Lorelei Schmidt

15-year-old Lorelei Schmidt, race director Kent Nicholas, and 30-year-old Nikko Price at end of the 2024 SCAR Swim in Arizona

14-year-old Lorelei Schmidt after completing the 10.6-mile Vikingsholm in July 2023 after completing the 12-mile True Width earlier in 05 hours 35 minutes

Lorelie Schmidt is a 16-year-old pool and open water swimmer from Raleigh, North Carolina.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• On 3 April 2025, she complete a 45 km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in 19 hours 38 minutes at the age of 16 with Michael Twigg-Smith as her escort pilot.
• On 24-27 April 2024, she won the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona at the age of 15 in 16 hours 54 minutes, finishing 5th overall and winning the women's division.
• On 26 July 2023, she completed a 19.2 km widthwise crossing of Lake Tahoe width in 5 hours 35 minutes 50 seconds at the age of 14.
• On 29 July 2023, she completed the 17.1 km Viking swim in Lake Tahoe in 5 hours 14 minutes at the age of 14 in 5 hours 14 minutes 33 seconds, observed by Jenny Leigh Smith and ratified by the Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association.
• On 24 September 2023, she competed in the 21 km Swim Around Charleston finishing in 5 hours 4 minutes at the age of 15.
• She competed in the 2021 Las Vegas Champions Cup Open Water 2.5 km and 5 km races.
• She competed in the 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim.
• On 16 October 16 2024, she completed te 45.9 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City in 6 hours 47 minutes at the age of 16.
• On 24 June 2024, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California in 9 hours 6 minutes.

External links

• Lorelei Schmidt Travels Cross Country to Cross Molokai in 19 Hours 38 Minutes
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Nikko Price, Lorelei Schmidt Win SCAR after 4 Days in the Arizona Desert
• Lights Out on the Final Day of the 2024 SCAR Swim
• SCAR Day Three - Swimming Into the Belly of the Beast
• How Do You Describe SCAR?
• Jamie Tout Continues a Long, Prolific Career at SCAR 2024
• SCAR Day Two Across Canyon Lake - From Tranquil to Tough
• How He Does It - Kent Nicholas Daisy Chaining at the SCAR Swim
• Price Is Right – And So Was Day One of SCAR, a 4-Day Adventure in Arizona
• The History of Swimming 4 Long Days In SCAR
• 59 Swimmers in Taper Mode in Build Up to SCAR, a 4-Day Adventure in Arizona
• 59 Swimmers to Compete in SCAR: A 4-Day Adventure in Saguaro, Canyon, Apache, Roosevelt
• SCAR Swim