Jacqueline Mcclelland
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Sea Goddess Trophy being held by International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honorees Jacqueline McClelland of Ireland, Madhu Nagaraja of Canada, Joe Zemaitis of the USA, and Bárbara Hernández Huerta of Chile in 2026
Jacqueline McClelland is an Honour Administrator in the Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2026
Logo of the NEWS Swim Series, launched on 6 October 2024
infinity Channel Swimming's ship's wheel given to Jacqueline McClelland and created by Brian Muckian
Jacqueline Mc Clellend swimming from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay during the 2018 Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club
Jacqueline Mc Clellend swimming from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay during the 2018 Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club
Eleven Feet athletes, photographed by Paul McCambridge before their crossing of the North Channel: David Burke, Jacqueline Mcclelland, Alison Caldwell, Adrian Poucher, Barry Patterson, and John McElroy
Jacqueline Mcclelland is an ice swimmer shown at the Russian Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk in 2015
Triskelion open water swimmers Olive Conroy (Ireland), Conor Turner (Ireland), Elina Makïnen (Finland), Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden), Rory Fitzgerald (Ireland), and Carole Laporte (France), escort pilots Pádraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services on AMac and Nicky Donnelly on Melody Bay, and support crew Milo McCourt and Jacqueline McClelland that crossed 69.7 km across the Irish Sea between the Isle of Man and Ardglass, Northern Ireland on 17-18 June 2017 in 18 hours 8 minutes and 32 seconds
Jacqueline Mcclelland is a 47-year-old Irish open water swimmer, an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, International Ice Swimming Association official, triathlete, endurance athlete, coach at Infinity Swim Academy, escort pilot, co-founder and director of the infinity Channel Swimming, committee member of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, and a member of the Camlough Lake Water Festival team and the International Ice Swimming Association Ireland.
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Endurance and Extreme Sports Career
- On 4 September 2025, Andreas Waschburger of Germany set the overall record for a 35 km crossing of the North Channel from The Gobbins in Northern Ireland to Killantringan Bay in Scotland in 8 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds with the escort of pilots Pádraig Mallon and Jacqueline McClelland with his wife Jasmin Waschburger as his crew chief with cameramen Ben Eck, cardiologist Lara Boehne, German TV commentator Thomas Brami, orthopedist Dr. Frank Krämer, Rouven Pagliarini, Steven Munatones, and coach Jan Wolfgarten.
- She was inducted in the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2024 at the age of 47.
- She is a committee member of the Bristol Channel Swimming Association.
- She is certified as an IISA Official Observer L1 as of 1 March 2022.
- She was awarded the best all rounder as she competed at Sprint, Olympic, Ironman 70.3 and Ironman triathlons during the 2014 season.
- She is a member of Eleven Feet, a relay team that completed a 21-mile relay crossing of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 12 hours 52 minutes, together with David Burke, Alison Caldwell, Adrian Poucher, Barry Patterson, and John McElroy under the leadership of Pádraig Mallon, and pilots Brian Meharg and Mervyn Kinny under the auspices of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, together with support crew Chris Cooke, Milo McCourt, and Eoghan Jones in July 2014
- She completed the Ironman Barcelona 2014
- She completed the Ironman 70.3 Mallorca 2014
- She completed the Ice Kilometer at the 2015 Ireland Ice Swimming Championships
- She competed at the 2015 Pirita Open Winter Swimming Championships in Estonia
- She competed at the 2015 Russian Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk
- She serves as the event director of the International Ice Swimming Association Ireland 1K National Championships, an ice swimming competition that is part of the global ice circuit
- She served as the support crew of the Triskelion relay of Olive Conroy (Ireland), Conor Turner (Ireland), Elina Makïnen (Finland), Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden), Rory Fitzgerald (Ireland), and Carole Laporte (France) that crossed 69.7 km across the Irish Sea between the Isle of Man and Ardglass, Northern Ireland on 17-18 June 2017 in 18 hours 8 minutes and 32 seconds.
- She served as a support crew member for Ryan Stramrood's attempt of the North Channel.
- She completed a crossing from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay, California on 10 November 2018 to culminate the Open Water Summit.
H2O Play Swim Series
Mcclelland helps organise the H2O Play Swim Series in Northern Ireland.
HITtheWALL Ireland
IMSHOF Video
with Ned Denison, Kevin Murphy, Narelle Simpson, and Jacqueline Mcclelland
NEWS Swim Series
The NEWS Swim Series is a global series of four very difficult solo marathon swims:
- In the North, there is the 35 km North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland, supported and ratified by the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association, the North Channel Swimming Association, and infinity Channel Swimming.
- In the East, there is the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, supported and ratified by Derwent River Big Swim, Australian Long Distance Swimming Federation, and iSwimHappy.
- In the West, there is the 40.2 km Monterey Bay crossing in Northern California, supported and ratified by the Monterey Bay Swimming Association.
- In the South, there is the 33 km False Bay Swim in South Africa, supported and ratified by the False Bay Swimming Association, the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association, and Big Bay Events.
External links
- Wen-Erh Hsu, Swimming with SIPE: Can I Tolerate This A Little Longer?
- A Jacqueline of All Trades, McClelland Inducted in the Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Three Is A Charm For Brenda Norman, Jonathan Wall, Anel Sytdykova In The North Channel
- Andreas Waschburger Sets Record Across The North Channel
- With infinity and Beyond
- Four to Swim the North Channel with Infinity
- Infinity Channel Swimming Offers The SOS Recovery Ladder, If Needed
- Jacqueline McClelland Takes The Helm Across The North Channel
- Lynton Mortensen Swims Around The Ice World In 80 Days
- International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- NEWS Swim Series Launched, a Massive Challenge in the North, East, West, and South
- Talk About It With Dr. Patricia McFarland
- Crewing For Channel Swimmers Who Are Deaf, Blind, or Have No Use of Their Legs
- Andy Donaldson Sets Cook Strait Record In 4 Hours 33 Minutes
- The Original Triple Crowners More Than Doubled In 2022
- A First For Ukraine: Vitaliy Stupak Completes A North Channel Crossing
- Bristol Channel Swimming Association Is Taking Off
- Bristol Channel Swimming Association
- Irish Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Announced
- The Milo Ice Bucket Challenge Begins
- Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2021
- Milo McCourt And The WOWSA Distance Challenge 100k Extreme Challenge
- Capturing, Commemorating, Celebrating Irish Marathon Swims
- Pádraig Mallon On Swimming In Unchartered Waters
- Keeping Up With The Mallons
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association
- 11 Feet Never Gave An Inch
- Picturesque Pier To Pier With Pádraig
- Not Today, You're Not (Going Swimming)
- Pádraig Picks Up Personality Plaque
- Stepping Out Of The Ordinary With The Port Oriel Swim
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Events Calendar
- H20PLAY Swim series Facebook page
- Keith Garry, Aoife Lynch Win Round The Rock
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- 11 Feet And 6 Big Smiles
- Lopsided But Swimming Straight
- Shivering By An Open Water Swimmer Like...
- What Time Is It?
- Swimming Synchronicity
- Hands Up To Round The Rock
- Positively Powerful Pádraig
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Award Winners
- H2O Play Swim Series
- Swim To The End Of The Rainbow
- Seeing Blue In A Sea Of Green
- Peaks And Ponds - Dryland And Open Water Endurance
- Almost Across Dál Riata With Infinity
- Doing Ice In A Bigger, Global Way: The Ice Circuit
- Pádraig Mallon Delivers A Message Out Of The Ordinary
- Explosive Growth Of Ice Swimming, 120 To Delve Deeply
- Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships Venue
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- 70 km Across The Irish Sea
- Oh Man O Man Across The Irish Sea
- Triskelion Triumphant Across The Isle Of Man Channel
- Growing In The North Channel
- Everyday Hero Duels Mother Nature In Triple Crown
- Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World, Part 4
- Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World, Part 7
- Infinity Channel Swimming
- Sea Bull Completes A Canary Islands Crossing
- Culminating With An Alcatraz Island Crossing
- Infinity Swim Academy Awarded, Lauded By Swim Ireland
- World Open Water Swimming Association
