Paula Yankauskas

Paula Yankauskas after finishing the 10-mile (16.2 km) World 10-mile Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog as part of the annual Kingdom Swim in Vermont

Paula Yankauskas with kayaker Deb Beier, and canine support crew Picard in Vermont's Island Pond during a Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association event in 2016

Paula Yankauskas

Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, Honor Marathon Swimmer

Paula Yankauskas is a 68-year-old American open water swimmer from Hyde Park, Vermont who serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• On 26-29 April 2023, she will compete in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona, with escort kayaker Valerie Yankauskas.
• She achieved the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming on 4 February 2019.
• On 6 July 2013, she participated in the World 10-mile Swimming Championships held in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
• On 2 November 2013, she participated in the Cold Water Challenge in Fairfield, Connecticut.
• she participated in the 2014 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge.
• On 12 July 2014, she completed the 15-mile (24.1 km) Border Buster in Lake Memphremagog between Canada and the U.S.A.
• On 5 September 2014, she completed the 25-mile In Search of Memphre where she finished in 19 hours 55 minutes.
• On 14 December 2014, she completed an Ice Mile in Boston Harbor in South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. under the auspices of the International Ice Swimming Association in 5.0°C water. She swam 1.05 miles in 43:32 at the age of 64 in 5.50°C air temperature with observer Greg O'Connor and witness Elaine Howley.
• she competed in all 4 events at the 2015 United States Winter Swimming Championships.
• On 7 September 2016, she completed the English Channel from England to France in 16 hours 4 minutes 0 seconds and became the oldest American female to complete a crossing of the English Channel at the age of 62.
• On 29 April 2017, she completed the 9 km SCAR Swim Challenge in Roosevelt Lake in Arizona in 4 hours 33 minutes 29 seconds at the age of 62.
• She participated in the 2017 Cork Distance Week in Cork, Ireland and then completed the 20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim.
• On 17 June 2017, she completed the 21.2 km 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York in 5 hours 4 minutes 54 seconds at the age of 62.
• On 22 July 2017, she completed a 45.8 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York City in 8 hours 28 minutes at the age of 62.
• On 29 July 2017, she completed the 25 km Kingdom Swim Border Buster in 9 hours 55 minutes 42 seconds at the age of 62.
• On 14 August 2017, she completed the 5th Annual 9-mile (14.4 km) marathon swim on Lac Massawippi in 5 hours 20 minutes 57 seconds at the age of 62.
• On 23 September 2017, she completed the 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 11 hours 42 minutes 45 seconds, finishing 10th overall.
• On 14 October 2017, she completed the 16.6 km Swim The Suck in Tennessee in 4 hours 42 minutes 47 seconds at the age of 63.
• Between 25-28 April 2018, she completed all four stage swims of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona (9.5-mile or 15.2 km Saguaro Lake + 9-mile or 14.4 km Canyon Lake + 17-mile or 27.3 km Apache Lake + 6.2-mile or 10 km Roosevelt Lake), finishing 30th overall at the age of 63 in a cumulative time of 22 hours 48 minutes 15.7 seconds.
• On 28 July 2018, she competed in the 25 km Border Buster in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont at the age of 63.
• On 6 September 2018, she completed the 33.8 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 15 hours 49 minutes 5 seconds at the age of 64 to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
• She finished 16th in the 2021 12.8 km Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts
• On 8 October 2022, she completed the 16.6 km Swim the Suck in Tennessee in 4 hours 57 minutes 23 seconds at the age of 68.
• On 26-29 April 2023, she will compete in the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona at the age of 68.

Honors

• Yankauskas was selected as the 2013 NEKOWSA Swimmer of the Year. Yankauskas swam all seven days of the Swim The Kingdom Week, logging 31 miles for the week and 47 miles total in all of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA) races in the summer of 2013 when the WOWSA World 10-mile Swimming Championships and the 6-mile Son of a Swim are included. Her achievement earned her NEKOWSA Open Water Swimmer of the Year.
• Yankauskas was inducted in the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame in its inaugural Class of 2017.
• She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.

Marathon Swim Stories

She appeared with Shannon House Keegan on Marathon Swim Stories.

External links

• Open Water Swimmers Take It To The Extreme with Ice Miles, Channel Swims and Marathon Swims
• The History of Swimming 4 Long Days In SCAR
• History of The Great Race at Kingdom Swim
• Ian Grimmer Inducted In Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
• Summer Swimming In Lake Memphremagog
• Shannon House Keegan Talks Marathon Swimming Stories
• Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame on WOWSA Live
• Small Group Clubhous Swims 2020
• Jim Loreto Does Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
• Ziggy And Canine Swimmers Around The Open Water World
• Kingdom Swim
• Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall Of Fame Class Of 2017
• Class of 2017
• Paula Yankauskas Is 2013 NEKOWSA Swimmer Of The Year
• Paula Yankauskas Feeling Comfortable In Her Own Skin
• Rob Madell Proves It Is Never Too Late
• WOWSA Battle: Brian Phillips vs. Eric Nilsson
• Emma Otto-Moudry Can WOW The Crowd
• Pure As White In Lake Memphremagog
• Steve Hodgins, Abigail Onos Win Willoughby
• Cork Distance Week Alumni Success
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• I Got Stung
• Where Women Dominate
• Mo Goes For Mo'
• Opening Day Kicks Off Summer Season
• Kingdom Swim Next Up
• Border Buster Is A Friendly Competition
• Janet Harris, Charlotte Brynn Dominate Swim The Kingdom
• Swim Through The Night To Become A Knight
• Kingdom's Swimmers Of The Year
• The Why's Of Swimming In Really Cold Water
• Paula Yankauskas, Hardened Winter Swimmers Go 4 For 4
• New York Open Water
• New York Open Water Facebook page
• Paula Yankauskas is oldest American woman to cross
• Craig Dietz Is 2016 NEKOWSA Swimmer of the Year
• April Pinup Swimmer, Kayaker And Canine Crew
• Touting His Ability To Come Back, Jamie Under 8 Bridges
• Ned Denison Honored In Vermont
• The White Knight Honored In Vermont
• Thrice As Nice On The Three Rivers Marathon Swim
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• SCAR Swim Challenge
• Stefan Reinke Outduels Serbo Simeoni On SCAR Day 1
• S.C.A.R. Is Like Night And Day
• Jamie Ann Phillips Forges Into Lead In Apache Lake
• Reinke Hangs On, Jamie Ann Phillips Swimming Strong
• As Night Falls, So Does Men's Record. Jamie Ann Phillips Leads Way With Stefan Reinke
• Deborah Beier To Be Honored In Vermont
• Never Too Old Around Manhattan Island
• Sixth Annual NEK Swim Week Wrap-up
• 2019 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women