The RECORD BOOK:
Lake Ontario Crossing Record Book (Sep 14, 2012)
Marilyn Bell swims Lake Ontario, Sep 10, 1954
The ultimate challange for any LOST Swimmer, or for any marathon swimmer, is a Lake Ontario Crossing. Here is the list of swimmers that have accomplished that feat and some interesting facts about these swims…
Interesting Facts about Lake Ontario Crossings:
- Total Crossings: 62
- Number of People to Cross: 49
- Multiple Crossings: Jim Woods 2, Marilyn Korzekwa 2, John Munroe 2, John Scott 2, Kim Lumsdon 2, Colleen Sheilds 2, Kim Middleton 3,Vicki Keith 6
- Double Crossing: Vicki Keith (95 km)
- People who have swum the English Channel and Lake Ontario: 11, including: Marilyn Bell, Brenda Fisher, Vicki Keith, John Kinsella, Magdy Mandour, Kim Middleton, Cindy Nicholas, Loreen Passfield, Paolo Pinto, Claudio Plit, Marilyn Korzekwa.
- Distance: varies given different starting and finishing points, 33 – 57km
- Distance of English Channel: 34 km
- How much longer it takes to swim Lake O than the EC, on average: 49%
- Average age: 31
- Earliest date: July 23
- Latest date: Sep 9
- Swims per month: July: 6, Aug: 41, Sep: 7
- Fastest crossing: 13:49, John Kinsella, 1976 (51 km)
- Slowest crossing: 41:01, Jay Serdula, 2008 (45 km).
- Rob, Colleen Sheilds (2 Lake O Crossings) , Darren, 2010
Miguel made it, 18 hours 4 minutes! 2010 (click to enlarge)
Rebekah looking pretty good after Crossing Lake O! 2011
The now famous “touching of the rock!”… she made it!!! 2011
Successful Lake O Crossings, 2011: Rebekah Boscariol, Christine Arsenault, Melanie Price
Rob, Annaleise and Madhu… the three 2012 Lake O Crossing successes! (so far, Colleen leaves tomorrow!)
I wanted to set up a work fundraiser for Movember. Would it be totally crazy to try and organize a Lake O crossing from St.Catharines to Burlington some time in November? I thought this would be a great challenge, however we are a bunch of amateurs. I wouldn’t expect anyone to finish the whole crossing but I dont anyone to die trying.
Your thoughts???
Malena,
That is great! I would start by looking over all the requirements on the SoloSwims.com site (they are the governing body), then you need to line up the required boats (which I’m trying to help with by establishing LOCO)… oh ya… and there is a wee bit of training involved! Feel free to email me directly and I can tell you more.
Cheers,
Rob
I would really like to swim Lake Ontario. How can you sign up?
Terry,
Check this website http://www.soloswims.com/swims.htm for your dad’s LAKE O swim crossing information (please send me your email information and I’ll bring you in the loop with bryan Finlay. Bryan maintains a lot of information on the LAKE O crossings and if you have any you can share it with him and he’ll be able to digitize the information on to soloswims.com
I am Jim Woods daughter. I wanted to see some of my father’s accomplishments witjh swimming. Thank you for the information.