A long-distance swimmer was bitten by a shark in California while attempting what is known as one of the world’s most difficult marathon swims. FOX11 Los Angeles reports that the male swimmer, whose ...

A shark bite has been reported by a long distance swimmer at Southern California's Catalina Island. According to KTLA via Yahoo News, a swimmer in his 50s was doing a long-distance channel swim from ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...

Abby Bergman wasn’t even half an hour into her journey across the Catalina Channel when the magnitude of the challenge overwhelmed her. She had access to liquid carbs and applesauce for energy, which ...

A shark bit a swimmer on a leg and a foot as he swam from Catalina Island to the mainland in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 30. About 12 miles out from Catalina, the man was bit by a three- to four ...

Baltimore ultramarathon swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey has once again successfully navigated the English Channel, completing the 21-mile swim in 14 hours and 13 minutes on Wednesday. It marked her ...

Local ultra-marathon open water swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey kicked off her 2025 open water swim season Thursday morning. Last year, Pumphrey made history when she swam from the Chesapeake Bay ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim. Yellow Springs native Amy Wamsley has ...