Oceans Grand Slam

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noun - The Oceans Grand Slam is a open water swimming solo challenge to complete the Oceans Seven in addition to completing a 1 km swim anywhere within the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Ocean. The Oceans Grand Slam is open water swimming's equivalent of the Explorers Grand Slam or Adventurers Grand Slam.

Origin

The Explorers Grand Slam or Adventurers Grand Slam is an adventurer's solo challenge to reach the North Pole, the South Pole and complete all of the mountaineering Seven Summits. Oceans Grand Slam was inspired by a report on the Explorer Grand Slam (see here).

Grand Slam

The Grand Slam of Open Water Swimming is a solo completion of the English Channel, Catalina Channel, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, and Tampa Bay Marathon Swim completed by the following swimmers:

1. T. Scott Coleman

  • August 1996 English Channel: 11 hours 54 minutes
  • July 1998 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 38 minutes 2 seconds
  • April 2000 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 12 hours 41 minutes 33 seconds
  • August 2000 Catalina Channel: 12 hours 41 minutes 43 seconds at the age of 46

2. Kathleen Wilson

  • June 1999 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 7 hours 37 minutes
  • August 2001 English Channel: 13 hours 10 minutes
  • April 2003 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 12 hours 26 minutes
  • August 2004 Catalina Channel: 9 hours 36 minutes at the age of 41

3. David Blanke

  • Between 1999 and 2008 Manhattan Island Marathon Swims 7 times including 7 hours 10 minutes
  • April 2001 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 51 minutes
  • August 2001 English Channel: 11 hours 32 minutes
  • August 2005 Catalina Channel: 8 hours 56 minutes 10 seconds at the age of 45

4. Forrest Nelson

  • Between 2004 and 2013 Catalina Channel 4 times including 10 hours 35 minutes
  • April 2005 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 21 minutes
  • July 2005 English Channel: 10 hours 33 minutes
  • June 2007 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 9 hours 41 minutes 37 seconds at the age of 41

5. Samantha Simon

  • April 2008 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 8 hours 59 minutes
  • August 2009 English Channel: 13 hours 11 minutes
  • June 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 10 minutes
  • August 2010 Catalina Channel: 9 hours 22 minutes at the age of 20

6. Craig Lenning

  • August 2009, Catalina Channel: 9 hours 9 minutes 51 seconds
  • April 2010 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 17 minutes
  • June 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 24 minutes 33 seconds
  • August 2010 English Channel: 11 hours 25 minutes 22 seconds at the age of 31

7. David Barra

  • April 2010 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 49 minutes
  • June 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 30 minutes
  • July 2010 Catalina Channel: 15 hours 37 minutes 11 seconds
  • September 2010 English Channel: 14 hours 27 minutes 20 seconds at the age of 45

8. Penny Palfrey

  • Between 2006 and 2007 English Channel: 9 hours 16 minutes
  • June 2007 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 36 minutes
  • April 2008 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 7 hours 51 minutes 24 seconds
  • Between 2010 and 2015 Catalina Channel: 10 hours 36 minutes at the age of 48

9. Scott Richards

  • June 2006 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 8 minutes 48 seconds
  • September 2006 Catalina Channel: 10 hours 39 minutes 27 minutes
  • July 2007 English Channel: 13 hours 20 minutes at the age of 47
  • April 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 35 minutes at the age of 51

10. Dan Richards

  • April 2008 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 9 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds
  • October 2008 Catalina Channel: 14 hours 59 minutes 23 seconds
  • July 2010 English Channel: 12 hours 32 minutes
  • June 2011 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 5 minutes 48 seconds at the age of 54

11. Darren Miller

  • April 2010 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 10 minutes
  • July 2010 English Channel: 12 hours 4 minutes
  • August 2011 Catalina Channel: 9 hours 15 minutes 33 seconds
  • June 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 3 minutes at the age of 29

12. Barbara Held

  • August 2010 Catalina Channel: 9 hours 36 minutes
  • April 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 21 minutes
  • June 2011 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 8 hours 12 minutes
  • August 2012 English Channel: 12 hours 10 minutes at the age of 58

13. Cindy Walsh

  • July 2005 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 0 minutes
  • From 2007 to 2008 Catalina Channel 2 times including 13 hours 56 minutes
  • April 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 50 minutes
  • September 2012 English Channel: 14 hours 19 minutes at the age of 49

14. Ron Collins

  • April 1998 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 9 hours 52 minutes
  • June 2002 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 26 minutes
  • September 2004 English Channel: 14 hours 7 minutes
  • September 2013 Catalina Channel: 10 hours 5 minutes 29 seconds at the age of 51

15. Doug McConnell

  • April 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 10 hours 44 minutes
  • August 2011 English Channel: 14 hours 18 minutes
  • September 2012 Catalina Island: 12 hours 41 minutes
  • June 2014 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 9 hours 39 minutes at the age of 56

16. Anthony McCarley

  • April 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 26 minutes
  • August 2013 English Channel: 13 hours 29 minutes
  • June 2014 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 9 hours 40 minutes
  • July 2014 Catalina Channel: 13 hours 3 seconds at the age of 54

17. Bridgette Hobart

  • April 2011 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 51 minutes
  • June 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 50 minutes
  • October 2012 Catalina Channel: 11 hours 27 minutes
  • September 2014 English Channel: 13 hours 28 minutes at the age of 51

18. Katie Benoit

  • June 2010 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 44 minutes
  • August 2010 Catalina Channel: 10 hours 41 minutes
  • July 2012 English Channel: 13 hours 13 minutes
  • April 2015 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 12 hours 2 minutes at the age of 36

19. Chris Burke

  • April 2013 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 12 hours 16 minutes
  • June 2014 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 7 hours 43 minutes
  • September 2014 Catalina Channel: 11 hours 23 minutes
  • July 2015 English Channel: 10 hours 44 minutes at the age of 53

20. Dr. Mark Smitherman

  • April 2013 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 12 hours 33 minutes
  • June 2014 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim: 8 hours 10 minutes
  • September 2014 Catalina Channel: 11 hours 52 minutes
  • September 2015 English Channel: 12 hours 32 minutes at the age of 57

21. Marcy MacDonald, DPM

  • Between 1993 and 2009 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 5 times including in 7 hours 38 minutes
  • Between 1994 and 2014 English Channel 15 times including 10 hours 33 minutes
  • June 2013 Catalina Channel: 12 hours 9 minutes
  • December 2017 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 9 hours 13 minutes at the age of 54

22. James Loreto

  • October 2016 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim: 8 hours 9 minutes
  • July 2017 Catalina Channel: 11 hours 48 minutes
  • April 2018 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 12 hours 28 minutes
  • July 2018 English Channel: 14 hours 35 minutes at the age of 45

23. Maureen Montgomery

  • October 2016 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim: 8 hours 4 minutes
  • September 2017 Catalina Channel: 11 hours 30 minutes
  • April 2015 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 55 minutes
  • August 2018 English Channel: 12 hours 30 minutes at the age of 57

24. Kristian O'Donovan

  • August 2015 English Channel: 13 hours 48 minutes
  • March 2017, Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 32 minutes
  • June 2017 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim: 7 hours 45 minutes 37 seconds
  • September 2018 Catalina Channel: 10 hours 45 minutes 19 seconds at the age of 38

25. Marcia Cleveland

  • July 1994 English Channel: 9 hour 44 minute
  • Between 1991 and 1996, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim 3 times including 5 hours 57 minutes 53 seconds
  • August 2005 Catalina Channel: 8 hours 56 minutes 10 seconds
  • December 2018 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim: 11 hours 19 minutes at the age of 54

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