Shannon House

Marathon Swim Stories, a podcast by Intrepid Water Adventure Swimming that is centered around the lives, lifestyles and accomplishments of myriad marathon swimmers and ice swimmers around the world and hosted by Shannon Keegan

At the Interface, a podcast by Shannon House Keegan

Intrepid Water Accountability Group, a monthly meet-up with deep dive topics, challenges, and a private chat platform for asking questions, supporting, and encouraging each other led by Shannon Keegan

Shannon House Keegan is a 51-year-old American open water swimmer, coach and podcaster from Talent, Oregon.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She will attempt the 27 km Mayan Channel Swim across the Cozumel Channel in Mexico in May 2026.
• On 27-28 August 2025, she attempted a two-way crossing of In Search of Memphre in [[Lake Memphremagog] at the age of 50. She completed the first leg in 15 hours 57 minutes. She pulled out after 35 miles and was piloted by Gary Coburn, Kit Kinne, and Vera Rivard, and crew were Nadine Bennett, Janine Serell, and Justine Beauchesne as well as ground support provided by Phil White, Kathleene Marcil, and Darcie Rivard.
• On 26 November 2023, she completed a 25-hour 66 km Waitukubuli Sea Trail swim in Dominica.
• On 26-29 April 2023, she completed the SCAR Swim Challenge, a 4-day stage swim in Arizona at the age of 47, with escort kayaker Gillian Burns. She completed the 4 crossings in 3 hours 58 minutes in Saguaro Lake, 3 hours 47 minutes in Canyon Lake, 6 hours 27 minutes in Apache Lake, and 3 hours 17 minutes in Roosevelt Lake at the age of 48.
• On 9 July 2023, she completed the 17 km Portland Bridge Swim in Oregon in 5 hours 43 minutes.
• On 21 July 2019 she crossed the 34.2 km Lake Tahoe in 13 hours 17 minutes.
• On 10 September 2019 she crossed the 39.6 km Lake Memphremagog from Vermont to Magog, Quebec, Canada in 14 hours 1 minute.
• On 28 March 2021, she swam 18.6 km Around Coronado Island in San Diego, California in 4 hours 55 minutes.
• She finished 2nd in the 10-mile Great Race at the 14th annual Kingdom Swim on 23 July 2022 in 5 hours 21 minutes 44 seconds at the age of 47.
• She created Intrepid Water Adventure Swimming.
• She created Marathon Swim Stories.
• She created Intrepid Water Accountability Group.
• She completed the 3-mile race during the Kingdom Swim in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in 2010.
• She participated in the In Search of Memphre marathon swim in Lake Memphremagog (Vermont) in 2014.
• She completed the 2011 10-mile race in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.
• She attempted a 25-mile relay crossing of Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in 2011.
• She completed the 2014 36-mile END-WET down the Red River in North Dakota to Minnesota.
• She completed the 17 km Portland Bridge Swim three times.
• She participated the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge stage swim in Arizona in 2014.
• In 2018 she circumnavigated 20 km around Mercer Island in Seattle, Washington.
• In 2018, she completed the 25 km Border Buster during the Kingdom Swim weekend.
• She participated in the inaugural Cliff Backyard Ultra Swim at Wellington Lake, Colorado.
• She finished 6th in the 25 km Border Buster in Lake Memphremagog in 9 hours 51 minutes 45 seconds guided by Noah Keegan.
• She completed the first 10-mile double crossing of Lake Willoughby in Vermont in 2012 with a long respite between the crossings.
• On 10 September 2019, she completed a 25-mile (40.2 km) crossing of Lake Memphremagog called In Search of Memphre in 14 hours 1 minute at the age of 44.
• She competed in the 2021 127.8 km Conquering the Beast circumnavigation swim in Flathead Lake, Montana.
• She won the 2015 Lake Willoughby Swim during the Swim The Kingdom Week in Vermont. She completed all 8 swims during the 2015 Swim The Kingdom Week in Vermont. The lake swims included Crystal, Island Pond, Echo, Seymour, Massawippi, Memphremagog, Willoughby, and Caspian with a total distance of 45 miles.
• She completed the 10.6-mile Vikingsholm crossing in Lake Tahoe on 13 July 2021 in 6 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds.
• She completed the 12-mile True Width crossing of Lake Tahoe on 13 July 2021 in 6 hours 45 minutes 5 seconds.
• She completed the 21.3-mile length crossing of Lake Tahoe on 21 July 2019 in 13 hours 17 minutes 50 seconds.
• She completed the Lake Tahoe Triple Crown in a cumulative time of 26 hours 7 minutes 28 seconds.

Intrepid Water Adventure Swimming

Intrepid Water is an open water swimming and marathon swimming coaching service offered by Keegan (shannon@intrepidwater.com).

2020 WOWSA Awards

Marathon Swim Stories by Shannon House Keegan was nominated for the 2020 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year category with the following nomination: When COVID-19 hit and pools and shorelines closed as a result, open water swimming coach and mentor Shannon House Keegan took to the Internet. Keegan found a niche and touched many hearts with her new Marathon Swim Stories program. Marathon Swim Stories is a weekly podcast that captures the lives, lifestyles, challenges, training habits, and accomplishments of marathon swimmers and ice swimmers around the world. For establishing a friendly, educational and inspirational corner of the Internet entirely and specifically dedicated to open water swimming in various forms, for serving as an motivational ambassador and experienced coach for a growing number of people from all walks of life, and for providing thousands of enjoyable downloads for open water swimmers to listen, Marathon Swim Stories is a worthy nominee for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.​

Marathon Swim Stories

Marathon Swim Stories is a podcast centered around the lives, lifestyles and accomplishments of myriad marathon swimmers and ice swimmers around the world hosted by marathon swimming coach Shannon Keegan. It is part of Intrepid Water Adventure Swimming. House has interviewed Daniela Klaz, Louise Darlington, Kate Howell, Christopher Graefe, Mark Spratt, Molly Nance, Suzie Dods, Elaine Howley, Janine Serell, Cindy Werhane, Kellie Latimer, Kris Rutford, Colleen Blair, Elizabeth Almond, John Gale, Martha Wood, Jaimie Monahan, Graeme Schlachter, Lynne Cox, Sarah Thomas, Courtney Paulk, Michelle Macy, Charlotte Brynn, Kristin Valentine, Morag Hughes, Evan Morrison, Paula Yankauskas, Caroline Block, Matthias Kassner, Blaik Ogle, Jessi Harewicz, John Batchelder, Shannon Keegan, Liz Fry, Vera Rivard, Dan Simonelli, Jia Jung, Naji Ali, Maureen McCoy, Darren Miller, Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist, Mark Sheridan, Marcia Cleveland, Melinda Menzer, Jennifer Dutton, Quing Li, Anthony McCarley, Sylvia Lacock, Catherine Breed, Bridget Simpson Lyn Goldsmith, Craig Lewin, Bill Shipp, Sarah Eismann, John Kenny, Marlys Cappaert, Tracy Knight, Katie Blair, Cliff Golding, Diane McManus, Robin Rose, Sally Minty-Gravett, Lori King, and Sue Phillips among others.

is a 48-year-old American open water swimmer from Western Springs Illinois.

Portland Bridge Swim - 2025 Results

1. Casey Ketterling 48, Western Springs IL 4:02:53.9
2. Kevin Doherty 52, Portland OR 4:04:39.4
3. Lukas Scheidl 25, Seattle WA 4:08:34.9
4. Jamie Proffitt 60, Palm Springs CA 4:12:07.7
5. David Lederman 59, Santa Cruz CA 4:17:02.9
6. Jonathan Wildi 42, Portland OR 4:17:40.8
7. Scot Sullivan 59, Portland OR 4:19:56.0
8. Patrick Reyes 31, South Kingstown RI 4:20:16.0
9. Addie Paige 25, Seattle WA 4:25:00.7 - 1st woman
10. Kaelan Oldani 27, Seattle WA 4:26:28.5 - 2nd woman
11. Mark Johnston 65, Polson MT 4:28:27.7
12. Andrew Cotter 31, San Francisco CA 4:30:28.1
13. Samantha Kraft 29, Minneapolis MN 4:32:42.3 - 3rd woman
14. Jonathan Samuel 48, Portland OR 4:36:32.7
15. Jorge Agudelo 34, Tulúa Colombia 4:37:00.5
16. Eleanor Smith 18, Tacoma WA 4:38:01.2 - 4th woman
17. Andreas Lorenz 64, Houston TX 4:39:30.5
18. Rob Palmese 35, Redlands CA 4:39:48.1
19. Heidi Williams 56, Durham NC 4:40:25.5 - 5th woman
20. Francisco Felix 26, Burien WA 4:40:34.4
21. Fredric Zaeske 61, Downers Grove IL 4:43:18.2
22. Denise Simens 38, Seattle WA 4:43:23.2 - 6th woman
23. Daniel Schmiegel 25, Arcata CA 4:48:22.8
24. Jonas Veazey 29, San Francisco CA 4:48:42.8
25. Hallie Pound 29, Lacey WA 4:50:41.2 - 7th woman
26. Emma Gaulke-Janowski 33, Seattle WA 4:51:37.0 - 8th woman
27. Ilsa Feierabend 33, Clackamas OR 4:51:53.9 - 9th woman
28. Cheyenne Gallivan 30, Brunswick ME 4:52:01.4 - 10th woman
29. Dillon Cleavenger 33, Kneeland CA 4:52:48.0
30. Eric Kearney 48, Portland OR 4:53:22.8
31. Shane Stender 47, Normandy Park WA 4:53:57.7
32. Kris Rutford 66, Lincoln NE 4:55:22.5
33. Steve Lazaraton 55, Redding CA 4:57:29.6
34. Jillian Rice 28, San Francisco CA 5:00:01.8
35. Alyssa Barkley 38, Paso Robles CA 5:00:03.4
36. Amy Fischer 50, Clovis CA 5:00:39.6
37. David Kline 30, Chicago IL 5:01:05.1
38. Kelly Hilman 35, Pittsburgh PA 5:01:48.5
39. Ross Vimr 39, Portland OR 5:01:59.4
40. Blake Anghilante 44, The Dalles OR 5:04:33.6
41. Daniel Cepeda 29, Darien IL 5:06:05.7
42. Nani Welsh 26, Seattle WA 5:06:48.3
43. Jing Li 37, Pacifica CA 5:06:59.0
44. Peter Iannone 34, San Francisco CA 35:07:04.1
45. Allison Burr 30, Salem OR 5:07:13.1
46. Vincent Mingils 34, Fort Collins CO 5:07:50.9
47. Max Thompson 19, Portland OR 5:07:56.2
48. Manon Francois 30, Menlo Park CA 5:09:14.5
49. David Brancamp 64, Reno NV 5:11:26.2
50. Andrew Del Carlo 38, Talent OR 5:11:52.6
51. Janet Goodridge 63, Western Springs IL 5:12:30.2
52. Erin Tyler 46, Newport OR 5:13:57.8
53. Todd Lantry 50, Ashland OR 5:15:39.7
54. Lee O'Connor 58, Portland OR 5:18:18.1
55. Nicole Hirschman 52, Saint James NY 5:18:36.3
56. Gillian Salton 57, Bend OR 5:20:58.6
57. Carly Miller 47, Gardena CA 5:21:41.8
58. Kelly Vikstrom 49, Issaquah WA 5:23:15.9
59. Claire van Biljon 23, Wildwood MO 5:25:46.1
60. Gregg Horwitz 55, Valencia CA 5:26:17.8
61. Lisa Broadfield 47, Chula Vista CA 5:26:26.2
62. Ken Hahn 51, Bend OR 5:26:58.5
63. Leksi Weldon-Linne 42, San Francisco CA 5:28:46.3
64. Becky Cleavenger 62, Camarillo CA 5:29:12.2
65. Sarah Lane 48, Tacoma WA 5:29:49.5
66. Angela Williamson 41, Portland OR 5:30:00.9
67. Shannon Keegan 51, Talent OR 5:30:33.4
68. Megan Tosh 40, Portland OR 5:32:11.0
69. Tammy Fisher 42, Hermiston OR 5:33:58.9
70. Alison Aylesworth 48, Burien WA 5:36:56.9
71. Sarah Applegate 55, Wenatchee WA 5:41:32.2
72. Steve Stoneham 54, Vancouver WA 5:43:45.7
73. Brianna Sargent Merrill 45, Candia NH 5:45:44.5
74. Stephanie Zimmerman 39, Seattle WA 5:46:47.8
75. Michael Collins 63, Salem OR 35:46:54.1
76. Cheryl Morgen 56, Bend OR 5:48:43.0
77. Mary Ellen Spencer 31, Portland OR 5:54:01.1
78. Katy Smith 44, Tacoma WA 35:58:53.1
79. Chloe Jaques 24, Portland OR 5:59:03.2
80. Jody House 55, Hillsboro OR 6:01:48.4
81. Noah Heilbrun 45, Bend OR 6:03:36.0
82. Carli Cota 39, Rochester MN 6:07:30.9
83. Sarah Machado 42, Cashmere WA 6:10:38.5
84. Phil Boyer 39, Wenatchee WA 6:21:52.0
85. Marnie Whitley 56, Phoenix AZ 6:22:08.4
86. Linda Longfellow 47, Fresno CA 6:25:10.2
87. Samuel Jensen 26, Portland OR 6:29:16.1
88. John Fox 57, Huntsville AL 6:41:28.9
89. John Gibbon 62, San Francisco CA 6:43:47.2
90. Gianluca D'Alessandro 56, Issaquah WA 6:45:02.5
91. Mike Healey 72, Troutdale OR 6:45:55.9
92. Jackson Rittenhouse 28, Bremerton WA 6:53:03.0
93. Tomasz Janczyk 33, Issaquah WA 6:59:27.7
94. Paul Havick 64, Washington UT 7:07:02.0
DNF David Poulshock 77, Portland OR
DNF Devan Nielsen 62, Novato CA
DNF Lawrence Ahlgren 71, St James NY
DNF Eric Gutierrez 64, Prunedale CA
SND McKinlee Hand 32, Seattle WA
DNS Brendan Lyons-Keefe 44, Vancouver WA

External links

• Bojan Marić To Attempt a Mayan Channel Swim First, 54 km El Cruce Doble
• Phil White In Search of Memphre under Fair and Foul Conditions
• Get Them While They Are Still Available - A Limited Number of Swimmer Scout Slots In Search of Memphre
• High-Altitude Open Water Swims Around The World
• Lake Tahoe Triple Crown
• Listen and Learn, Swim and Share with Shannon House in 2024
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• At the Interface of Brain and Body in the Open Water
• Swimming In Intrepid Water: Eric Schall’s Marathon Swim Story
• Stephen Rouch, Suzanne Heim Cross-Border To Win 25 km Border Buster
• Great Scott...John's Marathon Swim Stories
• Jillian Is The Best
• Shipp Fits The Bill: NEKOWSA Swimmer Of The Year
• Shannon Keegan Talks With SCAR Swimmers
• Jennifer Dutton Becomes a Swimming Legend of Lake Geneva
• History of The Great Race at Kingdom Swim
• Swim Tech Camp
• Shannon Keegan, Charlotte Brynn To Lead Swim Tech Camp In Lake Memphremagog
• Greg O'Connor Goes Four For Four Across Lake Willoughby
• 36 Years In The Making: Marty McMahon Achieves The Triple Crown
• Courtney Moates Paulk Achieves History's First Double Triple Crown
• Get Ready, Get Started, Get Motivated With Intrepid Water Accountability Group
• Morag Hughes Marathon Swim Story
• Summer Swimming In Lake Memphremagog
• Flathead Lake Open Water Virtual Triple Crown
• Shannon House Keegan Talks Marathon Swimming Stories
• 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
• Shannon House Keegan Shares Marathon Swims Stories
• Intrepid Water Adventure Swimming
• Marathon Swim Stories
• Shannon House Keegan Asks About Marathon Swimming
• Steve Hodgins, Abigail Onos Win Willoughby
• Ned Denison Honored In Vermont
• The White Knight Honored In Vermont
• The Search Continues And Grows
• Ain't No Sharks In North Dakota, Just A Mighty Red River
• Where Women Dominate
• Mo Goes For Mo'
• Dan Projansky, 56 Going On 36
• END-WET Begins And Ends Today
• END-WET: Epic, Iconic And Surreally Long
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Kingdom Games
• Results And Report Of The 2014 END-WET