Stephen Rouch

Stephen Rouch is an Ice Ironman when he completed an International Ice Swimming Association-ratified Ice Mile in 25 minutes 12 seconds in the 4°C water of Rivers Landing Lake near the Ohio River in Prospect, Kentucky that is close to where he completed Ironman Louisville on 11 October 2015 in 14 hours 28 minutes 33 seconds. Mary Stella Stabinsky took photo of Rouch at the 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival where he won 3 events

Stephen Rouch with Steven Minaglia, Van Cornwell, Scott Schroeder, Paul Towers and Devon Clifford on Molokai before the 2018 Au I Na Mokupuni Ekolu Endurance Challenge Invitational in Hawaii

Stephen Rouch is a nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, part of the WOWSA Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association

Stephen Rouch is a 42-year-old American open water swimmer, Iron Iceman, Ice Miler, Ironman triathlete, and a software developer from Indianapolis, Indiana.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 25 February 2023, he won the 200m freestyle at the 2023 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival in Vermont at the age of 42.
On 8 October 2022, he won the 16 km Swim the Suck, a 16 km downstream river swim in Tennessee in 3:16:44 at the age of 42.
On 23 July 2022, he won the 25 km Border Buster in Lake Memphremagog in 7 hours 29 minutes 58 seconds at the age of 42.
He finished second in the 2016 10-mile U.S. Masters Swimming Open Water Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
On 27 April 2017, he completed the 13.3 km crossing of the Saguaro Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 12 minutes 51 seconds at the age of 35.
On 28 April 2017, he finished third in the 14.1 km crossing of the Canyon Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 28 minutes 38 seconds at the age of 35.
On 29 April 2017, he completed the 22.8 km crossing of the Apache Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 6 hours 29 minutes 58 seconds at the age of 35.
On 30 April 2017, he completed the 9 km crossing of the Roosevelt Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 2 hours 34 minutes 1 second at the age of 35.
On 21 August 2016, he completed the 10 km Swim to the Moon in South Carolina in 2 hours 13 minutes 43 seconds at the age of 36.
On 25 September 2016, he completed the 19.3 km Swim Around Charleston in South Carolina in 4 hours 28 minutes 45 seconds at the age of 36.
On 8 October 2016, he completed the 16 km Swim The Suck in Tennessee in 3 hours 35 minutes 29 seconds at the age of 36.
he finished first overall in the 2016 SCAR Challenge in Arizona in 15 hours 45 minutes 31.11 seconds.
he finished first overall in the 2017 SCAR Challenge in Arizona in 16 hours 48 minutes 49.3 seconds.
- On 26 April 2017, he completed the 13.3 km crossing of the Saguaro Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 10 minutes 12 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 27 April 2017, he completed the 14.1 km crossing of the Canyon Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 3 hours 14 minutes 12 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 28 April 2017, he completed the 22.8 km crossing of the Apache Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 7 hours 31 minutes 14 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 29 April 2017, he completed the 9 km crossing of the Roosevelt Lake in the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona in 2 hours 53 minutes 9 seconds at the age of 36.
On 4 June 2017, he completed the 14.8 km Chattanooga Swim Fest in Tennessee in 2 hours 11 minutes 8 seconds at the age of 36.
he completed in all 7 stages of the 2017 120-mile 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, becoming the fastest male 7-stager with a cumulative time of 35 hours 28 minutes 39 seconds.
- On 15 June 2017, he completed the 29.5 km stage 1 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 5 hours 18 minutes 19 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 16 June 2017, he completed the 31.9 km stage 2 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 5 hours 47 minutes 46 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 17 June 2017, he completed the 21.2 km stage 3 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 3 hours 51 minutes 48 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 18 June 2017, he completed the 24.1 km stage 4 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 4 hours 51 minutes 9 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 20 June 2017, he completed the 31.9 km stage 5 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 7 hours 10 minutes 52 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 21 June 2017, he completed the 25.3 km stage 6 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 3 hours 28 minutes 26 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 22 June 2017, he completed the 29.9 km stage 7 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 5 hours 10 minutes 9 seconds at the age of 36.
On 29 July 2017, he won the men's division of the 25 km Border Buster cross-border swim in 6 hours 25 minutes 48 seconds at the age of 37.
On 20 August 2017, he finished sixth in the 10 km Swim to the Moon in Michigan in 2 hours 23 minutes 51 seconds at the age of 37.
On 23 September 2017, he won the 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 7 hours 27 minutes 26 seconds at the age of 37, setting a new course record tying with John Humenik.
He completed the 10 km marathon swims at the 2016 and 2017 Swim to the Moon events near Hell, Michigan.
In September, he won the 3-mile bioprene Triple Dip in Coney Island in September 2017.
In 2017, he completed the Swim The Suck in Tennessee.
He won the Barra Award for Most Prolific Overall Year by the Marathon Swimmers Federation in 2017.
He won the 2018 SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona at the 17-mile or 27.3 km Apache Lake crossing on 27 April 2018.
He finished second overall in the 57.9 km END-WET event down the Red River from Grand Forks, North Dakota to Oslo, Minnesota in the United States on 16 June 2018 in 10 hours 35 minutes.
He completed the 2018 ʻAu I Nā Mokupuni ʻEkolu Swim Challenge crossing the 13.5 km Pailolo Channel, 14.9 km Kalohi Channel, and 14.1 km Auau Channel in 3 days.
In August 2018, he won the Mountain Swim Series Cliff Backyard Ultra Swim by completing 17 loops of a 1.5 km course (25.5 km cumulative total) at 2,425 meters in altitude in Wellington Lake in Bailey, Colorado amid the Rocky Mountains.
He was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
He completed an International Ice Swimming Association-ratified Ice Mile in 25 minutes 12 seconds on 23 January 2019 in the 4°C water of Rivers Landing Lake in Prospect, Kentucky, very close to where he completed the Ironman Louisville on 11 October 2015 in 14 hours, 28 minutes 33 seconds to become an Iron Iceman.
He won 3 events at the 2019 Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in February: 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle.
He is the first American male Ice Ironman and third American Ice Ironman overall.
He won the 2017 SCAR Swim Series (SCAR Swim Challenge) after finishing the 15.2 km Saguaro Lake crossing, 14.4 km Canyon Lake crossing, 27.3 km Apache Lake crossing, and 10 km Roosevelt Lake crossing in 16 hours 48 minutes 49.3 seconds on 29 April 2017.
On 14 June 2019, he finished 2nd in the 31.8 km The Beast Stage 5 of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 8 hours 4 minutes 15 seconds at the age of 39.
On 22-23 August 2019, he completed a 50-mile (80.46 km) two-way crossing of Lake Memphremagog from Newport, Vermont, USA to Magog, Québec, Canada and back in 25 hours 12 minutes in a record-setting swim to join the 24-Hour Club. His first leg was 11 hours 40 minutes from Vermont to Québec; his second leg was 13 hours 32 minutes at the age of 39. He became the first man and the second person in history to successfully double cross Lake Memphremagog, the first being Sarah Thomas in 2013.
He won the 200m freestyle at the 2020 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Vermont, USA on 29 February 2020.
He won the 200m freestyle at the 2022 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont at the age of 40 on 25 February 2022.
He won the 100m freestyle at the 2022 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont at the age of 40 on 26 February 2022.

2017 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees

Stephen Rouch's marathon swims were nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association:

1. Barbados Open Water Swimming Festival with Kristina Evelyn & Zary Evelyn (Barbados)
2. Khitindra Chandra Baishya (Bangladesh)
3. Sven Eckardt (Germany)
4. India National Open Long Distance Swimming Championship Escort Rowers (India)
5. Margarita Llorens Bagur (Spain)
6. Igor Lukin (Russia)
7. Madswimmer by Jean Craven (South Africa)
8. Marc-Antoine Olivier (France)
9. Stephen Rouch (USA)
10. Jason Snell (Great Britain)
11. Christof Wandratsch (Germany)
12. Wild Swimming Brothers (Great Britain)

2017 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nomination

Stephen Rouch started his 2017 season extremely strong, finishing first overall in the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Arizona completing the 13.3 km, 14.1 km, 22.8 km and 9 km lake crossings in 16 hours 48 minutes in defending his 2016 title at the 4-day stage swim in Arizona. The 37-year-old software developer then became the fastest man in history to complete all 7 stages of the 193 km 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in a cumulative time of 35 hours 28 minutes. He also tied for 2nd overall at the Swim The Suck in Tennessee in 3 hours 30 minutes, completed the 14.8 Chattanooga Swim Fest in Tennessee, won the men’s division at the 25 km Border Buster cross-border swim in Quebec/Vermont, completed the 10 km Swim to the Moon in Michigan, and culminated his season setting a new course record in the 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in Pennsylvania with John Humenik. For his year-round focus on training and traveling to marathon swims around the United States, for his 16 successes in his 16 attempts, for his encouragement and support of his fellow swimmers with a core essence of humility and kindness, Stephen Rouch’s year-round marathon performance is a worthy nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

Marathon Swim Stories

He appeared with Shannon House Keegan on Marathon Swim Stories.

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