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[[File:SBCSA.jpg|400px|thumb|right|[[Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association]] board members [[Jim Fitzpatrick]], [[Scott Zornig]], [[Lynn Kubasek]], [[Cherie Edborg]], [[Theo Schmeeckle]], [[Jane Cairns]], [[Dave Van Mouwerik]], [[Evan Morrison]] and [[Rob Dumouchel]]]][[File:James.jpg|400px|thumb|right|James Fitzpatrick with fellow [[Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association]] board members [[Jane Cairns]], [[Dean White]], [[Evan Morrison]], [[Dave Van Mouwerik]], [[Lynn Kubasek]], [[Scott Zornig]] and [[Dale Mercker]]]]James Fitzpatrick is an American [[open water swimmer]] from Laguna Niguel, California.  A member of the board of directors of the [[Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association]], he is the one of the oldest successful swimmers of the [[English Channel]] with two channels of the [[Oceans Seven]] completed.  As a member of the [[Half Century Club]], the 50-year-old crossed from England and France in 14 hours 32 minutes in 2005.  He completed the [[Manhattan Island Marathon Swim]] on 23 June 2012 and the [[Catalina Channel]] on 1 October 2008 in 14 hours 59 minutes to become the 51st person to join the [[Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming]].  He will also compete in the 2014 [[S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge]] in Arizona.

Fitzpatrick was an All-American high school swimmer from San Jose, California who also played water polo for UCLA from 1973-1978. He was swam  761,000 yards or 432 miles in 29 days in 2000. In 2002, he was a member of a relay which recorded the first swim (60 miles) from [[San Clemente Island]] to San Clemente.  He and was the first person to swim from [[Catalina Island]] to Orange County in 2008. Jim has completed fresh water swims across [[Lake Pend Oreille]] in Idaho (15 miles in 9 hours 12 minutes in 2009) and across [[Lake Tahoe]] in California.

The [[Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association]] was nominated for the 2013 [[World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year]] for its far-forward thinking about the sport of [[marathon swimming]].

==Catalina Channel Half Century Club==

1. [[Jim Clifford]] (USA), 62 years 11 months, [[CM]] in 9:49 on 28 September 2014<br/>
2. [[Bob West]] (USA), 62, [[CM]] in 15:49 in 1998 <br/>
3. [[Gary Greenwood]] (USA), 62, [[CM]] in 13:08 in 2004<br/>
4. [[Pat Gallant-Charette]] (USA), 60, [[CM]] in 14:11 in 2011<br/>
5. [[Mo Siegel]] (USA), 60, [[CM]] in 13:08 in 2011<br/>
6. [[Scott Lautman]] (USA), 60 [[CM]] in 12:09 in 2013<br/>
7. [[Bob Needham]] (USA), 58, [[CM]] in 13:10 in 2011<br/>
8. [[Tom Hecker]] (USA), 57, [[CM]] in 10:45 in 2009<br/>
9. [[Richard Knepper]] (USA), 56, [[MC]] in 11:56 in 2005<br/>
10. [[Barbara Held]] (USA), 56, [[CM]] in 9:36 in 2010<br/>
11. [[Mark Smitherman]] (USA), 56, [[CM]] in 11:52 in 2014<br/>
12. [[Carol Sing]] (USA), 55, [[CM]] in 10:38 in 1997 <br/>
13. [[Bill Hoehn]] (USA), 55, [[CM]] in 12:57 in 2005<br/>
14. [[Kevin Murphy]] (Great Britain), 54, [[CM]] in 15:23 in 2003<br/>
15. [[Roger Finch]] (South Africa), 54, [[CM]] in 9:45:02 in 2012<br/>
16. [[Dave Van Mouwerik]] (USA), 54, [[CM]] in 12:09:07 in 2012<br/>
17. [[Ned Denison]] (Ireland), 54, [[CM]] 8:50:04 in 2012<br/>
18. [[Peter Tanham]] (Australia), 54, [[CM]] in 10:07 in 2014<br/>
19. [[Anthony McCarley]] (USA), 54, [[CM]] in 13:00.3 in 2014<br/>
20. [[Nick Almos-Lau]] (Mexico), 53, [[CM]] in 12:40 in 1999<br/>
21. [[James Fitzpatrick]] (USA), 53, [[CM]] in 14:59 in 2008 (to Newport Beach)<br/>
22. [[Jim McConica]] (USA), 53, [[CM]] in 10:19 in 2004<br/>
23. [[Douglas McConnell]] (USA), 53, [[CM]] in 12:41:13 in 2012<br/>
24. [[David Cooper]] (USA), 52, [[CM]] in 13:19 in 2005<br/>
25. [[Dan Richards]] (USA), 52, [[CM]] in 10:10 2008<br/>
26. [[Chris Burke]] (USA), 52, [[CM]] in 11:22 in 2014<br/>
27. [[Alan Bell]] (USA), 51, [[CM]] in 9:28 in 2001<br/>
28. [[Chris Palfrey]] (Australia), 51, [[CM]] in 10:30 in 2009<br/>
29. [[Lynn Kubasek]] (USA), 51, [[CM]] in 15:53 in 2009<br/>
30. [[Daniel Robinson]] (USA), 51, [[CM]] in 9:57 in 2008<br/>
31. [[Ron Collins]] (USA), 51, [[CM]] in 10:05 on 10 September 2013<br/>
32. [[Antonio Argüelles]] (Mexico), 50, [[CM]] in 10:25 in 2009<br/>
33. [[William Newbern]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 12:48 in 2005<br/>
34. [[Ray Meltvedt]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 15:25 in 2010<br/>
35. [[Suzie Dods]] (USA), 50, [[MC]] in 18:36 in 2010<br/>
36. [[Dale Petranech]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 13:28 in 1985<br/>
37. [[John Hill]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 19:15 in 1985<br/>
38. [[Frank Reynolds]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 10:34 in 1987<br/>
39. [[Jim Barber]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 8:43 in 2010<br/>
40. [[Sue Free]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] in 11:23 in 2012<br/>
41. [[Bridgette Hobart Janeczko]] (USA), 50, [[CM]] 11:27:16 in 2012<br/>
42. [[Hendrik Meerman]] (USA), [[CM]], 50, 12:48:30 in 2012<br/>
43. [[Scott Tapley]] (USA), [[MC]], 50, 17:43:12 in 2014<br/>

==External links==

* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2014/10/swimming-strongly-in-second-half-of-life.html Finishing Strongly In The Second Half Of Life]
* [http://www.swimcatalina.org Catalina Channel Swimming Federation website]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/05/oldest-men-and-women-in-sea.html The Oldest Men and Women in the Sea]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2010/02/oldies-but-goodies-in-english-channel.html Oldies But Goodies In The Open Water]
* [http://www.nycswim.org/UserBio.aspx?UserID=112775 NYC Swim bio]
* [http://www.triplecrownofopenwaterswimming.com Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming]
* [http://www.santabarbarachannelswim.org/board.html Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/09/cindy-walsh-joins-triple-crown-of-open.html Cindy Walsh Joins Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/11/are-you-driven.html Are You DRIVEN?]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/05/playing-it-safe-in-maui-channel-and.html Playing It Safe In The Maui Channel And Elsewhere]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/08/thomas-w-kofler-becomes-italys-first.html Thomas W. Kofler Becomes Italy's First Triple Crowner]
* [http://www.swimcatalina.org Catalina Channel Swimming Federation]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Open Water Swimming]
* [http://www.marathonswimming.com Marathon Swimming]
* [http://www.worldopenwaterswimmingassociation.com World Open Water Swimming Association]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/12/pleasure-pain-passion-and-purpose-of.html Pleasure, Pain, Passion And Purpose Of Marathon Swimming]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2014/02/swimming-two-fer-across-lake-pend.html Swimming A Two-fer Across Lake Pend Oreille]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2014/03/where-women-dominate.html Where Women Dominate]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2014/06/toes-in-water.html Toes In The Water]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2014/07/triple-crowners-showcase-their-fountain.html Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners]
* [http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2018/05/the-legacy-of-emilio-casanueva.html The Legacy Of Emilio Casanueva]

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