To be updated:
- 58 feet: March 15, 1900 by W.E. Dickey [1][2], equalling record previously set by George B. Clark and Frederic J. Wells (F.J. Wells) [3][4]
- 63 feet: Jan 18, 1902 by Charles H. Pyrah [5]
- 65 feet 7 inches, March 9, 1904, by A.M. McCormack [6] - article says previous best was 63 feet, so probably Pyrah's from 1902.
- 66 feet 9 inches, January 1905, by Edgar Adams [7]
- 68 feet: G.P. Cooke on February 11, 1905 [8] later tied by Edgard Adams [9]
- 69 feet: Nov 11, 1905 by Edgar Adams [10]
- 70 feet: Dec 1, 1906 by Edgar Adams [11]
- 75 feet 10 inches: Jan 28, 1911 by Millard Kaiser http://books.google.com/books?id=ERgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=Millard+Kaiser+plunge&source=bl&ots=PBrmo_IYpW&sig=Au9f1kY9Q8Ez-c-TgAN-md8AIt8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sKYNUMe3K8La0QHjz5WVBA&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Millard%20Kaiser%20plunge&f=false
- 80 feet: 1912 by Willis[12]
- 82 feet 9 inches on March 1, 1920 by Fred Schwedt (first time the American record was the world record)[13]
--Milowent • hasspoken 19:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
