Carl Markowitz

Carl, an accomplished open water swimmer, is starting his third year with the Piranhas.  He started his swimming career teaching cognitively disabled children while attending High School in Pennsylvania. He began his open water swimming career in 2011 at the age of 48. 

Starting out with ocean mile swims, Carl has progressed to longer swims and crossings such as the Potomac River 7.5 miler, Europe to Asia (in Turkey) 4 miler and the 4.4 mile Chesapeake Bay Swim. He is a Darien YMCA member who continues to swim 4 – 5 days per week. 

Carl, a field engineer, who has worked all over the world, has raised two children while residing in Pennsylvania. 

He currently lives in the local area while working in New York City in high rise construction.