Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Since 1978 no one has had the influence of open water swimming in the USA Swimming community like USC and Trojan Swim Club coach Catherine Vogt. A trailblazer, she was awarded her fourth unprecedented Glen S. Hummer Award, a award given to the person or group making the greatest contribution to open water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Catherine Vogt is married to an American military hero, has a beautiful young daughter, has coached world champions since 2005, and has helped the University of Southern California climb to the top ranks of American universities in the pool swimming world. Her talents and passion has been long recognized by
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We do not believe Lynne Cox. That statement in itself is sacrilegious. Statements by one of the greatest swimmers - and certainly the most eloquent aquatic adventurers - of this generation and arguably of any generation - are taken at face value. That is, what she says and writes is 100% true and
Photos courtesy of Giorgio Scala of Deepbluemedia. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jordan Wilimovsky of Malibu, California who swims for Team Santa Monica received the Fran Crippen Memorial Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year award at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in Missouri. It was an award well-deserved as the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It only seemed a matter of time and focus for the USA Swimming to win the FINA Open Water Championships Trophy. For a country with the most number of open water swimming events, largest number of competitive swimmers, thousands of miles of coastlines and lakes, and a history of Olympic pool swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 16-year-old Becca Mann swam a brilliantly tactical race this morning in Castaic Lake, California to win the 2014 USA Swimming National 10 km Open Water Swimming Championships. Swimming smoothly and very controlled throughtout the entire race, Mann simply turned on her pool speed over the last 400 meters and
It's Where I Am Home Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often write poetically about their experiences in the oceans and lakes around the world. The aquatic adventurists also speak eloquently about what motivates them and how they feel swimming in the world's waterways. They speak of being one with the environment about
National team coaches have the opportunity to choose whoever they want to represent their countries in the 5 km team event at the FINA World Championships. Coaches often make that decision based on a number of factors: availability of their swimmers, how they performed in other races, their level of fatigue, and the rest of the program. American head coach
Not in recent memory has an open water swimming coach been so successful on the world's stage as Catherine Vogt was yesterday in Barcelona. Her coaching duties included coaching former USC Trojans Ous Mellouli and Haley Anderson each to gold medal victories in the 5 km races at the FINA World Swimming Championships. She even one-upped herself since she
6-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni lives right near the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, California. In addition to her outstanding pool swimming talent, she is "awesome" in the open water according to the USA Swimming national team coach Catherine Vogt. This morning in the Cayman Islands, Soni will compete in her longest open water swim to date: the
