The Surfrider Chapter of South Orange County has gotten distance swimming star, Jen Schumacher to join Surfrider’s RISE ABOVE PLASTICS campaign. After swimming though trash for many years - most of it plastic - Schumacher reached out to Surfrider to ask for assistance in raising awareness against…
Jen Schumacher will be swimming the Catalina Channel at midnight. Jen is a Cal State Fullerton Graduate. She is only 24 years old and will be part of a study they will be doing on Channel swimmers. While most people will be sleeping this young woman has taken on a huge challenge for herself as well…
She Did IT!! Jen a grad student from Cal State Fullerton just completed her swim from Catalina Channel to Palos Verdes. She completed this swim with a remarkable time of 9hr and 2min. Jen and her support team arrived into a rocky beach at aprox 9am this morning. This challenge is not complete until…
The 24-year-old Irvine swimmer plans to cross the Catalina channel Friday, a feat accomplished by only 163 people since 1927.
We followed Jen Schumacher, 24, as she made an attempt to swim from Avalon to the Rancho Palos Verdes Peninsula. Amelia Earhart Reports.
A 24-year-old Cal State Fullerton grad student completed a 21-mile swim through the Catalina Channel Friday morning, beating the average time of 10-to-12 hours. Jen Schumacher started her swim aroud midnight at Doctor’s Cove on Catalina Island. She reached the San Pedro Peninsula nine hours…
Jen Schumacher swam the 21 miles between Catalina Island and Palos Verdes Peninsula and said it went better than she expected. Suzanne Rico reports.
Jen Schumacher stroked through the dark waters starting at midnight in Catalina, and after just 10 hours reached the shore in Palos Verdes.
As she crawled over the rocks to reach dry land, family members cheered the success of her accomplishment: a 21- mile swim in under 10 hours.
According…
Irvine’s Jen Schumacher, who pushed off from Catalina Island around midnight and swam the channel to the Palos Verdes shore, arrived safely just before 9 this morning. Her official time: 9:02:43. After swimming past trash and plastic bags in the ocean, Schumacher decided to embark on the…
Jen Schumacher, a 24-year-old Cal State Fullerton graduate student who often trains off Laguna Beach, will swim the Catalina Channel solo today. She will cross a 21-mile stretch in water up to 4000 ft. deep between Long Point on the San Pedro Peninsula and Doctor’s Cove on Catalina Island, raising…
Starting Friday, in the darkness of night, swimmer Jen Schumacher will set out to cross the Catalina Channel. Earlier this week, The Orange County Register gave me an assignment to photograph Jen for the article – Swimmer will cross Catalina channel for a cause. The cause is the South…
