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Swim Across America will feature 21 open water charity swims in 2020 in the following markets: San Francisco, Larchmont (NY), Glen Cove (NY), Fairfield County (CT), Seattle, Chicago, Baltimore, Rhode Island, Dallas, Tampa, Boston, Nantucket, Atlanta, Charlotte, St. Louis, Denver, Charleston-Kiawah (SC), Houston, Los Angeles and Detroit ...
In July 2023, Merhige swam a 28.5-mile route around the island of Manhattan in 8 hours and 43 minutes. [2] In 2024, she swam 23 miles from England to France. [3]According to Swim Across America, Merhige had raised a total of $80,000 as of October 2023, with $25,475 being raised in 2023 alone up to that month.
In 2011 he helped bring Swim Across America to Dallas and has served as Swim Across America's Dallas Committee's Co-Director. Swim Across America is a nation-wide charitable organization that funds cancer research, largely through the efforts of individuals and teams that gain sponsors to perform an organized swim selected, planned, and staffed ...
After some amount of cajoling, Gubser finally showed up to meet him at the South End Rowing Club, the famed open-water swim club in San Francisco just across the bay from Alcatraz.
Benoit Lecomte began his swim of the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday June 5th 2018. He began in Chōshi Japan in the Kantō region, and hoped to make it to California. The distance to be covered was approximately 5,500 mi (8,900 km; 4,800 nmi) and hoped to end up in San Francisco, California. He expected the trip to take about six months.
Starting from San Francisco's Pier 43 + 1 ⁄ 2 at 9 am, Chapman completed the historic swim to Alcatraz, double circumnavigation of the Island, and return to San Francisco, in 5 hours 10 minutes. San Francisco's Mayor Willie Brown, and a number of youths watched the swim from a boat following Chapman. It took Chapman about 45 minutes to reach ...
The swift ocean currents turned this one-mile (1.6 km) swim into a swimming distance of 6.5 miles (10.5 km). [52] 1958 (age 44) – Maneuvered a paddleboard nonstop from Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore. The 30-mile (48 km) trip took 9.5 hours. [citation needed]
Its twin city, Saint Paul, was 25 — one slot ahead of No. 26 — San Jose. North Las Vegas fared worst of all at 100 — once again, showing off a deep divide within one metropolitan area.