The 100 K club was started on May 3rd 2005.  It requires 100 over and back crossings of  Lake Cane to become a member.  There is no grandfathering in of previous crossings.  There is no time limit, you just fill out the official 100K log which is available on the dock.  Only complete crossings count, no credits are given to partial crossings.  When you complete 100 over and back crossings you get the really cool hat shown below, you are immortalized with a bio about yourself below and a halo of yellow goes around your name on the wall of fame.  Bios are listed in order of becoming a club member.

Lucky Meisenheimer, OK it makes sense that the host swimmer would make it into the 100 K club first.  He has been doing the lake swims since 1989 and hold the record for the most continuous over and back crossings at 16 and the fastest over age Forty, time for a single crossing at 6:14 Lucky is a former masters national champion and world record holder.....he is best known for being in Ripley's Believe it or Not for swimming 1/2 mile with his foot in his mouth.  www.OrlandoSkinDoc.com     www.LuckyRoseFilms.com       www.Yo-Yos.net  (Alcatraz no wet suit)

Nancy Guinn is a regular at the lake cane swimming hole.  She grew up in Florida swimming for the Merritt Island High swim team and the ROCO Swim Club.  She has had Masters top ten national rankings and has held FL Masters State records.  She has been an age group winner of several open water swims.  She is also a real estate agent extraordinaire and shoots a  mean shotgun. (Alcatraz)

Mike Gagnier treks down each day from his home in Winter Park to challenge the lake cane swim.  A triathlete for ten years he has completed in multiple races and has completed the Florida Ironman.  Although he was a non-swimmer when he started doing triathlons he  has now competed in several open water races.  A graduate in engineering at the University of Florida he now works for Lockheed-Martin.

Mike Marino He drives all the way from Altamonte Springs for our morning swims.  A triathlete Mike was one of the first twenty to sign the wall of fame back in 1999.  He began swimming in ’99 to rehab an ankle sprain and just never stopped.  A Florida State Graduate he is an administrator for the Juvenile Justice Program.  He is a veteran of the now legendary Hurricane Dennis Swim of ‘05.  Mike swims with a knife, so don't grab him and make gator sounds.  Mike was the first to do 500 crossings, as promised, we rewarded him with a car...see photo at right.(Alcatraz)

Dave Tattersall lives in Hunters Creek and began swimming just 2 ½  years ago when he became a triathlete.  He is a member of the Freewheelers Cycling Club and he has completed a Half Ironman.  A cabinet installer extraordinaire he is the owner of Rightway Millwork. He is a survivor of the Lake Cane Lighting Storm swim of '04. "The green light in the background is the underwater light...yes...our early morning swims start for much of the year in the dark....gators have a harder time finding us" (Alcatraz)

Ron "Rolo" Davis finished his 100th crossing,  drank his bottle of champagne, took his 100K cap, and disappeared off the face of the earth.

 I'll post your bio when you return for your 101st crossing....so there!

Chris Bolfing Grew up swimming in California for the Cabrillo Clippers. He left the sport of swimming in high school only to return to open water swimming in 1990 to rehab a broken leg.  Since that time he has raced in multiple open water races including, Alcatraz, Donner Lake and Gatorman.  A pilot "Captain" for Continental airlines he was a former professional hang glider.  He finished as high as 4th in the world championships and held the world record for the most continuous spins in hang gliding. (Alcatraz)

Mark Myers is our first 100 K member in 2006.  As an optics physicist he specializes at Martin Marietta in infrared search and tracking. He does not have a swimming background.  Mark began swimming the lake in 2004 but only going out 200meters and returning.  Each time out he would go a bit farther until in a month he was able to do the complete crossing. Since then he has completed the magic 100 doing some doubles on the way.  A resident of Orlando since 1989 Mark frequently brings his two cheerleaders with him to the swim. (Alcatraz)

Ted Strong is the first 70 year old to earn the 100K club cap.  It might seem like quite an accomplishment but it pales when you compare it to his other life milestones.   A pioneer in the parachuting industry (D-16) he has done well over 4600 jumps and is the CEO of Strong Enterprises the oldest and largest full line manufacturer of general aviation parachute equipment in the United States .  He invented the tandem jumping harness and is the first person to drive a motor vehicle out of an airplane, deploy a parachute, land it, and drive off without ever leaving the drivers seat. He has hiked the complete Appalachian trail,  flown a single engine airplane from Orlando to Alaska, ridden a motorcycle across America and enjoyed the trip so much he followed it by riding his bicycle across America. Yup Ted is one cool dude!(Alcatraz)

Yuko Matsuzaki is the first swimmer to enter the 100 K club with swimming only 10 days.  Yup, you read that right 10 crossings a day for 10 days straight for 100K.  Of course the rest of the story is that Yuko is a professional marathon swimmer competing for Japan and is a member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.  Having done marathon swims all over the world in addition to a nonstop 24 hour swim at the YMCA Aquatic Center makes this seem like a sprint to her. Yuko also is a freelance writer and has published one book in Japan on open water swimming. (Alcatraz no wetsuit)