The Y Knot Marathon

During July and August of 2003, at the age of 52, John Munro completed two swims. The first swim was the July 13th 20-km crossing of Lake Erie from Crystal Beach, Ontario to Sturgeon Point, New York in a time of 9 hours and 33 minutes. One month later, on August 12th, John set out from Sackets Harbor, New York and swam the 58.4-km crossing to Confederation Basin in Kingston, Ontario in a time of 35 hours and 15 minutes. In the process, he completed the longest single crossing of Lake Ontario, became the first person to complete a solo swim at the east end of Lake Ontario, and became the oldest amateur to successfully cross the lake.

The swims that started as a way to help his wife Vicki Keith accomplish her dream, became a joint passion that summer. John vowed to do anything he could to help the children on the Y Penguins find success. The Y Knot Marathon raised an amazing $85,000 and solidified a team between himself, Vicki and the Y to continue to do whatever possible to develop their programs.