A 17-year-old nicknamed the ‘Ginger Swimmer’ has swum the English Channel – powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained for four years, clocking up countless miles both in the pool and on the ...

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 ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...

A long-distance swimmer was bitten by a shark in California while attempting what is known as one of the world's most difficult marathon swims. FOX11 Los Angeles reports that the male swimmer, whose ...

Abby Bergman wasn’t even half an hour into her journey across the Catalina Channel when the magnitude of the challenge overwhelmed her. She had access to liquid carbs and applesauce for energy, which ...

Baltimore ultramarathon swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey has once again successfully navigated the English Channel, completing the 21-mile swim in 14 hours and 13 minutes on Wednesday. It marked her ...

It has been 100 years sine Gertrude Ederle, in 1926, became the first woman and sixth individual to cross the English Channel ...

A shark bit a swimmer on a leg and a foot as he swam from Catalina Island to the mainland in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 30. About 12 miles out from Catalina, the man was bit by a three- to four ...

A Peterborough swimmer is braving freezing water every this month ahead of a challenge taking her across the Channel.

Local ultra-marathon open water swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey kicked off her 2025 open water swim season Thursday morning. Last year, Pumphrey made history when she swam from the Chesapeake Bay ...

The swim has grown from one Hood River orchardist’s yearly tradition to attracting hundreds of enthusiasts from around the world. Swimmers wait on the second floor of the sternwheeler Columbia Gorge ...