Chris Allshouse
From Openwaterpedia
Christopher Allshouse is a 55-year-old American pool and open water swimmer from Canton, Ohio.
Open Water Swimming
- On 28 June 2025, he finished 6th overall in the 20.1 km Swim Around Key West in Florida.
- He competed in the 2025 58 km END-WET (Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test) from North Dakota to Minnesota at the age of 55, escorted by Julia Allshouse.
- He attempted the 33 km St Lucia Channel Swim between Saint Lucia and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles in November 2020.
- In 2023, he completed a 42 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in Hawaii.
- He swam 32.3 km across the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island at Doctors Cove to the Southern California mainland at Smugglers Cove on Palos Verdes in 14 hours 20 minutes. He was Walkerized in the channel swim and was observed by Jeff Ford and Forrest Nelson aboard Pacific Star with Julia Allshouse as his crew chief with Armando Estrala-Rodriguez and Steve Chase as his escort kayakers.
External links
- Chris Cook, Isabella Johnson Capture SCAR Buckles
- Chris Cook Goes 3 for 3, Winning A Beautiful Day On Apache
- SCAR Day 2: Chris Cook Retains Leads After Canyon. Linda Clarke, Albie Ashbrook, and Amy Meskill Very Close Heading to Apache
- Chris Cook Is Back At SCAR, Setting The Pace Across Saguaro
- That Others May Live – 5 Special PJs at the 2026 SCAR Swim Challenge
- Line Them Up For The 2026 SCAR Swim Challenge
- He’s Back With His Perennial Smile: Robert Strauss Returns to Swim Miami
- That Others May Live – 5 Special PJs at the 2026 SCAR Swim Challenge
- Line Them Up For The 2026 SCAR Swim Challenge
- 75-year-old Bill Welzien Competes #151, Logan Martin Wins Swim Around Key West
- Seth Baetzold Defends His END-WET Title
- Seth Baetzold Looks To Defend His END-WET Title
- Crossings Continue In The Catalina Channel
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Youth Overcomes Experience - Nicholas Arakelian Wins Swim Around Charleston
- Sue Dyson Explains The History Of St. Lucia Channel Swims On WOWSA Live
- Katie Blair, Ted Lomicka, Chris Allshouse To Attempt St. Lucia Channel Swims
- Open Water Swimming
