...

Local ultra-marathon open water swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey kicked off her 2025 open water swim season Thursday morning. Last year, Pumphrey made history when she swam from the Chesapeake Bay ...

A 17-year-old nicknamed the ‘Ginger Swimmer’ has swum the English Channel – powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained for four years, clocking up countless miles both in the pool and on the ...

Maya Merhige made quite a splash with her latest swimming accomplishment! On Saturday, July 13, the 16-year-old girl swam across the English Channel, which spans 20.5 miles, in 11 hours and 39 minutes ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...

Amy Wamsley tells people to live their dreams. She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. A Yellow Springs woman is planning to swim across ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Raleigh teen Lorelei Schmidt trains for a 2026 solo swim across the English Channel Open-water swims test Schmidt's endurance with ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --NYC open-water swimmer Fleur Sohtz has completed the English Channel swim, earning the prestigious Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. With her Channel crossing, ...

TAMPA (Bloom) – Swimmer Rachel Griffin is raising awareness for Pancreatic cancer in honor of her mother by swimming across the English Channel. The swim is part of her mission to support others ...

They’re out there, and every now and then you bump into one: Ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Amy Mazur, recently retired and about to turn 63, is such a person. She plans to swim the ...