Quad swim
From Openwaterpedia
noun - A quad swim is a four-way crossing of a channel.
Origin
Perhaps by Jon Washer or Sports Illustrated in describing Sarah Thomas' accomplishment of a four-way crossing of the English Channel in the production of the documentary film The Other Side in September 2019.
Synonyms
four-way crossing, quadruple crossing, quad-crossing
The Other Side
Sarah Thomas is the protagonist of the film The Other Side, a documentary covering her English Channel quad swim. On 17 September 2019, she completed an unprecedented 134 km four-way crossing of the English Channel in 54 hours 10 minutes 0 seconds at the age of 37 where she swam from England to France to England to France and back to England with escort pilot Eddie Spelling on Anastasia.
- 1st crossing from England to France: 11 hours 26 minutes 50 seconds
- 2nd crossing from France to England: 12 hours 41 minutes 14 seconds
- 3rd crossing from England to France: 12 hours 58 minutes 16 seconds
- 4th crossing from France to England: 17 hours 5 minutes 40 seconds
External links
- SwimOut Kicks Off with Sarah Thomas and Freda Streeter
- Open-Water Swimmer Sarah Thomas Didn't Let Cancer Stop Her in Record-Breaking Quest
- Open Water Swimming
- From A Dark Place To The Other Side
- The Other Side
- Jon Washer
- Freestyling For Four, The Heroic Comeback Of Sarah Thomas
- The Other Side x 4, Successfully Accomplished
- Sarah Thomas En Route To Mightily Raising The Bar
- Awe, Admiration: The Awesomeness Of Sarah Thomas
