Successful Catalina Channel Swims
Swimmer # |
Name |
Date of Swim |
Direction |
Time |
| 1. | George Young, Canada | January 15, 1927 |
CM |
15:44:30 |
| 2. | Henry Sullivan | January 30, 1927 |
CM |
22:45 |
| 3. | Myrtle Huddlestone | February 5, 1927 |
CM |
20:42 |
| 4. | Kyle Leonard | March 1927 |
CM |
15:11:38 |
| 5. | Byron Summers | April 24, 1927 |
CM |
13:35 |
| 6. | Paul Chatteau, France | July 26, 1936 |
CM |
33:50 |
| 7. | Ray Carmassi | August 28, 1952 |
CM |
18:20 |
| 8. | Jose Cortinas | August 30, 1952 |
CM |
28:55 |
| 9. | King Benny Nawahi | September 1, 1952 |
CM |
22:50 |
| 10. | Florence Chadwick | September 21, 1952 |
CM |
13:45:32 |
| 11. | Roy Sutter | September 12, 1953 |
CM |
16:38 |
| Jose Cortinas | October 2, 1953 |
MC |
32:10:52 |
|
| 12. | Tom Parks | September 23, 1954 |
CM |
13:25:41 |
| 13. | Daisy Murchie | September 23, 1955 |
CM |
17:04 |
| 14. | Amy Hiland | September 24, 1955 |
CM |
20:07:07 |
| 15. | Bill Slater | 1955 |
CM |
18:54 |
| Tom Parks | June 17, 1956 |
MC |
9:10:30 |
|
| 16. | Ramon Ocana, Mexico | September 14, 1956 |
CM |
15:54:22 |
| Bill Slater | October 25, 1956 |
CM |
17:30 |
|
| Bill Slater | June 25, 1957 |
CM |
15:38 |
|
| 17. | Jason Zirganos, Greece | October 15, 1957 |
CM |
17:00 |
| Amy Hiland | April 26, 1958 |
CM |
24:00 |
|
| 18. | Greta Andersen | October 5, 1958 |
CMC |
10:49:41 / 26:53:28 |
| 19. | Joanne Florentine | October 6, 1959 |
CM |
|
| 20. | Lynne Cox | August 14, 1971 |
CM |
12:34 |
| 21. | Andy Taylor | August 14, 1971 |
CM |
12:34 |
| 22. | Dennis Sullivan | August 14, 1971 |
CM |
12:34 |
| 23. | Stacy Fresonke | August 14, 1971 |
CM |
12:34 |
| 24. | David Cox | September 1, 1972 |
CM |
8:50 |
| Andy Taylor | September 6, 1972 |
CM |
9:19 |
|
| Greta Andersen | October 9, 1972 |
CM |
12:18 |
|
| David Cox | August 5, 1974 |
CM |
10:20 |
|
| 25. | Bob Bejan | August 27, 1974 |
CM |
13:45 |
| Lynne Cox | September 22, 1974 |
MC |
8:48 |
|
| 26. | David Yudovin | August 17, 1976 |
CM |
11:50:12 |
| 27. | Penny Lee Dean | September 1, 1976 |
MC |
7:15:55 |
| 28. | John York | September 2, 1976 |
CM |
8:49:50 |
| 29. | Cindy Cleveland | September 27, 1976 |
CM |
11:04:24 |
| 30. | Mary Beth Colpo | August 22, 1977 |
CM |
8:43:16 |
| 31. | Syndi Goldenson | August 23, 1977 |
CM |
15:05:20 |
| Penny Lee Dean | September 4, 1977 |
CMC |
8:33 / 20:03:17 |
|
| 32. | Dan Slosberg | September 6, 1977 |
MC |
9:40 |
| 33. | Sandy Blewitt, New Zealand | September 7, 1977 |
MC |
10:58:32 |
| John York | October 3, 1977 |
MC |
8:31:20 |
|
| Cindy Cleveland | October 5, 1977 |
MCM |
11:35:15 / 24:30:32 |
|
| Dan Slosberg | September 10, 1978 |
MCM |
8:50 / 19:32:26 |
|
| John York | September 21, 1978 |
MCM |
7:41:14 / 16:42:00 |
|
| 34. | Tami Lavecheck | August 2, 1979 |
CM |
10:03:30 |
| 35. | Chuck Hosmer | September 3, 1979 |
CM |
12:00 |
| 36. | Kalani Russell | August 1, 1980 |
CM |
12:02 |
| 37. | Bill Kincheloe | August 6, 1980 |
CM |
12:03:13 |
| 38. | Carol Hadley | August 19, 1980 |
CM |
11:02:14 |
| 39. | Pat Hines | August 30, 1981 |
CM |
11:17:34 |
| 40. | Richard Marks | August 30, 1981 |
CM |
11:28 |
| 41. | Louise Comar | August 10, 1982 |
CM |
11:59:44 |
| 42. | Norman Albert | August 26, 1982 |
CM |
11:25:36 |
| 43. | Tom Clardy | September 24, 1982 |
CM |
14:02:14 |
| 44. | Jim McConica | October 26, 1982 |
CM |
9:08 |
| Norman Albert | August 15, 1983 |
MC |
15:29 |
|
| Jim McConica | September 13, 1983 |
CM |
8:27:24 |
|
| 45. | Pam Nickle | October 12, 1983 |
CM |
15:38:38 |
| John York | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
8:54:01 |
|
| 46. | Rick Heltzel | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
9:04:12 |
| 47. | Mohamed I. El Wekil, Egypt | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
9:23:06 |
| 48. | Carol Lee Heltzel | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
9:28:28 |
| 49. | Alison Streeter, England | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
9:33 |
| 50. | Lamiaa Zahy, Egypt | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
9:52:30 |
| 51. | David Morgan, England | August 20, 1984 |
CM |
11:23 |
| 52. | Joe Bommarito | August 23, 1984 |
CM |
14:00:43 |
| 53. | Suzanne Riedinger | August 1984 |
CM |
10:57:47 |
| 54. | John W. Hill | August 18, 1985 |
CM |
19:15:13 |
| 55. | Dale Petranech | August 29, 1985 |
CM |
13:28:48 |
| 56. | Cathy Moore | September 19, 1985 |
CM |
9:25:59 |
| David Yudovin | July 27, 1986 |
MC |
13:46 |
|
| 57. | Frank Fredregill | July 29, 1986 |
CM |
12:11:12 |
| 58. | Mike Suttle | August 24, 1986 |
CM |
11:13:23 |
| 59. | David Clark | October 6, 1986 |
CM |
12:34:27 |
| 60. | Frank Reynolds | August 14, 1987 |
CM |
10:34:20 |
| 61. | Taranath Narayan Shenoy, India | August 25, 1987 |
CM |
10:15:00 |
| 62. | Stephen Frantz | September 9, 1989 |
CM |
13:15:42 |
| 63. | Vicki Keith (butterfly) Canada | September 23, 1989 |
CM |
14:53:26 |
| 64. | Jamshid Khajavi, Iran | September 1, 1990 |
CM |
16:07:39 |
| 65. | Rick Barthels | September 22, 1990 |
CM |
11:36:43 |
| 66. | Bob West | August 3, 1991 |
CM |
16:15:00 |
| 67. | Timothy Cheesman, England | August 17, 1991 |
CM |
10:48:46 |
| 68. | Dan Angress | August 24, 1991 |
CM |
10:08:00 |
| 69. | Peter Kelley | September 13, 1991 |
CM |
13:45:30 |
| 70. | Cyrise Calvin | July 19, 1992 |
CM |
10:59:22 |
| 71. | Pete Huisveld | August 20, 1992 |
MC |
7:37:31 |
| 72. | Steve Hoberg | September 17, 1992 |
CM |
10:27:24 |
| Jamshid Khajavi, Iran | September 20, 1992 |
MC |
18:01:42 |
|
| 73. | Dailza Damas Ribeiro, Brazil | June 28, 1993 |
CM |
14:25:43 |
| 74. | Jamie Schnick | August 24, 1993 |
CM |
8:45:00 |
| 75. | Chad Hundeby | September 24, 1993 |
CM |
8:14:46 |
| David Yudovin | October 7, 1993 |
CM |
11:49:37 |
|
| 76. | Carlos Costa | November 7, 1993 |
CM |
15:03:02 |
| 77. | Andrew Peter Blake | September 26, 1994 |
CM |
11:01:35 |
| 78. | Samantha Silva | September 26, 1994 |
CM |
13:02:49 |
| 79. | Karen Burton | October 10, 1994 |
CM |
7:43:06 |
| 80. | Alan L. Freeman | October 11, 1994 |
CM |
12:12:07 |
| Jamshid Khajavi, Iran | August 4, 1995 |
CM |
20:47:31 |
|
| 81. | Noel Wells | September 15, 1995 |
CM |
13:57:09 |
| 82. | Alexia Nalewaik | September 18, 1995 |
CM |
12:47:08 |
| David Yudovin | October 18, 1995 |
CM |
10:46:47 |
|
| 83. | Peter Urrea | August 11, 1997 |
CM |
13:24:54 |
| 84. | Carol Sing | August 12, 1997 |
CM |
10:38:20 |
| 85. | Mara Wells | September 22, 1997 |
CM |
10:32:42 |
| Jamshid Khajavi, Iran | July 31, 1998 |
CM |
14:52:45 |
|
| Bob West | August 27, 1998 |
CM |
15:49:49 |
|
| 86. | Michael Stanton | September 27, 1998 |
CM |
14:10:58 |
| 87. | Heather Royer | October 1, 1998 |
CM |
8:42:57 |
| 88. | Antonio Arguelles, Mexico | July 12, 1999 |
CM |
12:25:43 |
| 89. | Nick Olmos-Lau, Mexico | September 1, 1999 |
CM |
12:40:17 |
| 90. | Scott Zornig | September 27, 1999 |
CM |
10:08:34 |
| 91. | Scott Coleman | August 15, 2000 |
CM |
12:41:43 |
| 92. | James Murphy | September 5, 2000 |
CM |
10:26 |
| 93. | Amy Migliazzo | October 5, 2000 |
MC |
12:45:29 |
| John York | October 6, 2000 |
CM |
8:32:49 |
|
| 94. | Anne Cleveland | August 14, 2001 |
CM |
10:15 |
| 95. | Andrea Karge | September 11, 2001 | CM |
8:33:18 |
| 96. | Rebecca Jackman | September 14, 2001 |
CM |
10:28:01 |
| 97. | Alan Bell | September 21, 2001 |
CM |
9:28:29 |
| 98. | James F. Fitzpatrick | October 3, 2001 |
CM |
9:47:44 |
| 99. | Bula Chowdhury Chakraborty, India | August 28, 2002 |
CM |
10:23:14 |
| 100. | Loren McCoy | September 20, 2002 |
CM |
11:12:43 |
| 101. | Mark Monticino | August 6, 2003 |
CM |
10:11:13 |
| 102. | William Schulz | August 6, 2003 |
CM |
10:11:13 |
| 103. | Kevin Murphy, England | August 8, 2003 |
CM |
15:23:12 |
| 104.* | Jason Pipoly | September 4, 2003 |
MC |
17:59:15 |
| 105. | Michael Miller | September 14, 2003 |
CM |
10:20:13 |
| 106. | Kathleen Wilson | August 10, 2004 |
CM |
9:36:34 |
| 107. | Gary Greenwood | September 8, 2004 |
CM |
13:08:03 |
| 108. | Forrest Nelson | October 5, 2004 |
CM |
10:35:16 |
| Jim McConica | October 7, 2004 |
CM |
10:19:24 |
|
| 109. | William Newbern | July 12, 2005 |
CM |
12:48:36 |
| 110. | Andrew Hewitt | July 12, 2005 |
CM |
12:48:36 |
| 111. | Phil Garn | July 19, 2005 |
CM |
9:39:25 |
| 112. | David Blanke | August 2, 2005 |
CM |
8:56:10 |
| 113. | Elizabeth Fry | August 2, 2005 |
CM |
8:56:10 |
| 114. | Marcia Cleveland | August 2, 2005 |
CM |
8:56:10 |
| 115. | Jeffrey Magouirk | August 23, 2005 |
CM |
11:43:02 |
| 116. | David Cooper | August 23, 2005 |
CM |
13:19:48 |
| 117. | Paolo Chiarino, Italy | August 25, 2005 |
CM |
15:17:06 |
| 118. | Bill Hoehn | September 7, 2005 |
CM |
12:57:59 |
| 119. | Richard Knepper | September 9, 2005 |
MC |
11:56:10 |
| 120. | Peter Attia, Canada | October 11, 2005 |
CM |
10:34:51 |
| 121. | Marc Lewis | July 7, 2006 |
CM |
9:44:18 |
| 122. | Andrew Alan Voisard | July 18, 2006 |
CM |
11:26:47 |
| 123. | Christian Tuskes | July 24, 2006 |
CM |
15:57:23 |
| 124. | Gemma Jensen, Australia | August 1, 2006 |
CM |
8:20:48 |
| 125. | Stanley Leventhal | August 4, 2006 |
CM |
16:15:15 |
| 126. | Aditya Santosh Raut, India | August 5, 2006 |
CM |
11:50 |
| 127. | Sally Minty-Gravett, Jersey Island, UK | August 10, 2006 |
CM |
9:51:23 |
| 128. | Claudia Rose | August 15, 2006 |
CM |
11:33:20 |
| 129. | Anna Ray DeLozier | August 17, 2006 |
CM |
8:35:44 |
| 130. | Grant Currie | September 9, 2006 |
CM |
15:59:27 |
| 131. | Lynne Smith | September 13, 2006 |
CM |
11:27:29 |
| 132. | James Pittar, Australia | September 15, 2006 |
CM |
11:36:50 |
| 133. | Scott Richards | September 20, 2006 |
CM |
10:39:27 |
| 134. | Karl Jacobs | July 10, 2007 |
CM |
10:07:58 |
| 135. | Tina Neill | July 23, 2007 |
CM |
9:26:45 |
| 136. | Cindy Walsh | August 14, 2007 |
CM |
13:56:05 |
| 137. | John Graass | August 20, 2007 |
CM |
10:31:22 |
| 138. | Dorothy Thomas-Reid | August 20, 2007 |
CM |
10:22:30 |
| Andrew Alan Voisard | September 17, 2007 |
CM |
8:51:51 |
|
| 139. | Michele Santilhano, South Africa | September 17, 2007 |
CM |
13:08:35 |
| 140. | Elizabeth Lee | September 19, 2007 |
CM |
10:10:59 |
| Tina Neill | July 9, 2008 |
MCM |
10:40:12/22:02:46 |
|
| 141. | Greg Farrier | July 25, 2008 |
CM |
9:54 |
| Tina Neill (backstroke) | July 25, 2008 |
CM |
10:37:42 |
|
| 142. | Emily Evans | August 7, 2008 |
CM |
9:34:01 |
| 143. | Kate Howell | August 7, 2008 |
CM |
13:49:53 |
| 144. | Stephen Junk, Australia | August 8, 2008 |
CM |
10:29:46 |
| 145. | Rendy Lynn Opdycke | August 9, 2008 |
CM |
8:28:21 |
| 146. | Michelle Davidson | August 13, 2008 |
CM |
11:46:01 |
| 147. | Nancy Steadman-Martin | August 13, 2008 |
CM |
11:46:01 |
| 148. | Pieter Christian Jongeneel Anderica, Spain | August 19, 2008 |
CM |
9:14:26 |
| 149. | Sabrina Buselt-Carlon | August 21, 2008 |
CM |
12:34:40 |
| 150. | David Galli | August 22, 2008 |
CM |
10:35:06 |
| 151. | Erica Moffett | August 22, 2008 |
CM |
11:47:21 |
| 152. | Michelle Deasy | August 25, 2008 |
CM |
9:50:00 |
| 153. | Michael Fero | September 4, 2008 |
CM |
11:06:43 |
| 154. | Tawny Cothran | September 5, 2008 |
CM |
12:30:20 |
| 155. | Dan Robinson | September 8, 2008 |
CM |
9:57:40 |
| 156. | Anthony Zamora | September 10, 2008 |
CM |
11:43:02 |
| 157. | Chris Roberts | September 19, 2008 |
CM |
13:50:56 |
| 158. | Elaine Kornbau Howley | September 22, 2008 |
CM |
10:57:44 |
| 159. | Dan Richards | September 23, 2008 |
CM |
10:10:45 |
| James Fitzpatrick (swam to Newport Beach) | October 1, 2008 |
CM |
14:59:23 |
|
| Cindy Walsh | October 6, 2008 |
CM |
9:55 |
|
| 160. | Michelle Macy | October 7, 2008 |
CM |
10:12:31 |
| Antonio Arguelles, Mexico | October 13, 2008 |
CM |
13:10:30 |
|
| 161. | Tom Hecker | July 10, 2009 |
CM |
10:45:24 |
| Antonio Arguelles, Mexico | July 13th 2009 |
CM |
10:25:02 |
|
| 162. | Nick Adams, UK | July 27, 2009 |
CM |
10:48:42 |
| 163. | Sakura Hingley, UK | July 28, 2009 |
CM |
10:58:27 |
| 164. | Craig Lenning | August 10, 2009 |
CM |
9:09:51 |
| 165. | Jennifer Schumacher | August 14, 2009 |
CM |
9:02:48 |
| 166. | Todd Robinson | August 25, 2009 |
CM |
8:05:44 |
| 167. | Paul Lundgren | September 4, 2009 |
CM |
10:19:43 |
| Peter Attia, Canada | September 8, 2009 |
MC |
14:08:08 |
|
| 168. | Joe Locke | September 9, 2009 |
CM |
9:45:52 |
| 169. | David Livengood | September 10, 2009 |
CM |
11:39:22 |
| 170. | Stephen Autry | September 15, 2009 |
CM |
12:51:20 |
| 171. | Jeffrey Cleveland | September 24, 2009 |
CM |
9:32:57 |
| 172. | Chris Palfrey, Australia | September 28, 2009 |
CM |
10:30:29 |
| 173. | Lynn Kubasek | October 7, 2009 |
CM |
15:53:38 |
Swim records are updated on a monthly basis. Swims for the current calendar month will be posted by the 15th of the following month.
