Peter Urrea
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Peter Urrea is the one the oldest successful swimmers of the English Channel. He has completed two of the Southern California Eight and is a member of the Half Century Club and the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming for having swum across the English Channel (14 hours 36 minutes in 1996) and Catalina Channel (13 hours 40 minutes in 1997) and for twice completing a circumnavigation around Manhattan Island (1991 and 1998 in 9 hours). He also participated on a relay from Portpatrick, Scotland to Belfast, Ireland in August 1998 in 13 hours 7 minutes as well as a solo crossing of the Maui Channel in 1995.
In June 1999, he attempted a Strait of Juan de Fuca solo swim but had to be pulled from the water due to very close killer whale pod after 14 miles.
He also participated in a double-crossing relay of the Catalina Channel in 1993 that took 25 hours and a January 1994 relay across the Catalina Channel in 12 hours as well as a relay circumnavigation of the Catalina Island in 1995 in 27 hours.
Santa Barbara Channel Half Century Club Members
Of the 53 official solo swims governed by the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, 24.5% of the swims have been accomplished by these swimmers of the Half Century Club:
- Jim McConica - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2008 (5:26 at age of 57) and 2012 (4:38 and 5:24 at age of 61)
- Emilio Casanueva - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2008 (7:45 at age of 68)
- Dave Van Mouwerik - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2010 (7:00 at age of 52)
- Lynn Kubasek - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2011 (7:08 at age of 53)
- Chris Palfrey - 6 miles (9.7 km) from Santa Rosa Island to Santa Cruz Island in 2008 (2:52 at age of 51)
- Kevin Murphy - 24.8 miles (29.9 km) across the Santa Cruz Channel in 2007 (17:31 at age of 58)
- Ashby Harper - 23.5 miles (37.8 km) across the Santa Cruz Channel in 1984 (16:24 at age of 67)
- Peter Urrea - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2007 (8:15 at age of 67)
- Chris Layton - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2011 (6:00 at age of 52)
- Michael Hird - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2012 (5:48 at age of 50)
- Tom Ball - 12.4 miles (19.9 km) across Anacapa Channel in 2012 (7:39 at age of 52)
