Enjoying Open Water Swimming On The Jersey Shore
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Andreas of the New Jersey Race Club announced the Triple Crown series of the New Jersey Race Club, a series of 1-mile ocean swims along the New Jersey shore.
With hundreds of swimmers ranging from beginners to top-level college swimmers, ages from 9 to an incredible 87 year old, there are 3 swims of the Triple Crown:
Asbury Park Ocean Mile Swim on June 26th in Asbury Park, Andrew Manning Ocean Mile Swim on July 17th in Sea Bright and the Belmar Ocean Mile Swim on August 15th in Belmar.
For newcomers, Open Water Swim Clinics will also be held in Barnegat Bay in Lavallette on May 8th, May 15th, May 22nd, June 5th, June 12th and June 19th.
Additional swims along the shores of Jersey include the NAV-E-SINK or 1.2-mile or 2.4-mile Swim Distance Festival on May 30th in Rumson, the 0.6-mile, 1.2-mile and 2.4-mile Open Water Swim-a-Palooza on June 6th in Lavallette and the Barnegat Light Ocean 1-Mile Swim on July 24th in Barnegat Light.
With so much happening, the open water swimming community in New Jersey has its own Facebook Group here (see above).
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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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