MSF Documented Swims - 2020

evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
edited June 2020 in General Discussion

Announcing the first MSF Documented Swim of 2020, Emma Radford's course-record setting swim in the River Derwent, Tasmania on New Year's Day.

https://marathonswimmers.org/swims/2020/radford-derwent/

Emma is only the 5th to complete this challenging swim since it was pioneered in 1973. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman-emeritus Chris Guesdon oversaw the swim, with Jai di Tommaso observing.

Emma's swim was ratified by unanimous consensus of the MSF Core Group along with Monterey Bay Swimming Association president Scott Tapley, who served as an independent external reviewer and temporarily replaced Emma on the committee.

Congratulations, Emma and team!

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  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited August 2020

    The process for MSF Documented Swims will be a bit different this year, and going forward.

    Documentation for each swim will be compiled and published on the MSF site with pending ratification status.

    Documentation will be reviewed by committee of MSF Documented Swims "alumni" (swimmers or observers) in collaboration with the MSF core team. Once a swim has been reviewed, its status will change to ratified.

    The following logos distinguish between these two statuses:

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    With that said, I'm delighted to announce the publication of 11 swims pending ratification:

    Date Swimmer(s) Swim State/Country Documenter
    30 Jan 2020 Amber Baker & Michella Thomas Around Coronado Island California, USA Dan Simonelli
    01 Feb 2020 Evan Morrison Round-Trip Angel Island California, USA Lisa Amorao
    08 Feb 2020 Qing Li & Louise Twining-Ward Kent to Ricketts (Banana Islands) Sierra Leone Sophie Bes
    16 May 2020 Robin Rasmussen Rose Round-Trip Angel Island California, USA Evan Morrison
    17 May 2020 Jessi Harewicz Around Pasley Island British Columbia, Canada Stewart Scott
    01 Jul 2020 Cheryl Coletti-Lawson Newfound Lake New Hampshire, USA Guy Davis
    09 Jul 2020 Jessica Kieras Lake Billy Chinook Oregon, USA M.L. Warhus & L. Smith
    18 Jul 2020 Bogdan Cosmin Zurbagiu Vidraru Lake Romania Cameliu Costache
    19 Jul 2020 Van Cornwell Tomales Bay, RT Hog Island California, USA Evan Morrison
    20 Jul 2020 Scott Connelly Lake James North Carolina, USA Julie Connelly
    10 Aug 2020 Stephen Root Lake Tahoe Calif. / Nev., USA Mark Lutzker
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  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    New MSF Documented Swims (pending ratification):

    Date Swimmer(s) Swim State/Country Documenter
    6 July 2020 Martyn Webster Lake Annecy France Cat French
    25 July 2020 Abigail Bergman Malibu to Marina del Rey California, USA Jax Cole + Steve Chase
    12 August 2020 Will Dichtel Chicago Skyline Illinois, USA Marcia Cleveland + Chris Layton
    19 August 2020 Maiken Pardon Redondo to LAX California, USA Krista Anderson

    Well done, all!

    IronMikeBogdanZKate_AlexanderStLucia_ChannelMLambySwimmersuzrlmSolothelittlemerwookiephodgeszoho
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    We have our first documented swim (pending ratification) from Hong Kong - a creative 10.2km loop around two rocks in Port Shelter by Isaac Yuen:

    https://marathonswimmers.org/swims/2020/yuen-port-shelter/

    I particularly want to praise first-time observer Michael Tsang @miklcct for doing a fantastic job compiling the documentation.

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  • miklcctmiklcct London, United KingdomMem​ber

    @evmo said:
    We have our first documented swim (pending ratification) from Hong Kong - a creative 10.2km loop around two rocks in Port Shelter by Isaac Yuen:

    https://marathonswimmers.org/swims/2020/yuen-port-shelter/

    I particularly want to praise first-time observer Michael Tsang @miklcct for doing a fantastic job compiling the documentation.

    Thanks @evmo . The MSF community has given us invaluable resource to make this happen in a part of the world far from the marathon swimming capital. I hope this can serve as a role model for pioneering swims where marathon swimming isn't well developed.

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  • curlycurly Issaquah, WASenior Member

    Hey @miklcct that's a pretty great project. This is how to do it. I think the documentation is ended perfectly with the quote of "one small step for a man one giant leap..." Well done!

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  • IronMikeIronMike Northern VirginiaCharter Member

    Great write-up! Congrats to Isaac and his crew, Po, Alfair and Michael @miklcct !!

    abbygirlroseMLamby

    We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams

  • LakeBaggerLakeBagger Central OregonSenior Member

    Wow! @miklcct, Isaac and crew—congratulations!! Also, that video footage is great... dramatic scenery and conditions! I’m super impressed with that storm and the kayak observing setup. Hoping this does indeed pave the way for more marathon swimming in the area. You’re right that with all those islands, a huge number of interesting and scenic routes are possible.

    IronMikeevmomiklcctBogdanZMLambySolorlm
  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin

    The latest MSF Documented Swim (pending ratification) is Alyssa Langlais's 6.7-mile swim from White Island, Isles of Shoals to Wallis Sands Beach in Rye, New Hampshire. This is a very neat-looking 10K-ish channel swim right in the backyard of New England's marathon swimmers.

    Link to documentation: https://marathonswimmers.org/swims/2020/langlais-isles-of-shoals

    Great job Alyssa, observer Cheryl Coletti-Lawson, crew/historian Bob Fernald, and the rest of the team!

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  • IronMikeIronMike Northern VirginiaCharter Member

    Congrats Alyssa and crew! Great write-up Bob and Alyssa and great pics!

    We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams

  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited October 2020

    Announcing eight new MSF Documented Swims (pending ratification):

    Date Swimmer(s) Swim State/Country Documenter
    01 Aug 2020 Bogdan Cosmin Zurbagiu Lake Bicaz Romania Mirel Micu & Valentin Mocanu
    13 Aug 2020 Amy Gubser, Sarah Roberts, Kirk McKinney Round-Trip Angel Island California, USA Evan Morrison
    13 Aug 2020 Jari Salomaa Round-Trip Angel Island California, USA Brian Kiernan
    15 Aug 2020 Nicolas Knap Traversée L'Isle-aux-Coudres Quebec, Canada P. Boisvert & N. Thibault
    19 Aug 2020 Cheryl Coletti-Lawson Lake Sunapee New Hampshire, USA Alyssa Langlais
    28 Aug 2020 Matthias Kaßner Around Müggelberge Germany Ina Kaßner
    31 Aug 2020 Ned Hastings Columbia River Washington, USA Jennifer Comfort
    03 Sep 2020 Abigail Bergman Santa Monica Bay California, USA Dan Simonelli & Steve Chase

    Among these are the first MSF Documented Swims from Germany (Kaßner) and the Canadian province of Quebec (Knap). On the subject of Nicolas Knap's swim - he was granted an exemption from the usual minimum-10km rule for the interesting technical nature of the route (crossing the St. Lawrence River) and for geographic and linguistic diversity.

    Well done, all!

    IronMikeBogdanZMLambyStLucia_ChannelSoloLakeBaggerrlmkejoyceKatieBun
  • BogdanZBogdanZ Bucharest, RomaniaSenior Member

    Thank you very much Evan for the effort you put into collecting and analyzing these swims and the committee to review them.

    I think this year we'll see an abundance of documented swims.
    If they wouldn't also be driven by Covid conditions, the increasing number only would be a great news.
    Smaller # of mass events, but it is in our nature to adapt and to find new opportunities, in what we love.

    Knowing the effort involved in organizing a documented swim, I think these are proof that we are survivors and we'll be stronger and more responsible at the intermediary end.

    There's a good number of new swimmers documenting and surely some of them, even in post Covid conditions will not forget that they can organize their own dream swim locations.

    Keep safe, unfortunately winter is coming to most of us.

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  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited December 2020

    Announcing 12 new MSF Documented Swims (pending ratification):

    Date Swimmer(s) Swim State/Country Documenter(s)
    30 July 2020 Melodee Liegl Green Lake Wisconsin, USA K. Donahugh & S. Green
    26 Aug 2020 Craig Clarke Coals to Newcastle Australia Michelle Brewer
    27 Aug 2020 Avram Iancu Iron Gates of the Danube Romania D. Ordelean & I. Cordea
    3 Sep 2020 Elizabeth Fry Lake Michigan Illinois / Indiana, USA M. Cleveland & Q. Li
    6 Sep 2020 Bogdan Zurbagiu Lake Razelm Romania Marius Grigore
    6 Sep 2020 Kathleen Wilson Around Coronado Island California, USA Fred Wilson
    8 Sep 2020 Neil Brinkworth Eddystone to Plymouth England Kate Robarts
    20 Sep 2020 Abigail Rousseau Redondo to LAX California, USA Krista Anderson
    26 Sep 2020 Kellie Latimer Long Lake 2-way Maine, USA Susan Knight
    27 Sep 2020 Joanne Jones Bristol Channel England / Wales Tom Chapman
    9 Oct 2020 James Savage Round-Trip Angel Island California, USA John Grunstad
    27 Nov 2020 Ajae Clearway Around Coronado Island California, USA Dan Simonelli

    Well done, all!

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  • evmoevmo SydneyAdmin
    edited April 2021

    Announcing 13 new MSF Documented Swims (pending ratification).

    Date Swimmer(s) Swim State/Country Documenter(s)
    26 June 2020 Neil Agius Malta Channel (Sicily to Malta) Italy / Malta S. Zammit & A. Agius
    15 July 2020 Alison Lievesley Pentland Firth Scotland Nicki Gwynn-Jones
    19 July 2020 Martyn Webster Lake Zurich Switzerland Charlie Masding
    19 Aug 2020 Charlotte Brynn Lake George New York, USA Janine Serell
    13 Sept 2020 Martyn Webster Lake Lucerne Switzerland Tom Rutter
    16-18 Sept 2020 Caroline Block Lake George 2-way New York, USA E. Howley & J. Zappe
    20 Sept 2020 Gracie O'Connell Redondo to LAX California, USA Krista Anderson
    20 Sept 2020 Nathan Payas Around Gibraltar Gibraltar Jenny Olivera
    13 Oct 2020 Katie Blair St Lucia Channel St. Lucia / Martinique Sue Dyson
    31 Oct 2020 Audrey Viers Around Coronado Island California, USA Marc Horwitz
    1-3 Nov 2020 Joe Zemaitis Roosevelt Lake 4.5-way Arizona, USA D Simonelli, S Nolan, K Nicholas
    29 Nov 2020 Chris Allshouse St Lucia coast, Fond Bay to Smuggler's Cove St. Lucia Sue Dyson
    16 Dec 2020 Michael Tsang Tolo Harbour Hong Kong Simon Holliday

    Well done, all!

    LakeBaggerOpenh2oMLambyrlmKate_AlexanderkejoycecurlyStLucia_ChannelthelittlemerwookieIronMikeSoloBogdanZAlex_Arevalo
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