2016 French Creek Racing Schedule
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. John Kenny raced around the world from Spain to Australia and from Canada to Japan as well as all across the United States from the East Coast to the West Coast as a professional marathon swimmer, USA Swimming representative at international and world championships, and a professional triathlete.
He took the best of those experiences and melded them into the 6-part Upper Merion Open Water Swim Series in the Schuylkill River in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.
The dates of the introductory and competitive 800m river races, held on Tuesday nights at 7 pm, are May 10th, June 7th, June 21st, July 19th, August 9th, and September 6th.
Kenny explains, “Each series racer will receive a goody bag, a race cap, and can enjoy post-race ambiance at our barbeque social. We use the USA Triathlon guidelines for use of wetsuits. Anything below 78ºF (25.5ºC) will be wetsuit legal and above 78º will be non-wetsuit. Anyone who wishes to wear a wetsuit above 78ºF will simply compete as an unofficial racer.”
To register and for more information, visit here or @FCR_Tri or #frenchcreektriathlon or @frenchcreekracing.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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