Get Ready, Get Get Pumped For Tampa Bay Frogman Swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The most popular open water swims around the world from the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim to the Great Chesapeake Bay Sea sell out within minutes.
A new charity swim, the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in Tampa Florida has quickly reached that level of popularity.
Tomorrow, the 5 km open water event will start on Gandy Beach in St. Petersburg with many of the American Who’s Who of Marathon Swimming in attendance from Anthony McCarley to Ron Collins. But more importantly, there will be hundreds of others joining in the charity swim held on behalf of the Navy SEAL Foundation. Kurt Ott describes, “Swim with the Navy SEALs and and help us never leave a man behind. 100% of the proceeds go towards supporting the mission of the Navy SEAL Foundation which provides tragedy assistance to the families of Naval Special Warfare personnel killed or wounded in combat or training.
We were sold out in 33 minutes.”
For more information, visit www.tampabayfrogman.com to sponsor a swimmer or donate directly to the Navy SEAL Foundation.
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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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