Dave Parcells

I'm sorry for your loss. I don't know who he was. Can you tell me about him?

Very Sorry to hear about that.

Dave Parcells was a very accomplished marathon swimmer. He had completed the Manhattan Marathon several times, the Tampa Bay swim more than a half dozen times, a Channel crossing and a Double Channel crossing. I believe he was the director of the Swim Across the Sound as well.

I've known a few people who have passed away "doing the thing they loved" like Dave Parcells, but you just don't expect it at 49 years of age.

Speechless. I'm just speechless.

Dave Parcells was part of the extremely active Connecticut long-distance group. As you indicated he completed both single and double crossings of the English Channel. He also attempted a triple crossing, and at age 44 his double crossing makes him the oldest person to complete that feat. The USMS magazine published an article about the Connecticut distance swimmers a couple years ago. I had a copy laying around on my hard drive but can't find it now. Perhaps the USMS website has it online. Ah, here we go: www.usms.org/.../index.php www.usmsswimmer.com/.../feature3.pdf Skip Montanaro