Monica Bender
From Openwaterpedia
Monica Bender is a 24-year-old American open water swimmer and student at the San Pedro's Mary Star of the Sea High School.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- On 26 August 2012, she crossed the Catalina Channel in 9 hours 51 minutes 14 seconds.
- On 26 September 2015, she completed a crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 14 hours 41 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 20. She was awarded the Pierre Van Vooren Memorial Trophy by the Channel Swimming Association for the Swim in the most Arduous Conditions.
- On 13 July 2019, she finished 11th in the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island, New York in 8 hours 11 minutes 6 seconds at the age of 24 to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
External links
- A First For Ukraine: Vitaliy Stupak Completes A North Channel Crossing
- Crossings Continue In The Catalina Channel
- Open Water Swimming
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Cargo Clogs Catalina Creating Chaos - But Catalina Channel Crossings Continue
- Youth Returns To The Catalina Channel
- Pierre Van Vooren's Legacy: Most Arduous Swims
- Monica Bender Crosses Catalina
- A Celebration of Catalina Channel Champions
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation website
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
