About

Joelle Beard is an open water marathon swimmer. She completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 2014.

She coached age-group swimmers with USA Swimming for 9 years. She has coached high school swimming since 2015.

Notable Swims:

1. 2012- English Channel
2. 2013- Catalina Channel
3. 2014- Manhattan Island
4. 2015- Bear Lake, Utah (relay)
5. 2016- Bear Lake, Utah
6. 2017- Strait of Gibraltar
7. 2018- Molokai Channel (Attempt- DNF)
8. 2021- Molokai Channel (Attempt-DNF)
9. 2022- Tsugaru Strait (Attempt-DNF)
10. 2023- (planned) Lake Tahoe
11. 2024- (planned) Cook Strait