Alex Meyer Lead The Race For Salem Sound
World 25K champion and 2012 Olympian Alex Meyer is scheduled to shift from his rounds of international competitions to a local eco-swim, the Race for Salem Sound in Massachusetts this weekend. The annual 500-meter, 1-mile and 5K races also serve as the 2011 New England Open Water Championship Races where more than 200 swimmers from the ages of 8 to 68 are scheduled to participate.
The 1-mile event is a championship race for both USA Swimming and United States Masters Swimming. Alex will be defending his 5K title in the New England championship race.
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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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