Early in the morning, the genuine smile and gentle voice of Kitty Tetreault urges swimmers of all ages and abilities to improve and keep progressing.
Gentle but firm. Smiling and passionate.
Summer, winter, spring and fall, Coach Tetreault is pushing her athletes along the pool deck and along the shores.
Tetreault is not only an effective swimming coach based out of Boston, but she is also the race director of two Swim Across America open water charity events in Massachusetts.
One of these events is the Boston Harbor Swim is a 22-mile charity swim relay around beautiful Boston Harbor Islands. The other is the Nantasket Beach Swim, a ½-mile recreational charity swim and a 1-mile competitive swim along the shores of Nantasket Beach.
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.