Rose Pitonof Swim

Rose Pitonof Swim is organized by URBANSWIM in New York City

The Rose Pitonof Swim is a 17-mile (27.3 km) marathon swim, founded by Deanne Draeger and named after Rose Pitonof, from Manhattan Island to Coney Island in New York, U.S.A. The race is part of the Urban Swim calendar and is a replication of the first swim of this distance and course, completed by Rose Pitonof, a 17-year-old endurance swimmer from Dorchester, Massachusetts who swam from East 26th Street, Manhattan Island to Steeplechase Pier on Coney Island on 13 August 1911. The 2011 Rose Pitonof Swim celebrated the Centennial of Pitonof’s historic achievement when six swimmers successfully replicated her swim on 13 August 2011…exactly 100 years after her first swim.

Honors

It is one of the World's Top 100 River Swims.

Course

The point-to-point course starts at the East 26th Street Waterfront and ends at Steeplechase Pier on Coney Island. Each swimmer has a motorboat and 1 to 2 kayakers or stand up paddle boarders as escorts. Expected water temperature range is 20-22°C (68-73°F) with some chop due to wind, and the possibility of flotsam, jetsam and jellyfish.

Results

13 August 2016

1. Austin Frazer 4:53:00
2. Jaimie Monahan 5:01:00
3. Matt Gurry 5:10:00
4. Kate Mason 5:14:53
5. Julia Aston 5:29:30
6. Martino Caretto 5:39:45
7. Ellen Weinberg 6:43

15 August 2015

1. Shane Moraghan 4:34:10
2. Liz Fry 4:43:00
3. Melissa Kretchmer 5:02:00
4. Colum Lavelle 5:08:58
5. Jim Chiudioni 5:14:00
6. Lady Rose’s Riverters 5:25:19
7. Marybeth Brown 5:32:05
8. Jaimie Monahan 5:36:00
9. Mo Siegel 6:03:00
10. Stephanie Hopson 6:29:00
11. Alan Morrison 6:50:00 (Breaststroke DNF)

9 August 2014

1. Simona Dwass 4:34:02
2. Kathy Jaeger 4:58:00
3. Kenn Lichtenwalter 5:03:00
4. Kathryn Mason 5:41:30 (Butterfly)

10 August 2013

1. Jaimie Monahan: 5:31:18
2. Willy Blumenthals 6:00:00
3. Alan Morrison: 6:29:00 (breaststroke)

18 August 2012

1. Elke Hofmann: 5:06:00
2. Kevin Joubert 5:09:00
3. Matt Gurry: 5:10:48
4. Patrick Spearing: 5:19:33
5. Abigail Long: 5:25:30
6. Jamie Monahan: 5:27:42
7. Paul Rekoff: 5:29:00
8. Franco Prezioso: 5:33:36

13 August 2011

1. Lori Carena: 5:47:08
2. Cara McAteer 5:51:05
3. Leonard Jansen: 6:01:15
4. Jaimie Monahan: 6:03:48
5. Alan Morrison: 6:09:04
6. Jason Malick: 6:24:53

Contact

Email deannedraeger@hotmail.com

External links

• URBANSWIM Completes Another Successful Year
• Jaimie Monahan Channeling Julie Ridge, Around And Around Manhattan Island
• A Manhattan Mermaid On An Open Water Journey
• Centennial Celebration Of Rose Pitonof's Swim In New York
• Rose Blossoms After 100 Years
• Everything Comes Up Roses, 100 Years Apart
• A Rose Starts To Bloom In The City
• The One And Only, Jaimie Monahan
• Rose Pitonof
• Rose Pitonof Swim
• Open Water Swimming
• Urban Swim website
• List Of Marathon Swims Around The World
• Marathon Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Rose Pitonof Honored By The Hall Of Fame
• 17-Year-Old To Do 17...Again
• 17 Is A Prime Number In New York
• A Rose Blooms From Island To Island
• Stitched Up, Spencer Schneider Swims For A Loop
• Jaimie Monahan, Marathoning Around The World
• Captivating Capri Celebrates Challenges
• Celebrating Rose Pitonof From Manhattan To Coney Island
• Brutal ... Butterfly In The Open Water
• Jaimie Monahan Honored By The Hall Of Fame
• Jaimie Monahan Wins 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Award