2025 - Great Lake Plunge
2025 distances
Swimming
4K Wetsuit
Cancellation Due to Conditions If weather or other issues prevent a safe swim as determined by the City of Evanston, we’ll cancel the race. We cannot offer refunds or deferrals, and there is no alternate date. The cost of the event is fixed, and all funds have been spent by race day.
4K Non-Wetsuit
Cancellation Due to Conditions If weather or other issues prevent a safe swim as determined by the City of Evanston, we’ll cancel the race. We cannot offer refunds or deferrals, and there is no alternate date. The cost of the event is fixed, and all funds have been spent by race day.
2K Wetsuit
Cancellation Due to Conditions If weather or other issues prevent a safe swim as determined by the City of Evanston, we’ll cancel the race. We cannot offer refunds or deferrals, and there is no alternate date. The cost of the event is fixed, and all funds have been spent by race day.
2K Non-Wetsuit
Cancellation Due to Conditions If weather or other issues prevent a safe swim as determined by the City of Evanston, we’ll cancel the race. We cannot offer refunds or deferrals, and there is no alternate date. The cost of the event is fixed, and all funds have been spent by race day.
1K Wetsuit
Cancellation Due to Conditions If weather or other issues prevent a safe swim as determined by the City of Evanston, we’ll cancel the race. We cannot offer refunds or deferrals, and there is no alternate date. The cost of the event is fixed, and all funds have been spent by race day.
1K Non-Wetsuit
Cancellation Due to Conditions If weather or other issues prevent a safe swim as determined by the City of Evanston, we’ll cancel the race. We cannot offer refunds or deferrals, and there is no alternate date. The cost of the event is fixed, and all funds have been spent by race day.
Race-day weather
Conditions on July 27, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets at 8:14 PM local time (CDT) in Evanston on July 27, 2025 — 14h 35m of daylight.
Course
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2025 results — Great Lake Plunge
248 finishers across 6 distances · leading places in the 4K Wetsuit
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordyn Bloode | 1:05:17 | 26:16 /mi |
| 2 | Mara Kasuboski | 1:17:35 | 31:13 /mi |
| 3 | David Blickenstaff | 1:19:25 | 31:57 /mi |
| 4 | Sarah Blanck | 1:21:19 | 32:43 /mi |
| 5 | Bill Potter | 1:26:45 | 34:54 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 8 Evanston events
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