Open Water Swims From The Cove To The Bay
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While the La Jolla Rough Water Swim in the south part of California is postponed this year, the RCP Tiburon Mile will go on…the same weekend.
While over 2,000 swimmers annually flock to La Jolla Cove for the original Rough Water Swim, nearly 900 swimmers annually flock to San Francisco Bay for another competitive, densely packed race.
Among the elite swimmers who will head to the RCP Tiburon Mile, Brooke Bennett, three-time Olympic gold medalist, Keri-Anne Payne, Olympic silver medalist and 2-time world champion, Ous Mellouli, 3-time pool and open water Olympic medalist, Michael Sheil from Australia, Evgeny Bezruchenko, Russian world champion, David Carry, Great British Olympian, Chip Peterson, 10 km world champion, Dan O’Connor and Becca Mann.
For more information on the RCP Tiburon Mile, visit www.rcptiburonmile.com. Upper photo shows the start of the RCP Tiburon Mile on Angel Island. Lower photo shows the start of the 3-mile Gatorman in La Jolla.
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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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