Swimming In Sitka
A week after swimming her third Pennock Island Challenge in Alaska, Claudia Rose of the La Jolla Cove Swim Club and a Team Aquaphor member, became the first person to swim across the Sitka Sound from Kruzof Island to Halibut Point in Alaska. She took 4 hours and 36 minutes to cross the Sound in 54˚F (12˚C) water, leaving a deep impression on those who she lived in the area.This week, Claudia is back in Alaska where she helped establish a new swim in Sitka.
“We had a great clinic today with about 20 Sitkans attending. Seven of these intrepid souls went on to swim a lap or two of a nearly one-mile course in incredibly ugly conditions. Although they chose to don wetsuits with the water temperature dropping to the high 40’s with the air the same, it’s an exciting day for Alaskan open water. The swimmers would like to start a local open water swim club.”
Add them to the growing list.
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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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