Roosevelt Island Swim
About this race
Date: July 25, 2025
Time: 6:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: East River, around Roosevelt Island Swimmers will begin at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, proceeding north up the east channel, and returning down the west channel, finishing where they began. The swim will start approximately 1 hour prior to slack at flood into ebb.
Distance: 4 Miles
Experience Requirement: The Roosevelt Island Swim is a challenging open water event, in typically choppy conditions. All participants must provide proof of recent, comparable open water swim experience (the PRIDE Swim Manhattan is an acceptable qualifier), and must swim at a pace of 30 minutes per mile or faster.
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The Roosevelt Island Swim
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New York City, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:46 AM and sets at 8:18 PM local time (EDT) in New York City on July 25, 2026 — 14h 32m of daylight.
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2026 results — Roosevelt Island Swim
The Roosevelt Island Swim · 9 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Dennehy | 1:37:12 | 24:18 /mi |
| 2 | Nick Gomez | 1:38:09 | 24:32 /mi |
| 3 | Kari Andreasen | 1:39:40 | 24:55 /mi |
| 4 | Katerina Kyselica | 1:39:58 | 25:00 /mi |
| 5 | derek yach | 1:55:42 | 28:55 /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, 131 New York City events
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