Cathleen Pruden
From Openwaterpedia
Cathleen Pruden is an American pool and open water swimmer and a graduate of Mount Holyoke College in 2016.
Open Water Swimming Career
- She participated in a 40.4-mile (65 km) two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel together with Abigail Bergman (Smith College, Class of 2018), Charlotte Samuels (Smith College, Class of 2020), Eliza Cummings (Smith College, Class of 2017), and Gabriela Kovacikova (Wellesley College, Class of 2014), starting on 16 June 2017 on the first all-female relay double crossing of the Catalina Channel in history. Escorted by an all-female kayak crew of Jax Cole, Alicia Bartley, Heather Barber, and Melissa King, they finished the first leg from the mainland to Catalina Island in 8 hours 16 minutes and the return leg to the mainland in 9 hours 48 minutes for a 18 hour 4 minute two-way crossing.