Swim With Mike, 36 Years Of Helping Others
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers and Olympic medalists Haley Anderson, Rebecca Soni, and Oussama Melloli are volunteering their time at the 36th Annual Swim With Mike charity event today at the University of Southern California’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
USC Head Coach Dave Salo will run the masters swimming workout which will start at 8 am. At 9:00 am, swim clinics run by the Olympians – including Lenny Krazelberg, Janet Evans, John Naber, and Bruce Furniss.
Event director Kaia Hedlund explains, “Swimmers of all ages can support Swim With Mike and the Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund while having a great time, learn from Olympians, and have a chance to win some incredible prizes. There will be a silent auction, barbeque, dive show, biggest splash contest, relays, live entertainment. Swimmers who raise US$100 or more will receive a NIKE backpack full of awesome goodies as well as many other great incentive gifts.”
Visit www.SwimWithMike.org for more information or to donate or register.
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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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