Two other local residents will be attempting marathon swimming firsts this summer.
Becky Jackman, 45, of La Mesa is aiming to swim 40 miles from Estonia to Finland on about Aug. 8.
La Jolla's Rendy Lynn Opdycke, 24, hopes to set the record for the shortest time window to complete what's been called marathon swimming's triple crown: the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, the English Channel and the Catalina Channel.
Opdycke completed the New York swim on July 5. She is in England, waiting to cross the English Channel. She hopes to cross the Catalina Channel on Aug. 9 or 10.
CHANNEL SWIMMERS
San Diego County is a mecca for marathon swimmers. Here's a list of locals who have crossed the English Channel.
| YEAR |
SWIMMER |
TIME |
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| 1950 |
Florence Chadwick |
13:20 |
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| 1951 |
Florence Chadwick |
16:19 |
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| 1953 |
Florence Chadwick |
14:42 |
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| 1955 |
Florence Chadwick |
13:55 |
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| 1974 |
Sandra Keshka |
10:30 |
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| 1988 |
David S. Clark |
9:47 |
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| 1989 |
Bill Dick |
10:49 |
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| 1990 |
Stephen Frantz |
16:57 |
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| 1994 |
Cyrise Calvin |
10:50 |
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| 1996 |
Peter Urrea |
14:38 |
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| 1996 |
Robert West |
15:35 |
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| 1999 |
Carol Sing* |
12:32 |
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| 2002 |
Sue Osborne |
11:22 |
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| 2002 |
Anne Cleveland |
12:32 |
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| 2003 |
Andrea Karge |
10:09 |
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| 2003 |
Rebecca Jackman |
11:56 |
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| 2004 |
Bill Hoehn |
15:53 |
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| 2004 |
Anne Cleveland** |
28:36 |
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| 2005 |
Tom Hecker |
15:21 |
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| 2005 |
Andy Hewitt |
17:55 |
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| 2007 |
Scott Richards |
13:20 |
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| 2007 |
Anne Cleveland |
11:33 |
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| 2007 |
Alan Voisard |
11:00 |
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| 2007 |
Marc Lewis |
11:06 |
* One day shy of 58, Sing became the oldest woman to cross the Channel, a record that has since been broken.
** In 2004, Anne Cleveland, then 48, became the oldest person to complete an English Channel double crossing.
