When Marian Cardwell ’11 learned that she would spend her year as an English teaching assistant in Lille, France, she began dreaming of a swim—a very long swim. Lille is near the English Channel, a ...

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — Early Labor Day morning, Lynn Rasmussen and her group — The Faux Fur-sters — shed their warm, namesake coats to reveal wetsuits. They approached the open door of Columbia Gorge ...

The Nevis to St. Kitts Cross Channel Swim returns on March 28, 2026, uniting elite and amateur swimmers for one of the Caribbean's most iconic open-water challenges--now with Olympic trailblazer Alice ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim. Yellow Springs native Amy Wamsley has ...

The watch worn by the first British woman to swim the English Channel on an unsuccessful subsequent crossing is expected to sell for over £900,000. Mercedes Gleitze wore the Rolex Oyster on an attempt ...

For a middle-aged guy with a wife, four children, a full time job, six chickens, two dogs and a rabbit, Jake Dolce of Rye Brook manages to spend a lot of time swimming. His love of the sport is a ...

Baltimore-based ultramarathon swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey is making her third attempt at swimming the English Channel on Wednesday, after canceling her “Bay to Baltimore” swim in May. Pumphrey ...

ENGLAND — A local woman is preparing to swim the English Channel this week. Amy Wamsley is from Yellow Springs and, according to her social media, went to England earlier this month. Wamsley is ...

In the open water, the distances are long; the effort is exhausting. Lorelei Schmidt thinks about quitting frequently. It would be easy, expected even, considering the difficulty she faces. The ...

An American cancer survivor successfully became the first person to swim the English Channel four times in a row. Sarah Thomas, 37, finished the remarkable swim Tuesday morning after more than 54 ...