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World Records in Open Water Swimming (AMERICAS)
World Records in Open Water Swimming (AMERICAS)
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The list below is a short list of open water swimming records (under 10 kilometers) 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 additional records, please send the name, country, year and time to Open
Water Source.
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
Cayman Brac (3.88 miles from West End to Point of Sand, Little Cayman Island Cayman
Islands)
Fastest Channel Crossing: Jeff Miller, 2 May 1987, 2:36
First Channel Crossing: Jeff Miller, 2 May 1987, 2:36
First Crossing by Caymanians: Felix Ebanks and Matthew McKinley, 18 April 2010, 3:30
Youngest Male: 19-year-old Felix Ebanks, 18 April 2010, 3:30
Youngest Female: 35-year-old Andrea Roach, 18 April 2010, 3:30
Oldest Male: 48-year-old Bill McFarland (USA), 18 April 2010, 3:20
Oldest Female: 52-year-old Kate Alexander (USA), 18 April 2010, 3:20
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
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