Four-way

TRACK.RS course of Sarah Thomas on her four-way crossing of the English Channel that began in Dover, England and ended there after 54 hours 10 minutes on 17 September 2019

noun, adjective - Four-way (or four-way crossing) is a solo open water swim or a relay that continues four consecutive times across a channel, lake, river or other open body of water. Traditionally, there can be up to a ten-minute break at the shoreline between each crossing.

Usage

The relay is attempting a four-way crossing of the English Channel.

Synonyms

4-way, four-way crossing, quadruple crossing, Thomas

Four-way Crossings

• Carina Bruwer (South Africa) completed a four-way crossing of the Strait of Messina between Italy to Sicily on 20 June 2014 in 3 hours 59 minutes 26 seconds.
• Ned Denison (USA/Ireland) completed a four-way crossing of the Strait of Messina between Italy to Sicily on 20 June 2014 in 3 hours 57 minutes 32 seconds.
• On 17 September 2019, Sarah Thomas (USA) completed an unprecedented 134 km four-way crossing of the English Channel in 54 hours 10 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 37 where she swam from England to France to England to France and back to England with escort pilot Eddie Spelling on Anastasia.
• On 14 August 2021, Greg O'Connor (USA) completed a 30.6 km four-way crossing of Lake Willoughby in Vermont in 11 hours 5 minutes (2:23 on first leg + 2:37 on second leg + 2:42 on third leg + 3:23 on fourth leg).
• On 16 August 2021, Nadine Bennett (Canada) completed a 32 km four-way crossing of Lake Willoughby in Vermont in 13 hours 8 minutes (2:54 on first leg + 3:06 on second leg + 3:23 on third leg + 3:35 on fourth leg).

The Other Side

Sarah Thomas is the protagonist of the film The Other Side, a documentary covering her English Channel quad swim. On 17 September 2019, she completed an unprecedented 134 km four-way crossing of the English Channel in 54 hours 10 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 37 where she swam from England to France to England to France and back to England with escort pilot Eddie Spelling on Anastasia.

• 1st crossing from England to France: 11 hours 26 minutes 50 seconds
• 2nd crossing from France to England: 12 hours 41 minutes 14 seconds
• 3rd crossing from England to France: 12 hours 58 minutes 16 seconds
• 4th crossing from France to England: 17 hours 5 minutes 40 seconds

External links

• Eddie Spelling Inducted as an Honor Pilot in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Women In Charge, Women Taking Charge, In The Open Water
• Sarah Thomas, An Iconic Legend Swimming Among Us
• 1-2-3 Goes James Penrose Across Lake Willoughby
• Impossible? Done Repeatedly By Sarah Thomas
• If Open Water Swims Were Custom Starbucks Orders
• Four-Way? No Way! Chloë Can
• Chloë McCardel On Her English Channel Four-Way
• Chloë McCardel Soon To Set Off On Historic Four-Way
• Swimming With Starbucks
• From A Dark Place To The Other Side
• The Other Side
• Jon Washer
• Open-Water Swimmer Sarah Thomas Didn't Let Cancer Stop Her in Record-Breaking Quest
• Freestyling For Four, The Heroic Comeback Of Sarah Thomas
• The Other Side x 4, Successfully Accomplished
• Sarah Thomas En Route To Mightily Raising The Bar
• Awe, Admiration: The Awesomeness Of Sarah Thomas
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association