/ Triple Crown of Swimming Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /news/ernie <p><strong>Updated 11 a.m. July 27:</strong> Ernie Hoftyzer began swimming in the&nbsp;dead of night Tuesday (July 26) near&nbsp;Folkestone, England, and wouldn't stop for nearly 12 hours.</p> <p>The Institute of Transportation Studies chief administrative officer&nbsp;successfully swam the English Channel — the final piece of the so-called&nbsp;Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, which also includes swimming the&nbsp;20-mile Catalina Channel and the 28-mile circumnavigation of Manhattan Island.</p> July 27, 2016 - 10:05am Dave Jones /news/ernie