Catherine Breed

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Catherine Breed swimming in the ocean
Catherine Breed swimming in the ocean
Podium finishers Catherine Breed, Kai Flanagan and Kathleen Hohwald at the 2022 Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu
Catherine Breed, University of California, Berkeley alumnus and Lake Tahoe record holder
Catherine Breed, University of California, Berkeley alumnus and Lake Tahoe record holder
The 1976 Cup award winners: Sunnyside Sinners, Chad La Tourette, Mazen Aziz, Allison Arnold, Catherine Breed, Drew Cosgarea, and Bryan Offutt

Catherine Breed (born 22 March 1993 in Pleasanton, California) is a 29-year-old American pool and open water swimmer who swam at University of California, Berkeley and runs the Beyond The Blackline blog. She is a five-time world open water swimming record holder and two-time USMS record holder.

Pool Swimming

  • At 15 years old, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials and was a 21-time high school All-American.
  • She made NCAA All-America honors and numerous USA Swimming teams for her middle-distance and distance freestyle events.
  • In 2014 she was honored with the Walter A. Haas Jr. Community Service Award where she was honored for her volunteer work and community service.
  • She was a member of the U.S. National Youth Team from 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
  • She participated in the 2011 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships where she won in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle relay.
  • She participated in the 2010 FINA World Cup in Moscow where she earned a silver and bronze medal.
  • She qualified for both the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
  • In 2014 she was honored with the Walter A. Haas Jr. Community Service Award at the University of California Berkeley where she was honored fors all of her volunteer work and community service.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

Videos

2020 WOWSA Awards

The Monterey Bay crossing by Catherine Breed was nominated for the 2020 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year category with the following nomination: With a team of veteran Monterey Bay channel swimmers on her boat, NCAA pool swimmer-turned-marathon swimmer Catherine Breed dug deep and kept swimming through a cold, dark night across the foggy 40.2 km Monterey Bay in northern California. Without any sense of location due to fog that lay on the water surface, Breed could not distinguish between the water and sky for nearly the entire crossing. Effectively blinded by the conditions and guided solely through the fuzzy outline of her escort boat, she relied on the calm and experienced guidance of Kim Rutherford and Amy Gubser. In addition to the darkness of night and the thick blanket of fog, Breed encountered dozens of jellyfish with their painful venomous touch on her face and all over her body. She started in 14°C water and endured passing over the underwater Monterey Bay canyon with its water temperature drop and turbulent currents before finishing on the northern shore in 12 hours 42 minutes, the fastest time in history. For fighting through the pain of jellyfish stings, for completely trusting in her escort crew despite being disoriented throughout her crossing save for the last 500 meters, and for making a successful transition for warm-water chlorinated pools to the always dynamic marine environment with its unexpected obstacles, the record-setting crossing of the Monterey Bay by Catherine Breed of the USA is a worthy nominee for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

Marathon Swim Stories

She appeared with Shannon House Keegan on Marathon Swim Stories.

External links

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