Photos courtesy of Cyndia Lavik at the 2015 South Shore Classic in Oahu. Need to capture your open water swimming challenge on Oahu, contact Cyndia Lavik? That is what race directors John Flanagan and Todd Iacovelli did at their South Shore Classic in Oahu. She clearly understands the ocean dynamics and competition as she has raced and crewed on
Photos courtesy of Cyndia Lavik, South Shore Classic, Oahu. The South Shore Classic is an ocean swimming competition on the South Shore of Oahu in Hawaii organized by former professional triathlete and world-class marathon swimmer John Flanagan and runner Todd Iacovelli. "I wanted to create a different dynamic," explains Flanagan about the event that
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships, John Flanagan was swimming well in the 10 km race, solidly entrenched in the lead pack of 4 swimmers. The men had pushed the pace, separated from the others, and were sprinting towards the finish. Flanagan, an ocean swimmer from Honolulu, Hawaii who had
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Megan Ryther was a former member of the USA Swimming national team. Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What are you doing now? Megan Ryther: I am working for the NCAA in the Academic and Membership Affairs group. I primarily work with the student-athlete reinstatement team, but also process some academic
The Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum promotes, preserves, and perpetuates Hawaiian aquatic sports for the future by celebrating the achievements of pool and open water swimmers, divers, water polo athletes, and by sponsoring aquatic exhibits and performances. The Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Hawai'i Swimming Legacy Project founded in 2002 with
At the 32nd Waikiki Roughwater Swim in 2001, John Flanagan and Trudee Hutchinson led about 1,000 finishers and 10 Olympians. While 26-year-old Flanagan won for the second year in a row, Australian Hutchinson out swam Olympic silver medalist Amanda Beard in the 2.38-mile race across Waikiki from San Souci Beach to Duke Kahanamoku Beach. Finishing 14th
Bruce Gemmell, a long-time supporter of open water swimming, was awarded the 2013 American Swim Coaches Association's Coach of the Year in September. It was an honor well-deserved and inevitable given his long coaching career from the shores to Delaware to the pool decks of Nation's Capital Swim Club in Washington D.C. Recently, Gemmell has enjoyed success
The 2010 Maui Channel Swim - a 9.6-mile inter-island relay between Maui and Lanai - is going to be a tremendously competitive race with the world's fastest open water swimmers gathering in the tropical paradise.Race director Ian Emberson has never seen so many of the sport's greatest heroes and heroines gather in the Maui Channel.The Russian All-Stars will
Four-time USA Swimming national open water swimmer John Flanagan who just missed out on a medal at the 2001 World Swimming Championships 10K continues to make news in his new sport - triathlon where he is known as the King of Swim. John joins a bevy of pool swimming and triathlon stars as well as 2009 World Championships 10K bronze medalist Fran Crippen and
Former Waikiki Roughwater Swim champion and long-time USA Swimming national open water team swimmer John Flanagan III has taken his endurance and swimming talents to the world of triathlons. After being on the 1997 Auburn NCAA championship team and finishing fourth in the 2001 World Championship 10K*, the outwardly mellow, but intensely competitive national
