Round-Trip Angel Island
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John Curley of Ireland en route to completing The Toughest Thirteen after completing the Round-Trip Angel Island with Clare O'Connor piloting in August 2025
The Round-Trip Angel Island swim is a 16.1 km bay swim (island loop) from Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay, California to Angel Island and back. The route crosses two major shipping channels and is predominantly cross-current.
Swimmers
- On 23 June 1984, Dave Kenyon swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 4 hours 23 minutes 8 seconds.
- On 8 August 1995, Rick Barthels swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 6 hours 39 minutes.
- On 14 July 2009, Tom Linthicum swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 10 hours 2 minutes at the age of 51.
- On 29 August 2009, Michael Tzortzis swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 6 hours 49 minutes.
- On 23 August 2011, Hendrik Meerman swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 4 hours 46 minutes at the age of 49.
- On 30 August 2013, Cathy Delneo swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 6 hours 10 minutes at the age of 37.
- On 12 July 2015, Evan Morrison swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 5 hours 57 minutes at the age of 35.
- On 28 September 2017, Van Cornwell swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 7 hours 28 minutes 33 seconds.
- On 28 September 2017, Van Cornwell swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 7 hours 28 minutes 33 seconds at the age of 35.
- On 29 October 2017, Dave Van Mouwerik swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 9 hours 47 minutes 47 seconds at the age of 60.
- On 24 May 2018, Shubham Vanmali swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 10 hours 14 minutes 37 seconds at the age of 22.
- On 8 July 2018, Ken Mignosa swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 10 hours 54 minutes 37 seconds at the age of 54.
- On 5 November 2016, Ryan Utsumi swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 5 hours 18 minutes.
- On 2 September 2018, Angel More, the youngest swimmer to achieve this swim, swam 16.1 km from Aquatic Park to Angel Island and back in 10 hours 59 minutes 15 seconds at the age of 15.
External links
- John Charles Curley Goes High to Get Closer to The Toughest Thirteen - 10 Down, 3 To Go
- John Curley Getting Closer To The Toughest Thirteen
- Andrew Packer, John Curley En Route To The Toughest Thirteen
- Joe Zemaitis Inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Joe Zemaitis’ 2020 Season Culminates In Roosevelt 4.5
- Marathon Swimmers Federation information
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Back And Forth In The Bay
