Jax Cole

The Deep Enders, including Jim McConica, Tom Ball, John Chung, Zach Jirkovsky, Tamie Stewart, and Stacey Warmuth swam 112.8 km (70.1 miles) between San Nicolas Island and the California mainland, escorted by Greg Elliot and supported by Theo Schmeeckle and observed by Lynn Kubasek and Jax Cole, were nominated for the 2015 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for their 33 hour 37 minute relay

Jacqueline “Jax” Cole is 36-year-old American open water swimmer and an observer and coach.

Open Water Swimming Highlights[edit]

She is an observer for the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association.
She is an observer for the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation.
She was an observer for the unprecedented record-setting relay called The Deep Enders in 2015 that was nominated for the 2015 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for its 112.8 km (70.1 mile) relay between San Nicolas Island and the California mainland in 33 hours 37 minutes
She was an escort kayaker for the 18 hour 4 minute two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel by Abigail Bergman, Rebecca Nevitt, Eliza Cummings, Cathleen Pruden, Gabriela Kovacikova, and Charlotte Samuels on 16 June 2017.
She finished eighth in the 2016 Naples Island Swim & SUP, a 3-mile circumnavigation swim held in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California.
On 8 October 2016, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 11 hours 21 minutes 32 seconds.
In October 2017, she jumped into the Pacific Ocean to save a swimmer and was awarded the Lifesaving Medal by the Los Angeles Port Police.
With Dan Simonelli, she co-founded the Open Water Swim Support Training program on 20 March 2021.