The Pacific Moon on her left, Kayaker Steve Sutton to her right, Abbey Jackson Ferree swims the Catalina Channel open water marathon in southern California on September 10 and 11, 2026.
Abbey Jackson Ferree – who grew up in Petersburg, swam for the Viking Swim Club and now lives in Fairbanks – swam across the Catalina Channel off Southern California on Sept. 11. The crossing made her the third Alaskan ever to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
She entered the water off Santa Catalina Island at about 11 p.m. on Sept. 10 and reached the mainland shortly after 11 the next morning. Her official time was 12 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds, for a crossing of about 21.5 miles.
The Triple Crown is made up of the 28.5-mile 20 Bridges swim around Manhattan Island, the En...
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