HOMETOWN: Upper Darby, PA

BLS EXPERIENCE: I participated in a relay in 2015, which I loved! Very well organized event. I thought one day I'd return to do a solo and decided "if not this year, when?"

HOMETOWN: Cambridge, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Phoenix, AZ

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Boston, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie. I crewed for Dan Hahn in 2022, this is my first BLS swim!

HOMETOWN: Somerville, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: New York, NY

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Stow, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Durham, NH

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie - My vast experience with BLS was staring at the fog in 2024!

HOMETOWN: Phoenix, AZ

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Carson City, NV

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie (Fogged out in 2024)

HOMETOWN: Raleigh, NC

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Ottawa, ON, Canada

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Columbus, OH

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Milton, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: I was prepared to swim BLS 2024 but due to the cancellation, I decided to swim this year! This will be my first official marathon swim.

HOMETOWN: Silver Spring, MD

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: I was born in York, PA and currently live in Cambridge, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Northampton, MA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

HOMETOWN: Chantilly, VA

BLS EXPERIENCE: Rookie

TEAM MEMBERS: Kim Garbarino, Bob McCormack, Jurriaan Peters, and Sean Barrow

HOMETOWNS: Winthrop, Brockton, Marblehead, and Swampscott, MA

TEAM MEMBERS: Timmy Burke, Ted Hirsch, Josie Hirsch

HOMETOWN: Quincy and Somerville, MA