In The Media
Multimedia and information for members of the media and press. For high resolution copies of these graphics, please contact us.
Videos
- Nial Funchion - CLTV News - English Channel Prep Swim - Nial Funchion prepares to swim the English Channel with a swim across Lake Michigan.
- Nial Funchion - 13 Hour Lake Michigan Swim - 20 miles - Nial Funchion swims across Lake Michigan, August 1995. This swim is 20+ miles and was a non-stop 13 hour journey.
Photos And Imagery
PR And Announcements
- And I Will Swim 1,000 Miles (timedfinals.com)
TimedFinals.com, January 11, 2008 - Cop in the swim (suntimes.com)
Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 2008 - Man to Swim Lake Michigan's Perimeter (lakelandboating.com)
Lakeland Boating, January 2008 - How's This for a New Year's Resolution?: Chicago Police Officer Nial Funchion Will Train for 1,000-Mile Swim Around Entire Shoreline of Lake Michigan, Set for This Summer (aol.com)
AOL Money & Finance, December 27, 2007 - Chicago cop trains with L-W team for lake swim
Southtown Star, November 29, 2007
News Archives
- A 'spiritual' 27-mile swim across Lake Michigan (445KB PDF)
Chicago Tribune, September 24, 2003 - Cop sets lake swimming record: Evanston to Hammond in 15 hours (312KB PDF)
Chicago Sun-Times, September 16, 2003 - Marine Unit Aquaman Goes the Distance (286KB PDF)
Crimewatch #214, Sept/Oct 2003 - Swimmer defeats lake (328KB PDF)
The Times, August 26, 2003 - Cop's record-setting swim ends a real gem (940KB PDF)
Daily Southtown, August 26, 2003 - Nial Funchion Sets World Record! (64KB PDF)
St. Joseph College Seminary, Fall 2003 - Cop immersed in breaking record (404KB PDF)
Chicago Sun-Times, August 13, 2003 - A World Record Pace (616KB PDF)
Chicago Police Department Pictorial History, 2002 - Super swimmer may break his own English Channel swim record (328KB PDF)
American Police Beat, September 1998 - Cool Pursuits (51KB PDF)
Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1998 - Police officer aims to swim Channel again (271KB PDF)
Daily Southtown, July 13, 1998 - Officer takes the plunge (287KB PDF)
Chicago Sun-Times, July 7, 1998
