Manhattan Island solo swims

Solo Manhattan circumnavigation swims:

• occurring before the 1982 founding of the Manhattan Island Foundation (MIF), organizer of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (MIMS)
• ratified by the recognized sanction association of the time: MIF (1982-1991), NYC Swim (1992-2015), or New York Open Water (2016 to present).

For a combined list of all historical Manhattan circumnavigation swims and races, see Manhattan Island circumnavigation swims.

See also:

• Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
• 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim
• 40 Bridges Manhattan Swim
• IPSA Manhattan Swim

• counter-clockwise
• double
• triple
• clockwise

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counter-clockwise

Date	Name	Gender	Age	Nation	Route	Km	Time
1915 Sep 5	Robert Dowling		18		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	13:45:00
1916 Sep 24	Ida Elionsky		13		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	11:35:00
1921 Jun 26	Millie Corson		24		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	15:57:00
1926 Sep 19	Charlotte Schoemmell		31		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	14:21:00
1927 Sep 18	Byron Summers		25		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:56:00
1927 Sep 25	Bill Sadlo		27		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:26:00
1928 Jul 1	Bill Sadlo		28		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:08:00
1929 Jul 21	Lillian Garrick				Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	11:26:00
1959 Aug 15	Diane Struble		26		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	11:59:00
1975 Oct 6	Diana Nyad		26		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	07:57:00
1982 Jul 19	Drury Gallagher		43-44		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	07:14:00
1985 Aug 16	Julie Ridge		28		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:50:00
1985 Aug 17	Julie Ridge		28		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:03:00
1985 Aug 18	Julie Ridge		28		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:43:00
1985 Aug 19	Julie Ridge		28		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:46:00
1985 Aug 20	Julie Ridge		28		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:35:00
1985 Sep 19	Paul Lewandowski		28-29		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:35:00
1985 Oct 12	Shelley Taylor-Smith		24		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	06:12:29
1987 Oct 7	Christopher Green		37		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	07:29:00
1988 Jun 28	Christopher Green		38		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:40:00
1989 Jun 25	Christopher Green		39		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	10:05:00
1989 Oct 16	Karen Farnsworth-Einsidler		33		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	06:13:05
1991 Sep 9	Julie Ridge		35		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:35:00
1992 Aug 29	Kris Rutford		32		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	05:53:57
1995 Jul 14	Shelley Taylor-Smith		33		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	05:45:25
1996 Aug 2	Marcia Cleveland		32		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	05:57:53
1999 Jul 14	Becky Fenson		31-32		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	06:07:46
2000 Aug 9	Maria-Ines Mato		35		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:50:35
2002 Sep 9	Julie Ridge		46		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:36:00
2003 Sep 27	Kris Rutford		44		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:36:15
2007 Aug 3	Erica Moffett		37		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	08:36:00
2011 Jul 16	Julie Bradshaw		47		Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	45.9	09:28:37

double

Date	Name	Gender	Age	Nation	Route	Km	Time
1983 Jul 11	Julie Ridge		26		2x Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	91.8	21:02:41
2016 Sep 18	Christian Jongeneel		42		2x Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	91.8	20:15:57

triple

Date	Name	Gender	Age	Nation	Route	Km	Time
1984 Aug 29	Stacy Chanin		23-24		3x Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	137.7	33:29:00
2007 Aug 29	Skip Storch		50		3x Manhattan circumnavigation (CCW)	137.7	32:52:30

clockwise

Date	Name	Gender	Age	Nation	Route	Km	Time
1995 Aug 12	Kris Rutford		35		Manhattan circumnavigation (CW)	45.9	17:48:30
2009 Sep 18	Elizabeth Fry		50		Manhattan circumnavigation (CW)	45.9	11:41:05

Other Routes

Date	Name	Gender	Age	Nation	Route	Km	Time
2021 Jul 24	James Loreto		48		3x Manhattan circumnavigation (CW) + Pier A to GWB	165.9	43:43:00

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