Saskatoon native and long-distance swimmer Aerin Bowers recounts the moment she completed a 16-hour swim across the English ...

Long distance swimming Aerin Bowers, who is originally from Saskatoon, swam more than 40 kilometres on June 30 to cross the ...

Saskatoon's Aerin Bowers accomplished her life-long dream after finishing a nearly 17-hour swim across the English Channel on ...

A teenage swimmer from Tavistock was given a hero’s welcome when he arrived back at school having conquered one of swimming’s greatest challenges.

A long-distance swimmer has completed a "bucket-list" moment by swimming the English Channel. Lindsey Walke, 49, from ...

A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the ...

And now, it’s Channel time. There’s a reason that swimming the English Channel is widely perceived as the ultimate long-distance swim: It’s tough. Several hundred people attempt to swim the Channel ...

McAuliffe, who hopes to swim it within 12 hours, isn’t alone in her desire to complete the swim, as the trek across the English Channel has soared in popularity in the past 24 years.

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel (that we know about, at least), and since then, fewer than 2,000 other people have completed successful solo crossings.

English Channel fast facts — 21 miles: shortest distance in a straight line across channel. — 57-64 degrees Fahrenheit: water temperature during swim season.

Jake Dolce has used distance swimming to tackle a long journey with grief. ... Rye Brook's Jake Dolce found redemption in an English Channel swim. What can we learn? 5-minute read.

Swimming the English Channel requires months of preparation. Most participants sign up at least two years in advance. Swimmers have an entire crew providing navigation and food, since the swim can ...