Record-Setting Statistics

USA Triathlon and The International
Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

8/3/98 Swim for New Horizons- Lake Michigan

• New Lake Michigan distance record for actual miles swum
  (first mid-lake crossing between Wisconsin and Michigan)
  
  50 miles point-to-point from Two Rivers, Wisconsin to Ludington, Michigan
       Actual mileage swum: 65.0 miles
       Time: 40 hours, 56 minutes

9/5/99 Swim for New Horizons- Lake Huron

• New Lake Huron Speed Record

• New Lake Huron distance record
  
  51 mile point-to-point crossing from Port Hope, Michigan to Point Clark, Ontario
       Actual mileage swum: 52.3 miles
       Time: 39 hours, 38 minutes

7/24/00 TRI for New Horizons- Lake Erie

• First to swim across a Great Lake as part of a duathlon

• First double-digit mileage swim and marathon run in a continuous event
  (new solo duathlon world distance record)
  
  26 mile point-to-point swim from Erie, Pennsylvania to Long Point, Ontario
       Actual mileage swum: 30.4 miles
       Time (swim): 19 hours, 40 minutes
  
  26.2 mile run from tip of Long Point to Port Rowan, Ontario (17.1 miles in sand)
       Time (run): 7 hours, 7 minutes
       Total distance of Duathlon: 56.6 miles
       Total time of Duathlon: 26 hours, 47 minutes

8/27/00 TRI for New Horizons- Lake Ontario

• First to swim across a Great Lake as part of a triathlon

• First double-digit mileage swim as part of "Ironman-distance plus" triathlon
  (new solo triathlon world distance record)
  
  26.2 mile run from tip of Long Point to Port Rowan, Ontario (17.1 miles in sand)
       Time (run): 4 hours, 54 minutes
  130 mile bike from Port Rowan to Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario
       Time (bike): 7 hours, 26 minutes
  51 mile point-to-point swim (32 miles point-to-point from Niagara-On-The-Lake to Toronto, Ontario, plus 19 mile partial return)
       Actual mileage swum: 55.9 miles
       Time (swim): 35 hours, 53 minutes
       Total distance of triathlon: 212.1 miles
       Total time of triathlon: 48 hours, 13 minutes

8/16/01 Swim for New Horizons- Lake Superior (Quest for Gitche Gumee)

• New Lake Superior distance record
  
  Attempted 73 mile point-to-point crossing from Grand Portage, Minnesota to Hancock, Michigan
       Actual mileage swum: 47.0 miles
       Time: 35 hours, 57 minutes

8/31/02 Swim for New Horizons- Lake Superior (Quest for Gitche Gumee 02)

• New Lake Superior distance record
  
  Attempted 73 mile point-to-point crossing from Grand Portage, Minnesota to Hancock, Michigan
       Actual mileage swum: 48.0 miles
       Time: 37 hours, 38 minutes

10/7/03 Lake Michigan 350

• First to swim length of a Great Lake in a staged self-sufficient event

• World distance record for staged self-sufficient swim
  
  350 point-to-point miles from Michigan City, Indiana to the Mackinac Bridge
  
  18 Stages
  
  Estimated mileage swum: 422
      miles
  Total time: 29 days, 8 hours, 3
      minutes (704 hours, 3
      minutes)
  Swimming time: 331 hours, 19
      minutes
  Average swimming time per
      stage:  18 hrs, 24 min
  Average estimated miles per
      stage: 23.44
  Average estimated miles per
      hour: 1.27

8/4/04 Gitche Gumee 100

• Longest distance swum in combination with ultra-marathon run
  (new solo duathlon world distance record)
  Attempted to cross Lake Superior as part of 100 mile duathlon
  (27 mile run & 73 mile point-to-point swim between Grand Portage, MN and Hancock, MI)
  27 mile run- Grand Portage Indian Reservation
       Time (run): 6 hours, 15 minutes
  35.5 mile swim from Grand Portage, MN
       Time (swim): 34 hours, 53 minutes
       Time (transition): 2 hours, 14 minutes
       Total distance of duathlon: 62.5 miles
       Total time of duathlon: 43 hours, 22 minutes

8/3/05 Swim for New Horizons - Lake Superior (Solo Superior)

• First continuous self-sufficient swim across a Great Lake

• World distance record for continuous self-sufficient swim

• New Lake Superior distance record
  54.4 miles point-to-point from Whitefish Point, Michigan to Cape Gargantua, Ontario
       Actual mileage swum: 58.9 miles
       Time: 59 hours, 50 minutes

8/30/06 Dire Straits 125

• New Straits of Mackinac distance record (self-sufficient)
  Attempted to break 122-mile world distance record for continuous swim in the open sea, while swimming multiple crossings of the Straits of Mackinac self-sufficiently.
       Point-to-point mileage swum: 40.0 miles
       Actual mileage swum: Unknown
       Time: 49 hours, 48 minutes

These achievements are recorded by USA Triathlon and The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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