Seal Beach And Catalina Island Déjà Vu Courtesy of Mackenzie Miller, Seal Beach, California. Stacy Fresonke is an open water swimmer from Seal Beach, California.  As an 11-year-old age group swimmer with the Seal Beach Swim Club, she participated in the inaugural Seal Beach Rough Water Swim in 1969 As a 14-year-old, she completed a tandem swim across
Newcomers and Up-and-Comers At Seal Beach Courtesy of Romina Caristo, Seal Beach, California. For 50 years since 1969, Scott Weir has participated in the Seal Beach Annual Rough Water Swim as a competitor, coach or announcer. Yesterday's event was a walk down memory lane as many race alumni showed up to celebrate the 50th edition. 41-year-old Romina
50 Years At Seal Beach Courtesy of Maria Fattal, Seal Beach, California. The number of famed marathon swimmers who have trained in Seal Beach, California is relatively small, but it is a remarkable bunch: Lynne Cox, Penny Dean, John York, Cindy Cleveland to mention a few Honor Swimmers in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Those luminaries
Chasing Amy, Where Perception And Reality Clash Courtesy of Andrew Malinak, Northwest Open Water Swimming Association. Among certain circles, the life of a housewife is not seen as difficult or strenuous as other walks of life or professions. The housewife is not seen as an athlete - especially one that requires grit, endurance, stamina and a rare
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Swim Long Beach, an ocean and pool swimming pod, and the Open Water Swim Club, had an early morning ocean practice around the Huntington Beach pier yesterday. The practice around the longest concrete pier on the West Coast of the Americas was a tune-up for the 64th annual Huntington Beach Pier Swim. Led by
When you are battling neck-and-neck with another competitor, what is the wisest move to make? Do you veer into your rival and take him away from the straight-line tangent to the finish? Do you swim straight and parallel to your opponent? Do you feign fatigue, fall back at his hips, and then make a final burst closer to the finish? All those different
The men's 3-mile race at the Seal Beach Rough Water Swim was a classic ocean competition that culminated in an exciting onshore beach finish. The mano-a-mano battle started right from the start between two Mission Viejo Nadadores teammates, Dan O'Connor from the University of North Carolina and Jan Daniec from the University of Virginia. Stroke-for-stroke
Both the 1-mile and the 3-mile races at the Seal Beach Rough Water Swim start high up on the hard sand beach. This allows the crowd standing onshore and from the vantage point of the wooden pier to enjoy watching the swimmers of all ages and abilities hustle down the sand and dolphin through the surf into the Pacific Ocean - and back to the finish. The
The City of Seal Beach may be Ground Zero for the next American superstar ocean swimmer. The hometown of Lynne Cox seems to have all the right components. It borders on the Pacific Ocean. It is within eye shot of the Catalina Channel. It requires swimming lessons for all elementary school students. It has been the birth place of numerous American
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. His voice rang familiar at the 44th annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim in Seal Beach, California. And for good reason. Scott Weir has participated in every single one of the 44 editions of the Seal Beach Rough Water Swim. "Yeah, I remember the very first one held way back in 1969. Now I have been
