Swimming Milestones

Swimming Milestones by San Diegans (as of 2007)

20 San Diegans have swum the 21-mile English Channel, including Florence Chadwick, who did it 4 times, and Anne Cleveland, who has also done it 4 times, including two singles and one double crossing. Anne Cleveland, Scott Richards, Alan Voisard and Marc Lewis successfully completed their solo crossings in 2007.
31 San Diegans have swum the 21-mile Catalina Channel, including Bob West, who did it twice, and Jamshid Khajavi, who has done it 4 times. Karl Jacobs successfully swam the Catalina Channel in July, 2007, and 3 other local swimmers, Cindy Walsh, Rebecca Jackman (2nd time) and Dorothy Thomas (2nd attempt) are poised to swim the Catalina Channel in August, 2007:
12 San Diegans have swum the 28.5-mile Manhattan Island (New York) Marathon race. Rendy Opdyke has done it three times and finished first overall in 2006. Jamshid Khajavi did it 3 times; Peter Urrea did it twice and will do it again in 2007; Carol Sing did it twice. Jack Robertson, who did it in 1987, is paraplegic. Others include Bob West, Becky Jackman, Bill Hoehn, Andy Hewitt, Will Newbern, Scott Richards and Alan Voisard..
8 San Diegans are among only 18 in the world to complete the "Triple Crown" of Marathon Swimming, which includes the English Channel, the Catalina Channel and Manhattan
Island (Bob West, Carol Sing, Bill Hoehn, Rebecca Jackman, Andy Hewitt, Peter Urrea).
Scott Richards and Alan Voisard both finished their triple in 2007 when Scott swam the English Channel and Alan swam both the Manhattan Island Marathon and the English Channel.
14 San Diegans have swum both the English and Catalina Channels. Andy Hewitt swam
both channels within a month of each other.
10 San Diegans have swum the 10-mile channel between Maui and Lanai in Hawaii:
Carol Sing (twice), Bob West (twice), Betsy Jordan, Peter Urrea, Rebecca Jackman
(2 or 3 times), Janet Lamott, Dave Clark, Steve Frantz, Tina Moore, Todd Robinson
and Anne Cleveland (twice).
5 San Diegans have swum the 10-mile Strait of Gibraltar: Florence Chadwick, Jack
Robertson, Carol Sing, Tom Hecker, and Jamshid Khajavi, who did it twice.
The only 2 people to swim 18 miles from the Coronado Islands to Point Loma: David Clark
and Jack Robertson
Tom Hecker swam the length of San Diego County, from Oceanside to the Mexican border.
This distance is approximately 79.5 miles
Alan Voisard swam 100 miles in 5 days in La Jolla Bay to raise funds for a learn to swim program.
In July, 2007, Rendy Opdycke became the first woman, and the fastest person, overall, to swim 28.5 miles across the Santa Barbara Channel from Santa Cruz Island to the mainland.


	Swimming Milestones by San Diegans (as of 2007) 20 San Diegans have swum the 21-mile English Channel, including Florence Chadwick, who did it 4 times, and Anne Cleveland, who has also done it 4 times, including two singles and one double crossing. Anne Cleveland, Scott Richards, Alan Voisard and Marc Lewis successfully completed their solo crossings in 2007. 31 San Diegans have swum the 21-mile Catalina Channel, including Bob West, who did it twice, and Jamshid Khajavi, who has done it 4 times. Karl Jacobs successfully swam the Catalina Channel in July, 2007, and 3 other local swimmers, Cindy Walsh, Rebecca Jackman (2nd time) and Dorothy Thomas (2nd attempt) are poised to swim the Catalina Channel in August, 2007: 12 San Diegans have swum the 28.5-mile Manhattan Island (New York) Marathon race. Rendy Opdyke has done it three times and finished first overall in 2006. Jamshid Khajavi did it 3 times; Peter Urrea did it twice and will do it again in 2007; Carol Sing did it twice. Jack Robertson, who did it in 1987, is paraplegic. Others include Bob West, Becky Jackman, Bill Hoehn, Andy Hewitt, Will Newbern, Scott Richards and Alan Voisard.. 8 San Diegans are among only 18 in the world to complete the "Triple Crown" of Marathon Swimming, which includes the English Channel, the Catalina Channel and Manhattan Island (Bob West, Carol Sing, Bill Hoehn, Rebecca Jackman, Andy Hewitt, Peter Urrea). Scott Richards and Alan Voisard both finished their triple in 2007 when Scott swam the English Channel and Alan swam both the Manhattan Island Marathon and the English Channel. 14 San Diegans have swum both the English and Catalina Channels. Andy Hewitt swam both channels within a month of each other. 10 San Diegans have swum the 10-mile channel between Maui and Lanai in Hawaii: Carol Sing (twice), Bob West (twice), Betsy Jordan, Peter Urrea, Rebecca Jackman (2 or 3 times), Janet Lamott, Dave Clark, Steve Frantz, Tina Moore, Todd Robinson and Anne Cleveland (twice). 5 San Diegans have swum the 10-mile Strait of Gibraltar: Florence Chadwick, Jack Robertson, Carol Sing, Tom Hecker, and Jamshid Khajavi, who did it twice. The only 2 people to swim 18 miles from the Coronado Islands to Point Loma: David Clark and Jack Robertson Tom Hecker swam the length of San Diego County, from Oceanside to the Mexican border. This distance is approximately 79.5 miles Alan Voisard swam 100 miles in 5 days in La Jolla Bay to raise funds for a learn to swim program. In July, 2007, Rendy Opdycke became the first woman, and the fastest person, overall, to swim 28.5 miles across the Santa Barbara Channel from Santa Cruz Island to the mainland. World Records and Firsts by San Diegans Oldest person to swim the Catalina Channel: Bob West, age 62. Oldest woman to swim the Catalina Channel: Carol Sing, age 55 Oldest woman to swim the English Channel: Carol Sing, age 57. This record is now held by an Aussie woman who did it in 2006 at age 61. Oldest person (male or female) to swim a roundtrip of the English Channel (over 42 miles): Anne Cleveland at age 48. Anne's swim was completed in 28 hours and 26 minutes. Fastest Catalina Channel crossing by a female relay team age 60 and over (Betsy Jordan, Carol Sing, Debbie Peckham, Adrienne Pipes, Janet Lamott and Sandra Vickers. Fastest Catalina Channel crossing by a male relay team age 50 and over (Rich Henry, Warren Haviland, Chris Wagner, Steve Dockstader, Don Van Cleve, and Bill Kehoe) First woman to swim across the English Channel from France to England: Florence Chadwick First person to swim 18 miles from the Coronado Islands to Point Loma: David Clark First American Relay Team to swim the 21-mile North Channel between Scotland & Ireland in the Irish Sea (David Clark, Bob West, Steve Frantz, Peter Urrea, Cat Moore, and Ed Reynolds) First woman and fastest swimmer, overall, to swim 28.5 miles across the San Barbara Channel: Rendy Opdycke, on July 7, 2007, in 10 hours and 51 minutes











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