Brad McVetta
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Brad McVetta, Triple Crown Swimmer
Brad McVetta together with Masayuki Moriya of Ocean-navi, translator Mika Tokairin, and Tsugaru Channel escort boat Captain Mizushima
Brad McVetta is an American open water swimmer from New York who achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and has completed 3 of the 7 channels in the Oceans Seven.
A native of Mt. Cory, Ohio, he trained with CIBBOWS and is a founding board member of the United States Winter Swimming Association.
Open Water Swimming Career
- On 18 June 2011, he completed the 45.9 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 9 hours 7 minutes 3 seconds at the age of 37
- On 5 August 2011, he completed a crossing of the 32.3 km Catalina Channel (CM) in 11 hours 24 minutes 17 seconds
- On 23 September 2011, he completed a crossing of the 33.8 km English Channel in 14 hours 56 minutes to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
- On 1 July 2013, he attempted a crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in Japan that ended after 17 hours 13 minutes.
- In 2014, he competed in the 450m endurance swim at the Winter Swimming Championships in Finland
- On 3 May 2014, he won the 3.5-mile Cold Water Classic in Connecticut, USA.
- In 2016, he competed in the Winter World Swimming Championships in Tyumen, Russia.
- On 4 July 2013, he attempted a second crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in Japan that ended after 8 hours 29 minutes.
- He completed a 35 km crossing of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
- On 13 September 2021, he swam 32.3 km across the Catalina Channel in 15 hours 46 minutes 34 second from the Southern California mainland to Santa Catalina Island on the first leg of a two-way crossing attempt. McVetta had planned to swim a double crossing, so he sthoursarted at the mainland of California. McVetta is a triple crown swimmer (2011), has swam 3 of the oceans 7 swims (England, Catalina, and North Channel), and he is also a founding board member of the U.S. Winter Swimming Association. Joel Virgel, Don Van Cleve, and Jill Hanson were on board the Magician as official CCSF observers.
Winter Swimming Championship
McVetta is a co-organizer of the first Winter Swimming Championship in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in February 2015 together with R. Cristian Vergara, Melissa O’Reilly, and Janet Kylander Manning and in collaboration with Phil White of the Kingdom Games and Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen and Aleksandr Jakovlevs of the International Winter Swimming Association. The Winter Swimming Championship is sanctioned by the United States Winter Swimming Association.
External links
- Crossings Continue In The Catalina Channel
- Open Water Swimming
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya
- 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships - Live Cam
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup
- 200m Frozen Freestyle At Winter World Championships
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup Facebook page
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming Instagram page
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation
- NYC Swim bio
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Brad McVetta's Triple Crown
- Tackling The Tsugaru
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- Challenging The Oceans Seven In Asia
- Tackling The Tsugaru
- Challenging The Oceans Seven In Asia
- Luci Can Help Across The Tsugaru Channel
- Mother Nature Rolls Out Welcome Mat For Brad McVetta
- The Tsugaru Current Runs Strong Unpredictably
- What Does The Tsugaru Channel Look Like?
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- Masayuki Moriya Navigating The Pacific With Ocean-navi
- Brad McVetta Crowned Cold Water Classic Champion
- Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners
- United States Winter Swimming Association
- Kingdom Games
- Cold, Icy And Happy At The Winter Swimming Championship
- White Winter Wonderland In America
- International Winter Swimming Association Facebook page
- The Blackness Of Cold Water Venues
- The Why's Of Swimming In Really Cold Water
- Petar Stoychev, Victoria Mori Win 450m World Titles
- 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships - Live Cam
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup
- 200m Frozen Freestyle At Winter World Championships
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup Facebook page
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming Instagram page
- Beth French, Sado Relay Pull Out From Tsugaru Channel
- Brad McVetta Makes Another Attempt On Tsugaru
