Harvard University senior Alex Meyer of Ithaca, New York won three events at the Ivy League Swimming Championships and was named Swimmer of the Meet.
Alex will prepare for the upcoming NCAA Swimming Championships as well as the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California where he will be one of the 10K pre-race favorites along with Fran Crippen, a recent FINA World Cup winner and 2009 World 10K Championship bronze medalist.
The top two finishers will qualify for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships in Lac St-Jean, Canada in July.
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.