International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame – Relay Marathon Swim Records

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

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, 20
September 2010 by Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and
Mike Shaffer (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 (200Ks) in Lake Powell, Arizona, USA between 24-26 September
2010, Vito Bialla (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,
Skip Yonchik, 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, Cleve Cooney, Chris Bolfing, David Tattersall, Trung Lively, Frank
Wan, Mike Koenig Chuck Tanner Jerry 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, John Meisenheimer, 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, 6:52
Fastest Two-way Relay: USA National Swim Team (USA), 1990, 14:18
Fastest Ladies Two-way Relay: Altamar 66K (Mexico), 2007, 18:59
Fastest Four-way Relay: Sport City (Mexico), 2007,
England/France/England/France/England, 42:11
Fastest 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,
30:07

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 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame – Relay Marathon Swim Records

Fastest Three-way France/England/France/England Relay: Sun Rice Australia

(Australia), 1993, 32:24
Fastest Junior Relay: Egyptian LDSF Juniors (Egypt), 1999, 7:43
Fastest Junior Relay France/England: BLDSA Juniors (UK), 1984, 8:46
Youngest Relay: Bristol English Channel Swim Team, 4 September 2010, 13:30

Round Jersey Island (41 miles, British Channel Island)

Fastest Relay Circumnavigation: Royal Air Force (Great Britain), 1999, 9:43.35

Irish Sea 6-person Relay

90K / 56 miles in 29:56 in 2003

Round Ireland Staged Relay Swim (1500K, Ireland)

First Circumnavigation: Nuala Moore (Dingle), Anne-Marie, 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, Joe Mitchell and Grant Robinson), 19-20 July 1996, 19:11

RECORDS IN THE AMERICAS

Catalina Channel
Fastest Male Catalina-Mainland Relay: Team 252 (USA), 1991, 7:11:05
Fastest Male Mainland-Catalina Relay: Team 252 (USA), 1991, 7:19:01
Fastest Male 60 & Over Catalina-Mainland Relay: Polar Bears (USA), 1984, 15:09:21
Fastest Male 60 & Over Mainland-Catalina Relay: Polar Bears (USA), 1985, 14:31:37
Fastest Female Mainland-Catalina Relay: Pomona Pitzer (USA), 1994, 8:27:12
Fastest Female Catalina-Mainland Relay: Lakewood Aquatic Club (USA), 1995, 7:04:00
Fastest Female Under 20 Mainland-Catalina Relay: Pomona College (USA), 1983,
9:53:12
Fastest Female Under 20 Catalina-Mainland Relay: Lakewood Aquatic Club (USA),
1995, 7:04:00
Fastest Female 50-59 Catalina-Mainland Relay: Mighty Mermaids (USA), 2010, 9:19:44
Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) Overall Catalina-Mainland Relay: Top Gun (USA),
1997, 7:30:36
Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) Overall Mainland-Catalina Relay: USA National Team
(USA), 1989, 7:02:45

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Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) 30-30 Catalina-Mainland Relay: Solo Wannabe’s I
USA), 1998, 12:06:29
Mixed 3/3 (3 male and 3 female) 60 & Over Catalina-Mainland Relay: Blues Turning
Gray (USA), 1998, 13:08:47
Open Overall Catalina-Mainland Relay: Mira Costa / Surfside (USA), 1995, 7:04:00
Double-Crossing Male Overall Relay: Team 252 (USA), Mainland-Catalina-Mainland,
1996, 15:30:06
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, U.S.A.)

Fastest Relay Crossing from Santa Cruz Island to Mainland: Beau Gatch, Herb
Barthels, Pam Parthels, Jeff Farrell, Keith Martin and Steven Snyder (USA), 1984,
11:47
Fastest Relay Crossing from San Clemente Island to Mainland: Jim Fitzpatrick, Brendan
Halffman, Mike Suttle, Craig Taylor, Dave Yudovin, Scott Zornig (Australia), 2002, 33:08
Fastest Relay from Santa Barbara Island to Mainland: Peter Attia, Jason Fox, 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 19 September 2010 by Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz
and Mike Shaffer.

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),
Nora Toledano (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

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) in Lake Taupo, New Zealand by two teams in January 2009: Chris
Palfrey (Australia), Dougal Hunt (Australia), Mark Cockroft (New Zealand), Steve Junk
(Australia) and Stephen Spence (Australia) in 33 hours 31 minutes and 15 seconds and
Penny Palfrey (Australia), Julie Bradshaw (Great Britain), Michelle Macy (USA), Heather

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Osbourne (New Zealand), Barbara Pellick (Australia) and Lucy Roper (Great Britain) in
33 hours 33 minutes and 43 seconds.

Fiji Swims (18K, Fiji)

Fastest Crossing from Viti Levu (main island) to Beachcomber Island: 'No! We’re Team
Queensland' (Trudee Hutchinson, Stacey Hansford, Maddison Allen, Alexandra
Goddard and Jamie-Leigh Austin), 2008, 3:55.

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