Phil Dodson Keeps Giving
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Phil Dodson, a lifelong swimmer and volunteer from Illinois, won the tough 200-yard butterfly race in the 60-64 age group at the 2014 U.S. Masters Swimming National Championships in Santa Clara, California last week.
His gutsy performance is typical of his performances that have highlighted his long pool and open water swimming career. Since Dodson first appeared on the cover of Swimming World Magazine for being a member of the incomparable relay teams at the famed Hinsdale High School of the 1960s, Dodson has continually given back to the sport.
Awarded the U.S. Masters Swimming Dorothy Donnelly Service Award in 2007, it is selfless people like Dodson who help make the sport of swimming so wonderful.
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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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