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 ...

A Paralympic gold medallist became the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel – and says that “nothing is impossible.” Melanie Barratt, 49, took on the challenge after falling in love ...

A healthcare worker will take part in a relay swim across the English Channel to support a charity that aims to prevent drowning deaths. Ellie Bull, an advanced medical practitioner from Doncaster, ...

In the early hours of Sept. 8, 2023, Jennifer Whitlock stood on Samphire Hoe beach in Dover, England. She was smeared head-to-toe with homemade lanolin to prevent chafing from her swimsuit or anything ...

She’s taking home the mermaid crown. A fearless Gotham native is set to stroke across the English Channel’s 21 miles of treacherous waters this week — becoming the first woman from the Big Apple to ...

Amy Wamsley tells people to live their dreams. She’s already swum from San Francisco to Alcatraz, and has eyed the English Channel since she was 12. A Yellow Springs woman is planning to swim across ...

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel (that we know about, at least), and since then, fewer than 2,000 other people have completed successful solo crossings.

Jeff Rake knows that his upcoming swim across the Catalina Channel is a big undertaking. The 56-year-old Wynnewood resident has been training for months ahead of his second attempt to cross the ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- This story is about crossing the Ka’iwi Channel between Molokai and Oahu, not by boat, but by swimming. It is one of the "Oceans Seven" swims. Much like the Seven Summits Hike, ...