Emily Evans

Course taken by Forrest Nelson, Becky Jackman-Beeler, Mike Mitchell, Kent Nicholas, Emily Evans, and Tina Neill were members of Team FTD that completed a 6-way crossing of the Catalina Channel that was captained by John Pittman aboard the Outrider, ratified by the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation and observed by Carol Sing, Donald Van Cleve, and Adam Moine. Source: Marathon Swimmers Forum by Evan Morrison

Emily Evans is a 48-year-old American open water swimmer from Flagstaff, Arizona who has participated on two record-breaking marathon swimming relays.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She competed in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona on 23-26 April 2025 at the age of 48.
• Crossing of the Maui Channel in Hawaii
  
• Crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2008 from Catalina Island to the California mainland in 9 hours 34 minutes
  
• HTC Relay
  
• Team FTD
  
• 2014 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge
  
• Crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2014 in 11 hours 54 minutes
  
• 2015 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge
  
• 2016 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge
  
• 2016 36-mile (57.9 km) END-WET in 12 hours 36 minutes
  
• On 17 September 2017, she attempted the 25-mile In Search of Memphre from Vermont, USA to Quebec, Canada at the age of 54, swimming a total of 9 miles.
  
• In 2015, she participated in the California Screamin' Relay with Tina Neill, Forrest Nelson, Kent Nicholas, Ernie Hoftyzer, and Melodee Nugent when the team swam from Doctor's Cove on Santa Catalina Island around Santa Catalina Island to around Santa Barbara Island to return around the remaining part of Santa Catalina Island to finish at the Isthmus in 51 hours 55 minutes.
  
• On 25 July 2012, she was a member of the six-member HTC Relay team with Tina Neill (captain), Forrest Nelson, Steve Lowe, Kent Nicholas, and Mike Mitchell that set a new course record of 25 hours 48 minutes from a swim from San Clemente Island, around the western edge of Catalina Island, to the Southern California mainland at Cabrillo Beach. The HTC Relay broke the record of the Swim for Hope relay for the 52 statute mile channel swim.
  
• Between 10-13 July 2013, she participated in Team FTD with Forrest Nelson, Becky Jackman-Beeler, Mike Mitchell, Emily Evans, Kent Nicholas, and Tina Neill. The relay completed an unprecedented 6-way Catalina Channel crossing in 61 hours 7 minutes. Source: Evan Morrison of the Marathon Swimmers Forum on 13 July 2013.
  

External links

• Deborah Gardner Looking Up and Backing Up To Another Guinness World Record
• Corey Murphey, Jorge Agudelo Win The SCAR Swim Challenge
• Corey Murphey Moves Into Overall Lead After Day Three at SCAR
• Ildiko Szekely, Corey Murphey Battle It Out Across Canyon Lake on Day Two at SCAR
• Swimplifly Wins Day One at SCAR Swim – Three To Go
• Sara Palacios, Swimming from Quito to Saguaro, Canyon, Apache, and Roosevelt
• Two-time Winner Michael Rice Headlines SCAR Swim 2025
• Ernie Hoftyzer On Getting Started and Keep Going
• Triple Toast To Ernie Hoftyzer
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Sing Their Praises, Team Is Defined By FTD
• Catalina Channel 6-way Crossing
• Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
• Open Water Swimming
• San Clemente Crossed For The Second Time
• Where Women Dominate
• Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
• The Evolution Of Distance, The Sea Hawks Soar To Record
• S.C.A.R. Day One In Saguaro
• Christine Cossette, Elizabeth Fry Extend The Possible
• S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge
• Pittmans Inducted In Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
• Ned Denison Honored In Vermont
• The White Knight Honored In Vermont
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• The Search Continues And Grows
• Kingdom Games