The oldest person, male or female, to swim the length of Loch Lomond is Kathy Batts (UK, b. 9 April 1960), who, aged 56 years 134 days, crossed a distance of 21.6 miles (34.7 km) in 18 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds on 20-21 August 2016. The record was set under the auspices of the British Long Distance Swimming Association.The following year, on 26 September 2017, Kathy crossed the 32.3-km-long Catalina Channel in 18 hours 28 minutes 8 seconds to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming - having previously completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (16 June 2016, 45.9 km, in 9 hours 36 minutes 57 seconds) and also accomplished 18 English Channel relay swims, including one double. On 8 October 2017, she completed a widthwise crossing of Lake Lake Tahoe - the second swim by a woman in that direction - in 7 hours 41 minutes 48 seconds with -1°C air the night before the 8:30 am start in 13°C water, setting a speed record in the process. Kathy is also a channel swimming coach as well as a teacher of pool lifeguards and first aid, and was part of the first ladies team to swim around the Isle of Wight.Loch Lomond is a freshwater loch (the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for a lake or for a sea inlet) in Scotland. The BLDSA-sanctioned swim is an extreme endurance event in variable conditions and water temperatures, requiring the highest level of mental determination. The first recognized swim was by Commander Gerald Forsberg in 15 hours 31 minutes on 2 August 1959 - since then, and as of 2018, fewer than 60 swimmers have swum it under BLDSA rules (https://bldsa.org.uk/swim/swim-recognition/). For more information on the swim, read the Daily News Of Open Water Swimming http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2017/05/the-legacy-of-loch-lomond.html