Open Water Swimming News & Views

The Pennsylvania Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a three marathon swim series that requires three solo unassisted marathon swims: • 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • 12.8 km Bender Memorial Marathon Swim in Norristown, Pennsylvania • 39.1 km crossing of Lake Erie The Three Rivers Marathon Swim (3RMS) is a 18.6-mile marathon swimming competition organized by Darren Miller as a charity swim for Team Forever. The course includes a 10 km swim each in the Ohio River, Monongahela River, and Allegheny River. The Charles Bender Memorial Marathon Swim and Relay is an 8-mile marathon swim from Bridgeport to Valley Forge National Park and back in the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania organized by John Kenny of French Creek Racing . Lake Erie crossing is a 24.3-mile cross-border swim between Canada and the USA from the tip of Long Point, Ontario, Canada to Freeport Beach in Northeast Twp, Pennsylvania, managed by Josh Heynes of the Lake Erie Op...

For certain, Abigail Fairman gets things down effectively and efficiently. Last month, the Southern California resident headed to Australia to take on the challenge of completing the Australian Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming . The Australian Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming is managed by the Australian Long Distance Swimming Federation and Honor Organization of both the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame . The marathon swimming series requires of a solo, non-assisted completion of the following three swims: • 25 km Port to Pub Ultra Marathon from Fremantle to Rottnest Island in Western Australia • 34 km The Big Swim - Derwent River Marathon in Tasmania • 24 km Palm Beach to Shelley Beach Marathon Swim in New South Wales Fairman started her journey in Australia 34 km down the Derwent River in Tasmania on March 5th. 8 hours 35 minutes later, she had the first swim of the Triple Crown of Australia finishe...