Courtesy of Suzie Dods, Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association.

The Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association is a chapter of the Northern California Open Water Swimming Association. The Northern California Open Water Swimming Association is a governing body that sanctions swims across Lake Tahoe and in San Francisco Bay. The sanctioned courses of the Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association include: *Round-Trip Angel Island, a 16.2 km technically challenging swim accomplished by only 12 persons *21.3-mile Lake Tahoe Length Length *12-mile Lake Tahoe Width True Width *10.5-mile Lake Tahoe Vikingsholm Completing the three Lake Tahoe swims will earn swimmers the Lake Tahoe Triple Crown™ issued by the Lake Tahoe Open Water Swimming Association. The members of its board of directors includes Patrick O’Malley Daly, Suzie Dods, Suzanne Heim-Bowen, Sylvia Lacock, Ranie Pearce, Bryan Temmermand, Michael Tschantz-Hahn, and Steve Walker. Contact swim@norcalopenwater.org. For more information, visit Northern California Open Water Swimming Association or its Facebook page here.