Jim Whelan Atlantic City Around-the-Island Swim
The Jim Whelan Around-the-Island Swim is a 36.6 km race around Absecon Island, New Jersey (which includes the towns of Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, and Longport). It is a renewed version, open to amateurs, of the professional Around the Island Swim held intermittently from 1954 to 2005.
In 2020, the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, 11 solo swimmers attempted the swim and none finished due to poor tide planning. In 2022, two solo swimmers attempted the swim, and neither finished.
Note: this event requires swimmers to wear tow-floats and enforces a time limit.
| Route | Swims | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Absecon Island circumnavigation (CCW) | 10 | William Leonard - 08:23:27 (2019) |
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2019 Jul 14
Absecon Island circumnavigation (CCW) (36.6 km)
| Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Leonard |  |
40 | 08:23:27 | |
| 2 | Stephen Rouch | |
39 | 08:38:37 | |
| 3 | Bryan Hill | |
30 | 08:42:56 | |
| 4 | Ryan McCabe | |
34 | 08:43:18 | |
| 5 | Michael Gemelli | |
09:17:23 | ||
| 6 | Charlotte Brynn |  |
53 | 09:31:28 | |
| 7 | Juan Gabriel Acosta | |
35-36 | 09:39:31 | |
| 8 | Melissa Burroughs | |
26 | 09:41:21 | |
| 9 | Victoria Dolceamore | |
10:39:07 | ||
| 10 | Beth Jackson | |
10:48:17 |