Martha Stager
From Openwaterpedia
Martha Stager was an American open water swimmer from Portland, Oregon.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She swam 19 hours 26 minutes in the Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim on 15-16 January 1927, a professional channel race sponsored by William Wrigley, Jr. who owned the Santa Catalina Island Company in order to promote Catalina Island. The swim offered a cash prize of US$25,000 to the winner between Catalina Island and Point Vicente on the Southern California mainland. The Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim attracted 102 competitors, including a 17-year-old Canadian George Young who was the only finisher and declared winner with a time of 15 hours 44 minutes 30 seconds.
- Margaret Hauser of Long Beach, California and Stager were awarded prize money of US$2,500, despite not completing the race.
External links
- Myriad Musings While Marathoning
- Racing For Half A Million Dollars Across The Catalina Channel
- Racing For Half A Million Dollars Across The Catalina Channel
- Swimmers on the shore before the start of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon at Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island, 1927
- Wrigley Ocean Marathon 12 January 1927 The Catalina Island
- Hundreds Start Channel Swim, Los Angeles Times
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Night Swimming On A Wolf Moon
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- History of the Catalina Channel
- Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim in Sports Illustrated
- George Young Day
- History of Catalina Channel by International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Penny Dean
