Kara Robertson has put open water swimming on the map in Nevada in the middle of the American southwestern desert. Few open water swimming races in America have grown as rapidly as the Slam The Dam event in Las Vegas. But because the event is held on Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the U.S. federal government shut-down has led to the closure of the
Kara Robertson has put open water swimming on the map in the middle of the American desert. She is hosting the U.S. Masters Swimming 10K National Open Water Swimming Championships along with a 5K and 1-mile open water swims in Lake Mead. The championships will be held on May 18th, but early bird registration ends on March 31st. Already swimmers from 16
Kara Robertson envisions...and delivers. Robertson dreamed of an open water swim in the desert of Nevada. She researched what is required, she inquired what swimmers wanted and then she set about delivering big-time. Caravans of adult swimmers from the neighboring states head to Las Vegas not for the casinos, clubs, restaurants and shows, but for the Slam
Older veterans ruled the new Slam The Dam race in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend.World record holder Daniel Slosberg, who did a two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel back in 1978, won the Gland Slam event in a time of 2:36 for the 8K + 1.2K races. Bryan Buck of Irvine, California won the Super Slam event in 1:24:34 for the 2.4K + 1.2K races."We had a
