Kirsten Read Cruising In The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kirsten Read, with one really cool logo designed by Mitch Lopata of Skokie, Illinois, is the founder and head of KGR Coaching in Kennebunk, Maine.
At the age 40, Brown University alumna began open water swimming and set off on a career of open water swimming while she still competes for Great Bay Masters.
Her experience is vast with the 2.3-mile Peaks to Portland Swim, 2.4-mile Nubble Light Challenge, 3 km FINA World Masters Championships Montreal, USMS Lake Placid 2-mile Cable National Championships, 1.5 km Sharkfest Boston, Bermuda Round the Sound, 1.7-mile Save the Bay Rhode Island, 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim, 5 km Kingdom Swim, 1-mile Salem Swim & Fin, Salem Wild Fish, 2 Bridges, Big Shoulders Chicago, 7.5 km Amesbury Lost Sailor 1m Wayland, 3-mile Merrimack River, 2-mile KBIA Cove, Against the Tide among other swims under her trusty swim cap.
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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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