Great Fun, Competition At The Great Australia Swim Series
“It went perfectly. The conditions were rough, but people want to sign on for our next two events on the Body Science Great Australian Swim Series on the Gold Coast on January 14th and in Sydney on Australia Day,” reported race director Brendan Capell. “We had 360 swimmers on a rough and rainy day.”
Melissa Gorman, who won the race and Swimming Australia’s Open Water Swimmer of the Year award on the same weekend, commented, “I just got back into training in the last weekend and it was a little bit choppy out there, but that is open water swimming for you. [Body Science Great Australian Swim Series] is a great concept and introduction to open water swimming for people in Brisbane and a fun day.”
Trent Grimsey, who is back on track after a season in which he unexpectedly had to sit back and recover from illnesses, won the men’s division. Well on his way back to health, Trent is featured on Open Water Wednesday this week.
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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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