Crippen Cup 10K Comes
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Crippen Cup 10k Marathon Invitational, a memorial swim for the beloved American swimmer Fran Crippen will be held this weekend in Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club in Fort Myers, Florida.
Many fast open water swimmers will be there including most of the USA Swimming national open water swimming team members from Olympians Alex Meyer and Canadian Richard Weinberger to Ashley Twichell.
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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.
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