September 21, 2024
In beautifully calm conditions, all 76 swimmers who entered the water west of the South Tower this morning completed this Golden Gate swim. We waited for an inbound tug pulling a barge to pass before jumping, and communicated with another outbound that graciously slowed to allow us to safely clear the channel. With a push to the north and then east from the current, the fastest group of swimmers was done in under 25 minutes. We were joined by harbor porpoises who seem to love these waters as much as we do!
Lead Pilot: Nathaniel Berger / Lead Swim Commissioner: Ben Chun
Pilots: Barbara Byrnes, Barry Christian, Ben Chun, Brian Kiernan, Claudia Scharff, Damian Guenzing, Dave Zovickian, David Buchanan, David Klug, Diane Jackson, Dominic Lusinchi, Don Osborne, Duncan Graham, Eric Wind, Grant Mays, Jeffrey Tong, John Robiola, John Thorpe, Julia Schmidt, Kelsey Dean, Leah Womelsdorf, Lilian Tsai, Madeleine Crow, Maeve Lavelle, Margaret Keenan, Mikhail Melnikov, Nanda Palmieri, Nathaniel Berger, Paul Irving, Pejman Moshfegh, Ramsey Williams, Rohin Daswani, Stuart Moulder, Sunny McKee, Tim Kreutzen, Tim McElligott, Todd Elkins, Tom Bernard, Tom McCall, Tony Foe
Volunteers: Aniko Kurczinak, Antoine Roux, Bevin Daniels, Bill Schroeder, Chloe Noonan, Clara Agnes Ault, Claudia Scharff, Diana Pray, Eric Shupert, George Robin, Henry Rogers, Janice Wood, Janine Corcoran, Joseph Murphy, Juliet Cox, Kathy Wallace, Katrina Garry, Laura Atkins, Lorna Newlin, Mara Laconi, Marie Sayles, Peter Cullinan, Peter Neubauer, Polly Rose, Sam Maslin, Sandy Chapman, Stephen Hattwick, Sue Garfield, Teddy Chivetta
Test Swim: Amanda Ernzer, Barbara Byrnes, Ben Chun, Dominic Lusinchi, Hal Offen, Holly Reed, Karin Christenson, Lindsay Stripling, Lindzy Bivings, Maeve Lavelle, Margaret Keenan, Nathaniel Berger, Tim Kreutzen, Tim McElligott
Swimmers:
| Place | Name | Time | Ladies Cup Points |
| 1 | Dominick Kirk | 0:22:15 | 10 |
| 1 | Lissi Knell | 0:22:15 | 10 |
| 1 | Mackenzie Kirk | 0:22:15 | 10 |
| 1 | Stephanie McGee | 0:22:15 | 10 |
| 5 | Lauren Au Brinkmeyer | 0:22:54 | 6 |
| 6 | Miranda Rouse | 0:25:00 | 5 |
| 7 | Steve Schatz | 0:25:05 | 4 |
| 8 | Thorsten Anderson | 0:25:11 | 3 |
| 9 | Ken Schwarz | 0:25:27 | 2 |
| 10 | Jeff Citron | 0:25:34 | 1 |
| 11 | Alex Kroeger | 0:25:39 | |
| 12 | Ben Clark | 0:26:00 | |
| 13 | Alisha Kewalramani | 0:26:27 | |
| 14 | Amanda Stone | 0:26:52 | |
| 15 | Michael Tschantz-Hahn | 0:26:55 | |
| 16 | Bill Brick | 0:27:44 | |
| 17 | Devan Nielsen | 0:28:51 | |
| 18 | Barnaby Payne | 0:28:55 | |
| 19 | Donald Thornburg | 0:29:10 | |
| 20 | Sean Lavelle | 0:30:24 | |
| 21 | Alice Jones | 0:30:28 | |
| 22 | Elizabeth Mayer | 0:30:29 | |
| 23 | Sara Wessen Chang | 0:30:30 | |
| 24 | Mickey Lavelle | 0:30:35 | |
| 25 | Kristoffer Milonas | 0:30:45 | |
| 26 | David O’Reilly | 0:32:00 | |
| 27 | Henry Rogers | 0:32:01 | |
| 28 | Kathleen Sheridan | 0:32:04 | |
| 29 | Merryl Levy | 0:32:24 | |
| 30 | Bobby Lu | 0:33:29 | |
| 31 | Joey Murphy | 0:33:31 | |
| 32 | Katrina Garry | 0:33:39 | |
| 33 | Holly Reed | 0:33:45 | |
| 34 | Robert Blum | 0:33:50 | |
| 35 | Laure Darcy | 0:33:55 | |
| 36 | Morgan Kulla | 0:33:59 | |
| 37 | Ryan Hedum | 0:34:06 | |
| 38 | Denise Sauerteig | 0:34:13 | |
| 39 | Colin McMahon | 0:34:44 | |
| 40 | Clara Ault | 0:35:06 | |
| 41 | Peter Cullinan | 0:35:40 | |
| 42 | Diane Campbell | 0:35:46 | |
| 43 | Rebecca Tilley | 0:35:49 | |
| 44 | Alice Ma | 0:35:51 | |
| 45 | Nancy Hornor | 0:35:56 | |
| 46 | Dean Badessa | 0:36:02 | |
| 47 | Marie Sayles | 0:36:05 | |
| 48 | Lisa Domitrovich | 0:36:08 | |
| 49 | Laura Grubb | 0:36:12 | |
| 50 | Luke Whiting | 0:36:14 | |
| 51 | Rebecca Whiting | 0:36:54 | |
| 52 | Julia Peterson | 0:36:56 | |
| 53 | Marlin Gilbert | 0:37:00 | |
| 54 | Lewis Haidt | 0:37:07 | |
| 55 | Kerry Labelle | 0:37:11 | |
| 56 | Keith Nelson | 0:37:13 | |
| 57 | Kathleen Duffy | 0:37:19 | |
| 58 | Ken Coren | 0:38:00 | |
| 59 | Peter Neubauer | 0:38:33 | |
| 60 | Julie Pan | 0:39:00 | |
| 61 | Maxwell Audette | 0:39:12 | |
| 62 | John Hornor | 0:39:28 | |
| 63 | Phil Gaal | 0:39:33 | |
| 64 | Sarah Roberts | 0:39:34 | |
| 65 | Mike Mitchell | 0:39:39 | |
| 66 | Lorna Newlin | 0:40:34 | |
| 67 | Jim Frew | 0:41:39 | |
| 68 | John Melcher | 0:42:10 | |
| 69 | Robin Hart | 0:42:14 | |
| 70 | Kent Myers | 0:42:42 | |
| 71 | Robin Rome | 0:44:47 | |
| 72 | Kati Hopman | 0:44:54 | |
| 73 | Alix Marduel | 0:45:37 | |
| 74 | Mary Cantini | 0:46:31 | |
| 75 | Sheila Gleeson | 0:49:55 | |
| 76 | Will Powning | 0:53:02 |
