Julie Newton
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Julie Newton swimming across the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland. Photo from the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation.
Julie Newton is a 38-year-old American open water swimmer originally from Reno, Nevada who currently lives in Singapore who serves as a Marathon Swimming Mentor.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- On October 11 2014, she completed the 15 km Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in 5 hours 27 minutes 41 seconds.
- On 18 February 2017, she completed the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in 4 hours 14 minutes 48 seconds while setting a new record at the age of 33.
- On 4 February 2018, she completed the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in 4 hours 18 minutes 5 seconds at the age of 34.
- On 26 January 2019, she completed the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in 4 hours 31 minutes 21 seconds at the age of 35.
- On 19 January 2020, she completed the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim in Hong Kong in 4 hours 20 minutes 22 seconds at the age of 36.
- On 15 August 2017, she completed a 20.2-mile crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 13 hours 35 minutes 12 seconds under the observance of Steve Robles and Marc Horowitz of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. She became the first person from Singapore to swim across the Catalina Channel.
- She finished 2nd overall (1st in bioprene) in the 15 km Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim on Hong Kong Island from Stanley Main Beach to Deep Water Bay Beach in 4:18:05.
- Between 25-28 April 2018, she attempted all four stage swims of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona (9.5-mile or 15.2 km Saguaro Lake + 9-mile or 14.4 km Canyon Lake + 17-mile or 27.3 km Apache Lake + 6.2-mile or 10 km Roosevelt Lake), finishing 3 at the age of 35.
- On 26 January 2019, she won the 15 km Cold Half in 4 hours 31 minutes 21 seconds in Hong Kong.
- She will participate in the 21 km Vidösternsimmet in Lake Vidöstern in Småland, Sweden in August 2025.
External links
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Helén Runger, Niclas Renman Race the Unprecedented 84 km Vidösternsimmet
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Facebook group page
- Open Water Swimming
- Ted Molin, Helén Runger Victorious In 42 km Vidösternsimmet
- Ulrika Thuné, Jonatan Sjölander Win 21 km Vidösternsimmet
- Vidösternsimmet
- Facebook group page
- 2016 Vidösternsimmet Finishers
- Vidösternsimmet Smiling In Sweden Stroke-by-Stroke
- Ulrika Thuné, Jonatan Sjölander Win 21 km Vidösternsimmet
- 2016 Vidösternsimmet Finishers
- Vidösternsimmet Smiling In Sweden Stroke-by-Stroke
- Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim Is Next Week
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Julie Newton Wins Overall Cold Half
- Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame on WOWSA Live
- Julie Newton, Marco Murari Swim Fast Around The Cold Half
- Julie Newton, Ned Denison Set Course Records At Cold Half
- Ocean Recovery Alliance
- Avra
- Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Swimming Successfully From Singapore
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Chocolate Does Good For A SeaMonsta
- SCAR Swim Challenge
- Stefan Reinke Outduels Serbo Simeoni On SCAR Day 1
- S.C.A.R. Is Like Night And Day
- Jamie Ann Phillips Forges Into Lead In Apache Lake
- Reinke Hangs On, Jamie Ann Phillips Swimming Strong
- As Night Falls, So Does Men's Record. Jamie Ann Phillips Leads Way With Stefan Reinke
- Julie Newton Wins Overall Cold Half
