Carmel Old Girl Completes the Oceans Seven

Congratulations to Caitlin O’Reilly (2021 Carmel Old Girl) on becoming the youngest swimmer to complete the Oceans Seven at the age of 20 years, 7 months, 15 days.

  • Cook Strait: Caitlin became the youngest female to cross the 23km Cook Strait between the North Island and South Island under the escort of Philip Rush in 2017 in 7 hours, 19 minutes at the age of 12.
  • Tsugaru Channel: in 2022, she crossed the 19.5km Tsugaru Channel from Aomori Prefecture to Hokkaido in Northern Japan in 11 hours, 37 minutes at the age of 18.
  • English Channel: in 2023, she completed the 33.5km English Channel from England to France in 9 hours, 34 minutes at the age of 19.
  • North Channel: 15 days later in 2023, she completed the 35km crossing of the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 9 hours, 57 minutes.
  • Strait of Gibraltar: the next month in 2023, she completed the 14.4km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 6 hours, 19 minutes.
  • Catalina Channel: in 2024, she completed the 32.3km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 8 hours, 56 minutes at the age of 20.
  • Molokai Channel: swimming through the night, she completed a 42km crossing of the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island, heading for Oahu in 13 hours, 18 minutes at the age of 20 years 7 months 15 days.