Successes

Successful Catalina Channel Swims
Swimmers are from the USA except where noted

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

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

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, 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, England

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

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