SARASOTA - Fifteen miles in, Allen Hillman was in “the zone,” that place of total focus in the present moment. The 55-year-old Sarasota resident remained in this ...

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.

She’s taking home the mermaid crown. A fearless Gotham native is set to stroke across the English Channel’s 21 miles of treacherous waters this week — becoming the first woman from the Big Apple to ...

Maya Merhige, a 16-year-old marathon swimmer has successfully conquered the English Channel making her one of the youngest swimmers in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.

Recently, Elvis Ali Hazarika, a highly accomplished Indian swimmer, made headlines once again by completing the English Channel swim, the iconic open-water swimming challenge from England to France, ...