MSF Global Marathon Swimming Awards

David Yudovin, Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Honor Open Water Swimmer in the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and namesake for the Yudovin Award

noun - The MSF Global Marathon Swimming Awards are annual recognition awarded by the Marathon Swimmers Federation and voted upon by its membership. The award is the coveted MSF Spork.

Awards

• Solo Swim of the Year recognizes the most outstanding solo, unassisted marathon swim of the year - one by a male, and one by a female.
• Barra Award honors the most impressive year of marathon swimming by a marathon swimmer.
• Service to Marathon Swimming Award honors those who have gone most above and beyond in service to the sport of marathon swimming and its participants.
• Yudovin Award honors the single most adventurous swim of the year and is meant to recognize the spirit of adventure, the most interesting swim, or the most unusual swim.
• Relay of the Year honors the most outstanding relay swim of the calendar year, but has been discontinued.

Recipients

Solo Swim of the Year Awards

• 2012
  • Tina Neill (United States). San Clemente Island to California mainland
  • Trent Grimsey (Australia). New English Channel record
• 2013
  • Wendy Trehiou (Jersey). Two-way English Channel.
  • Sylvain Estadieu (Sweden). English Channel butterfly.
• 2014
  • Chloё McCardel (Australia). 124.4-km swim from South Eleuthera Island to Nassau, Bahamas.
  • Craig Lenning (United States). Farallon Islands to California mainland.
• 2015
  • Chloё McCardel (Australia). Three-way English Channel.
  • Jason Betley (Great Britain). Two-way Catalina Channel.
• 2016
  • Sarah Thomas (United States). 80-mile swim in Lake Powell (Utah/Arizona).
  • Howard James (Great Britain). Earliest English Channel swim - May 16.

Barra Award for Most Impressive Overall Year

• 2012
  • Grace van der Byl (USA)
• 2013
  • Sarah Thomas (USA)
  • Darren Miller (USA)
• 2014
  • Charlotte Samuels (USA)
  • Mo Siegel (USA)
• 2015
  • Bridgette Hobart (USA)
  • Craig Lenning (USA) and Mark Sheridan (Great Britain) -- tie
• 2016
  • Jaimie Monahan (USA)
  • Dan Simonelli (USA)

Streeter Award for Service to Marathon Swimming

• 2013: The Dover Beach Crew
• 2014: Neil van der Byl and Grace van der Byl (USA)
• 2015: Dan Simonelli (USA)
• 2016: New York Open Water (David Barra, Rondi Davies, Alex Arévalo, USA)

Yudovin Award for Most Adventurous Swim

• 2014
  • Peter Hayden (USA). Anacapa Island circumnavigation, return to mainland.
• 2015
  • Wendy Trehiou (Jersey). St. Malo, France to Jersey.
• 2016
  • Lori King (USA). Bermuda circumnavigation.

Relay of the Year

• 2015
  • Old Men and the Sea with Bill Spore, Dave Radcliff, Graham Johnston, Robert Beach, Bob Best, Don Baker, Norm Stupfel. Oldest relay to swim the Catalina Channel.

External links

• Nominate Swimmers for the 2024 Global Marathon Swimming Awards
• David Yudovin Becomes Namesake For MSF Award
• David Yudovin Inspires The Yudovin Award
• The Yudovin Award nominations
• Marathon Swimmers Federation
• Sarah Sweeps Solo Swims
• 2017 Marathon Swimmers Federation Award Nominees
• Marathon Swimmers Federation 2017 Awards
• Unique Awards In The Open Water Swimming World, Part 6