Relay Course Records
Overall
The fastest relay to swim across a channel, or around an island, in either direction.
Channel Swims
| Route | Km/Mi | Team | Members | Year | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Cruz Island / mainland | Irvine Novaquatics | Brandon Bass, Megan Merlihan, Karsten Johnson, Mo Bourdi, Jessica Moore, Chris Mykkanen | 2015 | 8:31 | |
| S. Clemente Island / mainland | HTC | Tina Neill, Steve Lowe, Kent Nicholas, Forrest Nelson, Mike Mitchell, Emily Evans | 2012 | 25:48 | |
| Santa Barbara Island | 37.7 | Hammerless | Peter Attia, Jason Fox, Marc Lewis, Steve Lowe, Forrest Nelson, Ed Reynolds | 2006 | 18:44 |
| Anacapa Island / mainland | 12.2 | Team Jessie Team Augie Team Coto (triple tandem) |
Jessie: Howard Burns, Charlie Christensen, Marc Horwitz, Michael Kendall, Alan Baumgardner, Corey Tabor Augie: Lisa Nordholm, John Stevens, Julian Rusinek, Morgan Empey, Vanessa Mesia, Michael Lane Coto: Michael Trudeau, Tanya MacLean, Jeffrey Conrad, Ben Putman, Lynn Kubasek, Cherie Edborg |
2012 | 7:17 |
| San Nicolas Island / mainland | 61 | Deep Enders | Zach Jirkovsky, Jim McConica, John Chung, Stacey Warmuth, Tom Ball, Tamie Stewart | 2015 | 33:37 |
| Santa Rosa Island / mainland | 27.4 | Arch Academy Zombies ‘A’ Arch Academy Zombies ‘B’ (tandem) |
A: Faith Irvine, John Allcock, Dave Dawson, Dana Selles, Dan Simonelli, Cheryl Allcock B: JJ Qian, Noah Rowan, Aidan Sogorka, Penny Nagel, Zach Irvine, Otto Lana |
2017 | 17:11 |
Circumnavigations
| Route | Km/Mi | Team | Members | Year | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Island | 5 | Out, Around, & Back | Anthony McCarley, Dave Van Mouwerik, Asha Allen, Becky Margulies, Dan Simonelli, Scott Zacharda | 2016 | 3:06 (CCW) |
| Santa Cruz Island | 54 | Selkie & the Sirens | Claudia Rose, Carol-lynn Swol, Louise Darlington, Jeannie Zappe, Michelle Premeaux McConica, and Diana Corbin | 2017 | 39:58* (CW) |
| Anacapa Island | 10.7 | San Fran Ma’ams | Meg Omainsky, Alice Ma, Cathy Harrington | 2018 | 7:23* (CW) |
Island Hoppers
| Route | Km/Mi | Team | Members | Year | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Barbara Island / Catalina Island | 24.2 | Laguna Six | Scott Zornig, Julian Rusinek, Lynn Kubasek, Tanya MacLean, Tamie Stewart, Cherie Edborg | 2014 | 15:53* |
| S. Barbara Island / Anacapa Island | 41 | Arch Academy Zombie Patrol ‘A’ Arch Academy Zombie Patrol ‘B’ (tandem) |
A: Cheryl Zak, Wesley Metcalfe, Matthew Gregory, Kaylee Kussman, John Allcock, Lauren Weinreb B: Diana Linney, Paul Lindberg, Zach Irvine, Faith Irvine, CJ Fotinos, Noah Rowan |
2015 | 27:10* |
Direction
- A “direction first” is the first relay to swim across a channel, or around an island, in a specific direction.
- No SBCSA-sanctioned routes have been done in both directions. Therefore, the list of relay “direction speed records” is identical to the list of “overall speed records.”