World Marathon Swimming Relay Records

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World Marathon Relay Swimming Records

The list below is a short list of the marathon relay swimming records over 10 kilometers. Withover 70% of the Earth covered in water, the number of records and locations to swim arenumerous and potentially endless.

If you know of additional records or new records that have been set, please email the name ofthe relay members, their countries, the date (month, day, year) of their world record, thelocation of the relay, the distance and official time to Open Water Source.

Longest 6-person Non-stop Open Water Swimming Relay in an Ocean (non-wetsuit,traditional English Channel rules)202 miles (325K) along the California coast between Santa Barbara and San Diego, 20September 2010 by Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and MikeShaffer (USA), 101 hours 39 minutes and 53 seconds (or 4 days 5 hours 39 minutes and 53

seconds).

Longest 6-person Non-stop Open Water Swimming Relay in a Lake (non-wetsuit,traditional English Channel rules)108 nautical miles (200K) in Lake Powell, Arizona, USA between 24-26 September 2010, VitoBialla (USA), Phil Cutti (USA), Matthew Davie (USA), Edna Llorens (Mexico), Nora Toledano(Mexico) and Patricia Kohlmann (Mexico) in 55 hours 20 minutes and 25 seconds.

Fastest 100K Relay (50 members)Lake Cane, Florida, USA, 13 September 2010, 37:06 by Mike Marino, Tom Noonan, SkipYonchik, Andrea Ugazio, Fred Emke, Rick Stafford, Mark Weeks, John Keen, Larry Peck,

Scott Neumann, Mel Nash, Curtis Wagner, Kevin Anderson, Ben Ohe, Christopher Ohe,George Mann, Walter Caldwell, Tom Knapp, Bruce Atlee, Walter Diloreto, Chris Gaw, CleveCooney, Chris Bolfing, David Tattersall, Trung Lively, Frank Wan, Mike Koenig, Chuck TannerJerry Krannebitter, Chris Scott, Hector Torres, James Hunter, Michael Napoli, Mark Myers,Gene Augustin, Joe Moletteire, Joe Furstance, Mark Dickie, Danny Ellis, Rolando Davis,Chris Iselin, Carlos Figueiredo, Justin Soto, Sean McCormack, Roy McConnell, JohnMeisenheimer, Lucky Meisenheimer, Alan Lawson, Michael Rogers and Jake Meisenheimer.

RECORDS IN EUROPE

English Channel (between England and France)Fastest One-way Relay (1st leg 2-way): USA National Swim Team (USA), 1990,England/France, 6:52Fastest Two-way Relay: USA National Swim Team (USA), 1990, 14:18First Two-way Ladies Relay: Great Britain, 2004, 19:07Fastest Ladies Two-way Relay: Altamar 66K (Mexico), 2007, 18:59

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First Ladies Three-way Relay: 2004, 32:31Fastest Four-way Relay: Sport City (Mexico) by Jorge Urreta, Luis Pineyro, Omar DíazGonzález, Alejandro Moreno, Mayalen Noriega and Mariel Hawley, 2007,England/France/England/France/England, 42:11Fastest Two-way France/England/France Relay: Sun Rice Australia (Australia), 1993, 20:40

Fastest Three-way England/France/England/France Relay: Sport City (Mexico), 2007, 30:07Fastest Three-way France/England/France/England Relay: Sun Rice Australia (Australia),1993, 32:24Fastest Junior Relay: Egyptian LDSF Juniors (Egypt), 1999, 7:43Fastest Junior Relay France/England: BLDSA Juniors (UK), 1984, 8:46Youngest Relay: Bristol English Channel Swim Team by Angus Rowley, Danny Pirret, LewisClarke, Eleanor Aris, Drummond McMillan, James Elmer, Alexander Chantler and RebeccaSheppard, 4 September 2010, 13:30First Medley Relay: Susan Ractliffe (backstroke), Pete May (breaststroke), Dr. JulieBradshaw (butterfly), Kim Owen (freestyle), 18 September 2010; 11:29 [one hour of eachstroke in traditional individual medley order]

Round Jersey Island (41 miles, British Channel Island)Fastest Relay Circumnavigation: Royal Air Force (Great Britain), 1999, 9:43.35

Irish Sea Six-person Relay90K / 56 miles (Ireland), 2003, 29:56

Round Ireland Staged Relay Swim (1500K, Ireland)First Circumnavigation: Nuala Moore (Dingle), Anne-Marie Ward, Ryan Ward, Ian Claxton,Tom Waters, Henry O’Donnell (Ireland), 2006

Longest Non-stop Open Water Swimming Relay (unlimited athletes, wetsuits allowable)Camlough Lake (Ireland), 680K over 10 days by 220 swimmers starting on 9 September 2009

Malta to Sicily (93K, from St. Julians Bay in Malta to Marina di Modica in Italy)Fastest Crossing: Australian National Team (Melissa Cunningham, Shelley Taylor-Smith, JoeMitchell and Grant Robinson), 19-20 July 1996, 19:11

Lake Windermere (66 miles across Lake Windermere, England)First 6-way Relay Swim: 1st Ladies Relay (Great Britain), 2007, 32:32

Lough Erne (50 miles in Ireland)First Relay Swim: 1st Ladies Relay (Great Britain), 2007, 21:59

Loch Ness (Scotland)Fastest 2-way Crossing: 2005, 24:10First 3-way Crossing: 2005. 34:32





RECORDS IN THE AMERICAS

Catalina ChannelFastest Male Catalina-Mainland Relay: Team 252 (USA), 1991, 7:11:05Fastest Male Mainland-Catalina Relay: Team 252 (USA), 1991, 7:19:01

Fastest Male 60 & Over Catalina-Mainland Relay: Polar Bears (USA), 1984, 15:09:21Fastest Male 60 & Over Mainland-Catalina Relay: Polar Bears (USA), 1985, 14:31:37Fastest Female Mainland-Catalina Relay: Pomona Pitzer (USA), 1994, 8:27:12Fastest Female Catalina-Mainland Relay: Lakewood Aquatic Club (USA), 1995, 7:04:00Fastest Female Under 20 Mainland-Catalina Relay: Pomona College (USA), 1983, 9:53:12Fastest Female Under 20 Catalina-Mainland Relay: Lakewood Aquatic Club (USA), 1995,7:04:00Fastest Female 50-59 Catalina-Mainland Relay: Mighty Mermaids (USA), 2010, 9:19:44Fastest Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) Overall Catalina-Mainland Relay: Top Gun (USA),1997, 7:30:36Fastest Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) Overall Mainland-Catalina Relay: USA National

Team (USA), 1989, 7:02:45Fastest Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) 30-30 Catalina-Mainland Relay: Solo Wannabe’s I USA), 1998, 12:06:29Fastest Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) 60 & Over Catalina-Mainland Relay: Blues TurningGray (USA), 1998, 13:08:47Fastest Open Overall Catalina-Mainland Relay: Mira Costa / Surfside (USA), 1995, 7:04:00Fastest Double-Crossing Male Overall Relay: Team 252 (USA), Mainland-Catalina-Mainland,1996, 15:30:06Fastest Double-Crossing Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) Overall Relay: Top Gun (USA),Mainland-Catalina-Mainland, 1997, 14:46:56

Santa Barbara Channel (California Channel Islands, U.S.A.) Fastest Relay Crossing from Santa Cruz Island to Mainland (22.2 nautical miles): BeauGatch, Herb Barthels, Pam Parthels, Jeff Farrell, Keith Martin and Steven Snyder (USA),1984, 11:47Fastest Relay Crossing from San Clemente Island to Mainland (55 nautical miles): JimFitzpatrick, Brendan Halffman, Mike Suttle, Craig Taylor, Dave Yudovin, Scott Zornig (USA),2002, 33:08Fastest Relay from Santa Barbara Island to Mainland (38 nautical miles): Peter Attia, JasonFox, Marc Lewis, Steve Lowe, Forrest Nelson and Ed Reynolds (USA), 2006, 18:44

Longest 6-person Non-stop Open Water Swimming Relay in an Ocean (non-wetsuit,traditional English Channel rules)202 miles (325K) along the California coast between Santa Barbara and San Diego as of 19September 2010 by Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and MikeShaffer.





Longest 6-person Non-stop Open Water Swimming Relay in a Lake (non-wetsuit,traditional English Channel rules)108 nautical miles (200Ks) in Lake Powell, Arizona, USA between 24-26 September 2010,Vito Bialla (USA), Phil Cutti (USA), Matthew Davie (USA), Edna Llorens (Mexico), NoraToledano (Mexico) and Patricia Kohlmann (Mexico) in 55 hours 20 minutes and 25 seconds.

Lake Travis Relay (12 miles, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)Fastest Crossing: Ace & His D.A.M. Friends (T. Glenn, M. Jacobsson, Eney Jones, R. Killeen,K. McClelland, and Bobby Patten), USA, 2008, 3:50:24.99

Kaieiewaho Channel (72 miles from Oahu to Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.A.)First Crossing: Linda Kaiser, Mike Spalding, Billy Brown, Michelle Macy, Randy Brown andJoel Swartz (USA), 20 – 22 November 2010, 47:55

RECORDS IN OCEANIA

Longest 6-person Non-stop Open Water Swimming Relay in a Lake (non-wetsuit,traditional English Channel rules)120.6K (74.9 miles) three-way crossing of Lake Taupo, New Zealand by two teams in January2009:First Male Relay Across Lake Taupo: Chris Palfrey (Australia), Dougal Hunt (Australia), MarkCockroft (New Zealand), Steve Junk (Australia) and Stephen Spence (Australia) in 33:31.15First Female Relay Across Lake Taupo: Penny Palfrey (Australia), Julie Bradshaw (GreatBritain), Michelle Macy (USA), Heather Osbourne (New Zealand), Barbara Pellick (Australia)and Lucy Roper (Great Britain) in 33:33.43

Fiji Swims (18K relay, Viti Levu to Beachcomber Island in Fiji)Fastest Crossing from Viti Levu (main island) to Beachcomber Island: 'No! We’re TeamQueensland' (Trudee Hutchinson, Stacey Hansford, Maddison Allen, Alexandra Goddard andJamie-Leigh Austin), 2008, 3:55.

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