Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
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Scene of the annual Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival on Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Photo by Robbie Bailey
Kellie Latimer at the 2023 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Vermont
2nd annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in 31.5ºF (-0.2ºC) water. Photo courtesy of Phil White
Kellie Latimer at the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Photo courtesy of Robbie Bailey
Volunteers at the 2025 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival: Unknown, Joey Pavey, Cecile Berne, Jerry Bond, Rob Andersen (with the hook), Gordon Lang, Greg O’Connor, Chuck Goulding, Daniela Klaz, Elaine Kornbau Howley, Teresa Gerarde, Pat Goulding, Denis Chenette, Don Houghton, Jr., Lara Hendricks, Andrew Wallace, John Gale, Robert Bailey, Brenda Perks. Photo courtesy of Robbie Bailey
The Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival or the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Championships is an annual winter swimming competition in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
Contents
Distances and Course
25m, 50m, 100m, and 200m swims in a two-lane, 25-meter pool, cut in the ice on Lake Memphremagog right by the Eastside Restaurant in Newport, Vermont.
Dates
Annually in late February or early March.
Organization
The swim is organized by the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society operating under the umbrella of Kingdom Games. Water temperatures at last year's swim was 30ºF (-1.1ºC). The Organizing Committee consists of Charlotte Brynn, Janet Manning, Greg O'Connor, Elaine Kornbau Howley, Sarah Watson, Amanda Hunt, Rena Demeo, Helen Lin, and Phil White. Ice cutters included Michael Booth and Josh McCoy.
Videos
2019 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
Event Organizer
2026 Participants
- Tom Heyerdahl, 63, Ottawa, ON Canada
- Silke Reichrath, 52, Ottawa, ON Canada
- Cristel Marie Levasseur, 39, Trois-Rivières, QC Canada
- Marc-André Levasseur, 41, Sherbrooke, QC Canada
- Frederik Masson, 41, Trois-Rivières, QC Canada
- Zappa Sebastien, 49, Mont Royal, QC Canada
- Juliet Zeitlinger, 55, Sutton, QC Canada
- Abbey Jackson, 36, Fairbanks, AK USA
- Michael Donaldson, 86, Los Angeles, CA USA
- Thomas Hale, 55, Laguna Beach, Ca USA
- Tom Linthicum, 67, Somerset, CA USA
- Markus Rogan, 43, Los Angeles, CA USA
- Samara Brock, 49, New Haven, CT USA
- Mira Debs, 48, Hamden, CT USA
- Miroslaw Krzysztof Gabrys, 50, Seymour, CT USA
- Jeff Rubin, 52, Madison, CT USA
- Chris Spearing, 60, Fairfield, CT USA
- Derek Yach, 70, Southport, CT USA
- Isabelle Staines, 31, Washington, DC USA
- Heather Roka, 39, Fort Myers, FL USA
- Matt Baranko, 47, Lake Forest, IL USA
- Sarah Law, 28, Palos Heights, IL USA
- Joanne Barker, 61, Somerville, MA USA
- Laurie Craigen, 48, South Boston, MA USA
- Julia Craigen, 22, South Boston, MA USA
- Roger Enebakk, 51, Lynnfield, MA USA
- Isabella Gerardi, 21, Seekonk, MA USA
- Cathie Ghorbani, 61, Lexington, MA USA
- Jonathan Gladstone, 57, Somerville, MA USA
- Frederick (Ted) Hirsch, 65, Somerville, MA USA
- Elaine Howley, 47, Waltham, MA USA
- Ann Jochnick, 63, Arlington, MA USA
- Chris Kaas, 41, Medway, MA USA
- Paula Kany, 59, Gloucester, MA USA
- Emma Lacey, 24, South Boston, MA USA
- JB Lanza, 41, Lynn, MA USA
- Kellie Latimer, 40, Franklin, MA USA
- Polly Madding, 46, East Boston, MA USA
- Lucie Monroe, 47, Somerville, MA USA
- Donna Neuendorf, 57, Attleboro, MA USA
- Damase Olsson, 56, Sutton, MA USA
- Nicholas Pavey, 53, Arlington, MA USA
- Rebecca Perry, 57, Becket, MA USA
- Margaretta Sangree, 68, Cambridge, MA USA
- Cindy Seltzer, 57, Somerville, MA USA
- Colt Stewart, 36, Upton, MA USA
- Martha Wood, 62, Manchester, MA USA
- Holly Donnelly, 52, Arnold, MD USA
- Pauline Farmer-Koppenol, 51, Annapolis, MD USA
- Abby Glassberg, 65, Clarksville, MD USA
- Sarah Campbell, 61, Harpswell, ME USA
- Rebecca Deemer, 57, Harpswell, ME USA
- Mackenzie Hartung, 38, Kennebunkport, ME USA
- Martha LaRiviere, 73, North Waterboro, ME USA
- Samuel LaRiviere, 32, Casco, ME USA
- Russell McAllister, 67, Harpswell, ME USA
- Jennifer Nadeau, 51, Harpswell, ME USA
- Karen Nazor, 62, Harpswell, ME USA
- Katherine Wright, 44, Harpswell, ME USA
- Andrew Newman, 57, St. Louis, MO USA
- Rebecca Thompson, 47, Saint Louis, MO USA
- Ginny Peck, 80, N Woodstock, NH USA
- Amanda Smith, 40, Portsmouth, NH USA
- Rebecca Steeves, 52, Campton, NH USA
- Ruth Gilgenbach, 41, Lawrence Twp, NJ USA
- Lara Henrichs, 56, Point Pleasant Boro, NJ USA
- Andrew Wallace, 60, Ocean Grove, NJ USA
- Jacqueline Broner, 60, New York, NY USA
- Madeline Collins, 33, Brooklyn, NY USA
- James Dieter, 57, Brooklyn, NY USA
- Sonia Dolan, 47, Brooklyn, NY USA
- Emery Dutton, 25, Brooklyn, NY USA
- Julian Flear, 61, New York, NY USA
- Meighan Gale, 60, Brooklyn, NY USA
- Jeremy Grosvenor, 55, Sagaponack, NY USA
- Juliet Kadlecek, 55, New York, NY USA
- Nancy Kopans, 62, New York, NY USA
- Drew Nemetz, 43, Port Chester, NY USA
- Rebekah Peterman, 31, Rochester, NY USA
- Larry Spollen, 48, Mamaroneck, NY USA
- Diane Adams, OH USA
- Margaret Gadzic, 47, Canton, OH USA
- Gigi Somerville, 65, Canton, OH USA
- Sam Levinson, 38, Beaverton, OR USA
- Stephen Rouch, 45, Kingston, PA USA
- Lynne Czech, 58, Providence, RI USA
- Sara DiNardo, 40, Warwick, RI USA
- Neil Greenspan, 66, Barrington, RI USA
- Daniel Burval, 50, Hendersonville, TN USA
- Diana Brodeur, 50, Fort Worth, TX USA
- Benjamin LaRiviere, 37, Salt Lake City, UT USA
- Nicole Hopkins, 51, Virginia Beach, VA USA
- Brian Jaskot, 47, Vienna, VA USA
- Lauren Holder, 40, Newport, VT USA
- Pam Ladds, 76, Newport, VT USA
- Heather McKeown, Newport, VT USA
- Margaret Rivard, 18, Newport, VT USA
- Vera Rivard, 22, Newport, VT USA
- Shea DeWald, 31, Seattle, WA USA
- Masa Tanaka, 28, Seattle, WA USA
External links
- Markus Rogan, Juliet Kadlecek, Irena Requena Win Multiple Races at Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival
- No medal Is As Beautiful As Friendship – The Remarkable Life of Dr. Markus Rogan
- Team Rivard's Story of Passion, Growth, and Adventure
- It Takes A Village to Build a Festival Pool
- -0.83°C Water and Phil White Provide a Warm Welcome at the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival
- Going For A Little Dip In The Mighty Memphremagog
- Anita Gariepy, The Glam Yacker Extraordinaire, Leaves A Lifetime of Smiles and Wonderful Memories
- Swimming Negative In Newport, A Winter Wonderland In Vermont
- Cold Call for the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival
- When Hookers Hang Around Swimmers, It Is A Good Thing
- International Winter Swimming Association Announces Its 2022/2023 Calendar
- 3-Day Fest In The Snow: 2023 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
- Phil White Is 74 Years Old Going On 24
- Gerry Fassett - The Sport Loses A Great Friend
- The Clubhous Continues to Grow on the Shores of Lake Memphremagog
- Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival Begins Friday
- Qing Li Achieves Fastest Iron Icewoman Turnaround in History
- History of The Great Race at Kingdom Swim
- Greg O'Connor Goes Four For Four Across Lake Willoughby
- Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Goes Virtual
- Strong Together - Even Apart With Phil White At The Virtual Winter Swim
- Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
- Team Rivard Talks About Their Swimming Adventures On WOWSA Live
- Loren King, A Renaissance Man In The Open Water
- Jim Loreto Does Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Kingdom Games
- Jade Perry, Christof Wandratsch Wins 1st Stage Winter Swimming World Cup
- Cool Kids Organize Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
- Nage Nordic Kicks Off Winter Swimming Season
- Shipp Fits The Bill: NEKOWSA Swimmer Of The Year
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Winter Swim Festival In Mighty Memphremagog
- Out Of The Wood, Into The Ice
- Wood Goes From Wetsuit To Wounded To Winter
- 2016 Kingdom Games
- Kellie Joyce Latimer Emerging In Winter
- Boldly Butterflying Barnabus
- Marvelous Memphremagog In Wonderfully Wet Winter
- Watery Winter Wonderland In The Northeast Kingdom
- Kingdom Games
- Pam Ladds Transitions From On To In The Open Water
- Freestyling Out Of The Wood Into The Ice
- The Open Water Career Of Vera Rivard
- Tuck Talk By Winter Swimmer Martha Wood
- Kingdom Games
- 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society Filling Up
- Pam Ladds, Julie Zeitlinger Swim The Chillies
- Ram Barkai, Martha Wood Swimming Fences In Near 0°C
- Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Starts Today
- 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Results
- 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Results document
- Stephen Rouch Becomes An Iron Iceman
