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292 swimmers have completed the Triple Crown:

• 113 women (38.7%) and 179 men (61.3%).
• 133 from the United States (45.5%), 34 from Australia (11.6%), 25 from Great Britain (8.6%), and 22 from Mexico (7.5).

Fastest Triple Crown

Triple Crown swimmers with the fastest cumulative elapsed time to complete the English Channel, Catalina Channel, and Manhattan.

#	Name		English Channel	Catalina	Manhattan	Total
1	Marcia Cleveland		09:44:00	08:56:10	05:57:53	24:38:03
2	Benjamin Freeman		09:10:00	08:47:42	06:55:21	24:53:03
3	Jim Barber		09:06:37	08:43:33	07:06:34	24:56:44
4	Penny Palfrey		09:07:00	09:19:49	07:17:07	25:43:56
5	Elizabeth Fry		09:05:00	08:56:10	07:44:47	25:45:57
6	Oliver Wilkinson		11:06:00	09:12:09	05:44:02	26:02:11
7	Nathan Payas		09:13:00	09:34:51	07:21:00	26:08:51
8	Samir Botelho Barel		10:14:00	08:45:30	07:17:59	26:17:29
9	Shane Moraghan		10:23:00	09:15:41	06:52:50	26:31:31
10	Bob Tarr		10:15:00	09:22:30	06:58:24	26:35:54

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"Most Leisurely" Triple Crown

Triple Crown open water swimmers with the longest cumulative elapsed time to complete the English Channel, Catalina Channel, and Manhattan.

#	Name		English Channel	Catalina	Manhattan	Total
1	Stephanie Hopson		24:31:37	19:17:11	09:20:17	53:09:05
2	Charlotte Samuels		20:44:27	20:20:44	09:55:05	51:00:16
3	Kathy Batts		22:31:11	18:28:08	09:36:57	50:36:16
4	Gina Harden		16:17:42	22:37:46	08:58:23	47:53:51
5	Nikki Pope		18:22:00	20:18:32	08:40:14	47:20:46

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Shortest Turnaround

Fewest days to complete all three legs of the Triple Crown (shortest turnaround).

#	Name		English Channel	Catalina	Manhattan	Days
1	Joel Matos Ortiz		2021-08-12	2021-07-16	2021-07-25	27
2	Patrick McKnight		2016-07-22	2016-07-12	2016-08-15	34
3	Rendy Lynn Opdycke		2008-07-27	2008-08-09	2008-07-05	35
4	Victoria Cox		2017-08-16	2017-07-06	2017-09-08	64
5	Charlotte Samuels		2014-09-09	2014-08-04	2014-06-28	73
6	Aby Ortega Gonzalez		2021-07-23	2021-09-03	2021-10-08	77
7	David Barra		2010-09-01	2010-07-20	2010-06-12	81
8	Miguel Guillermo Campero Garcia		2014-09-18	2014-08-19	2014-06-28	82
9	Dina Levačić		2017-09-17	2017-08-03	2017-06-25	84
9	Elizabeth Almond		2019-08-24	2019-06-24	2019-06-01	84

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Longest Turnaround

Most time (in years) between completing the the first and last leg of the Triple Crown (longest turnaround).

#	Name		English Channel	Catalina	Manhattan	Years
1	Martin McMahon		1985-08-26	2021-08-10	1989-08-19	36
2	Kevin Murphy		1968-08-11	2003-08-08	2001-06-23	35
3	Suzanne Heim Bowen		1985-08-18	2019-10-08	2014-06-14	34.1
4	Sal Minty-Gravett		1975-08-30	2006-08-10	1999-06-12	30.9
5	Jamie Tout		1987-08-17	2015-09-19	1985-07-28	30.1
6	Kris Rutford		1988-08-05	2016-09-22	1988-08-27	28.1
7	Jaime Lomelin Gavaldon		1990-08-27	2017-09-02	2015-08-01	27
8	Oliver Turner		1995-08-16	2021-07-19	1994-08-20	26.9
9	Nancy Steadman-Martin		2004-08-10	2008-08-13	1984-08-26	24
10	Nora Toledano Cadena		1992-09-18	2016-08-23	1995-08-13	23.9

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Youngest Triple Crown

The youngest swimmers to complete all three legs of the Triple Crown.

#	Name		Complete	Age
1	Charlotte Samuels		2014-09-09	16.6
2	Ned Wieland		2018-06-30	17
3	Dan Canta		2016-10-01	17.3
4	Vera Rivard		2021-08-18	17.8
5	Prabhat Koli		2017-06-25	17.9
6	Lochie Hinds		2014-08-06	18.8
7	Angel More		2021-09-15	18.9
8	Benjamin Freeman		2017-07-13	19.6
9	Shubham Vanmali		2015-09-11	19.7
10	Samantha Simon		2010-08-02	20.6

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Oldest Triple Crown

The oldest swimmers to complete the Triple Crown (average age across the three swims).

#	Name		Average Age
1	Pat Gallant-Charette		64.8
2	Jim Clifford		63.2
3	Paula Yankauskas		63
4	Gina Harden		62.3
5	Mo Siegel		61.6
6	James Penrose		61
6	Ross Youngman		61
8	Mark Quinn		60.7
9	Stephen Autry		60.6
10	Trevor Colman		60.2