Tag: Glen S. Hummer Award

Team Santa Monica Open Water Clinic

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Team Santa Monica Open Water Clinic will be held on October 31st and November 1st. "The clinic is a fund-raising event to help develop the next generation of distance swimmers," explains coach Dave Kelsheimer who was the 2015 recipient of the Glen S. Hummer Award and coached world 10 km champion Jordan

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Jay Thomas Reaches Olympian Heights

Jay Thomas Reaches Olympian Heights Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 55 years ago, the swimming world was unknowingly given a gift. In 1960, Jay Thomas was born and has since donated thousands of his free time to officiating and administering both competitive pool swimming meets and local, regional, national and international open water

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Don Watson Doing It The Hinsdale Way

Don Watson Doing It The Hinsdale Way Courtesy of WOWSA, Hinsdale, Illinois. Don Watson was a renowned pool and marathon swimming coach whose relationship with his athletes and the successes that they shared remain a standard among the coaching community. Coach Watson coached John Kinsella and Sandra Bucha throughout their professional marathon swimming

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