2020 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Open Water/Long Distance)
2019 Inducted into the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame
2019 SCAR Swim Challenge – 15.2 km, 14.4 km, 27.3 km, 10 km
2018 First person to swim the length of Great Sacandaga Lake, NY – 33 miles
2016 Ninth person to swim the length of Lake George – 51.8 km
2015 First person to swim the length of Keuka Lake, NY – 53.1 km
2014, 2015, 2019 Kingdom Swim Border Buster, Lake Memphremagog, VT – 25 km
2014 First person to swim the length of Torch Lake, MI – 19 miles
2013 Lake Tahoe – 34.2 km
2012 In Search of Memphre, Lake Memphremagog, VT – 40.2 km
Early 2000s Burlington YMCA swim across Lake Champlain, VT – 8 miles
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2012 Boston Light Swim – 12.6 km
1986 Candlewood Challenge, Candlewood Lake, CT – 10.5 miles
Club: New England Masters (NEM)
Jennifer Dutton (nee Spencer) had a most ordinary high school swim career in Connecticut, then attempted college swimming at Bates College (ME) after a severe brain injury during freshman orientation. That season did not go very well, but she had completed a local 10-mile swim just prior to her injury and she soon found that the open water welcomed her back unconditionally. Since then, she has gone on to complete a wide variety of challenging open water marathon swims, including three firsts in Torch Lake in Michigan, and Keuka Lake and Great Sacandaga Lake in New York.
Jen has been a high school coach in MetroWest (mostly at Wellesley High School) for nearly 20 years, and has completed two, two-year stints as an assistant coach at Wellesley College. She has been a local Masters coach for two decades and is a USMS Certified Level 3 Coach. She has two college-aged kids who swim and play water polo and a husband who is her tireless support crew.