Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Kate Alexander of the Cayman Islands is calling all quilters. In cooperation with Maddy Crippen, Alexander is looking for quilters to help create a Safe Swim Open Water Swimming quilt to benefit the Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation. Alexander explains, "Quilters and sewing artists are asked to donate
How young should - or can - athletes be to participate in open water races? It is a debatable topic that depends on the local traditions and venues. There was an interesting discussion on the Open Water Race Directors and Coaches virtual group about reasonable minimum ages allowable for open water swims. The issue was brought up by Kate Alexander of the
Kate Alexander, the always gracious and accommodating Race Coordinator for the Flowers Sea Swim, one of the world's must-do ocean swims, held annually in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands with an abundance of fantastic prizes randomly awarded, offered some interesting liguistic alternatives to describe the 3C's and ABC's of open water swimming:Colorful Cap
