Chris Greene Lake Cable Swim 2009

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The annual Chris Greene Lake swim is one of the longest-running open water events in the country. Masters swimmers of all ages, backgrounds, and corners of the globe have been flocking here to compete in the 2-mile race every summer since 1977. The Virginia Masters Swim Team (...VMST) has hosted the event since 1981, and its storied history includes more than a dozen occasions where the race also served as a USMS 2-mile cable national championship. Because a cable swim is measured and surveyed to precisely ¼ mile (440 yards), the one and two-mile cable distances are the only open water events in which USMS maintains national records. Chris Greene Lake has witnessed many records over the years; in fact, more than half of the current USMS records on the books for the 2-miler took place in these waters. The course record of 38:32, set by James Kegley on July 9, 1988, remains the fastest 2-mile cable swim ever recorded in a USMS-sanctioned race. read more