The Legacy Of Tom Wear, A Marvelous Man Of The Marina
Started in only 2009, the Tom Wear Memorial Swim won the 2012 U.S. Master Swimming bid for the USMS Two Mile Open Water National Championship.The new charity race on beautiful Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey has come along fast and its selection as a national championship race is a tribute to its organizers, volunteers and participants.
Tom purchased Prospect Point Marina at the age of 28 and went on to develop other businesses. A popular, generous and respected member of the Lake Hopatcong community, he passed away due to a brain infection.
But his legacy lives on in and with the open water community.
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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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