Lake George swims

Lake George is a long (51.8 km), narrow (1.6-4.8 km) lake in upstate New York near the Adirondack Mountains. Diane Struble was the first to swim the length in 1958. Five others duplicated the feat through 1983. All modern Lake George swims (2016 to present) have been documented through MSF.

Lake George route
Route Swims First Fastest
Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 8 Diane Struble - 1958 Charlotte Brynn - 17:58:34 (2020)
Lake George Village to Ticonderoga 5 Jaimie Monahan - 2016 Elizabeth Almond - 17:07:58 (2021)
Lake George Village - Ticonderoga - Lake George Village 1 Caroline Block - 2020 Caroline Block - 52:24:47 (2020)

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Date Name Gender Age Nation Route Km Time
1958 Aug 23 Diane Struble Female 25 Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 35:30:00
1962 NA NA Bill Stevens Male Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 31:27:00
1967 Aug 18 George Dempsey Male 17 Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 32:15:00
1977 Jun 13 Stella Taylor Female 45 Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 26:51:00
1981 NA NA John Freihofer Male Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 21:26:00
1983 Aug 12 Jerry Ferris Male Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 29:15:00
2016 Jun 19 David Dammerman Male 47 Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 18:49:22
2016 Aug 7 Jaimie Monahan Female 36 Lake George Village to Ticonderoga 51.8 21:13:00
2016 Aug 9 Jennifer Dutton Female Lake George Village to Ticonderoga 51.8 22:51:00
2017 Jun 11 Caroline Block Female 33 Lake George Village to Ticonderoga 51.8 19:21:00
2017 Aug 10 Bridget Simpson Female 49 Lake George Village to Ticonderoga 51.8 28:02:00
2020 Aug 19 Charlotte Brynn Female 54 Ticonderoga to Lake George Village 51.8 17:58:34
2020 Sep 18 Caroline Block Female 36 Lake George Village - Ticonderoga - Lake George Village 103.6 52:24:47
2021 Aug 24 Elizabeth Almond Female 48 Lake George Village to Ticonderoga 51.8 17:07:58

Lake George, New York

David Dammerman at Diane's Rock

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