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Paul Hornyak
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Paul Hornyak and his escort crew after his 13 hour 13 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel in September 2017
Paul Hornyak is an American open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- On 14 September 2017, he completed a solo crossing of the Catalina Channel from the Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 13 hours 13 minutes 50 seconds in water temperatures that dropped from 72°F off Catalina Island to 62°F off Abalone Cove with Lynn Kubasek and Brad Magit on deck as Catalina Channel Swimming Federation observers.
- He is trained as a Catalina Channel Swimming Federation observer.
- He completed a crossing of Lake Tahoe in 2019.
Catalina Channel Crossing
Video courtesy of Lynn Kubasek.
