A Rare Catalina Crossing For A Friend
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Spaniard Jaime Caballero will attempt a rare April crossing of the Catalina Island tomorrow on behalf of Augie’s Quest and ALS research. He will begin his swim at midnight Tuesday.
With the English Channel (10 hours 29 minutes in 2007) and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (7 hours 53 minutes in 2010) already done, Jamie is striving to become the 49th swimmer to successfully complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
He also completed a 115 km swim in the Golfo de Vizcaya in 2009 in 26 hours 50 minutes and the Strait of Gibraltar in 2 hours 58 minutes in 2008.
The 37-year-old native of San Sebastian, Spain is swimming to raise money for Augie’s Quest which is named after businessman Augie Nieto who was diagnosed with ALS in 2005. Caballero and Nieto are friends.
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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.
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