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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
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