La Jolla Cove Swim Club 10-mile Relay is a popular West Coast competition held just north of San Diego, California.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When 58-year-old Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa of Canada became the oldest woman to successfully cross the Cook Strait in New Zealand, her crossing also brought attention to both 55-year-old Pamela Dickson**, 60-year-old Tom Hecker* from California, and 60-year-old Toshio Ogawa (小川敏雄) from Japan. Ogawa's journey
Courtesy of Darren Miller, Huntington Beach, California. Jim Clifford became the oldest Catalina Channel swimmer in history this Sunday morning with a quick 9 hour 49 minute 20.2-mile crossing from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland. With Darren Miller, Lynn Kubasek, Barbara Held and Tom Hecker on his crew, he was bound to rip off a fast
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle has a specific goal. The men want to become the first relay team to complete the Oceans Seven. After crossing the Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel, English Channel, North Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar, they have two channels
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. TITW, an acronym for Toes In The Water, is the expected start time for an open water swim or practice, especially when a group swim is planned. The term was created in 2010 by Tom Hecker in La Jolla, California. Its equivalent or Toes In The Sand was created in 2012 by Jim Fitzpatrick in Laguna Beach,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. S.C.A.R. brings out the stars: Sally Minty-Gravett, Elizabeth Fry, Mo Siegel, Hendrik Meerman, Scott Lautman, Janet Manning, Jim Fitzpatrick, Anna Delozier, Melodee Nugent, Cliff Crozier, Thomas W. Kofler, Kathryn Mason, and Courtney Paulk were just a few of the experienced veterans who took part in the
Who are open water swimmers closest to achieving the elusive goal of the Oceans Seven? There are two swimmers with 6 out of the 7 channels conquered and completed. Stephen Redmond of Ireland is up next month in the Tsugaru Channel in Japan for his final assault. Penny Palfrey of Australia comes soon after that with her North Channel crossing scheduled
The West Australian reported that a swimmer's leg was cut when their leg hit a boat propeller during the Rottnest Channel Swim. While her injuries were reportedly not serious and three rescue boats tended to the injured swimmer, this accident is another reminder of the inherent risk of open water swimming when boats and swimmers are in close proximity. In
Tom Hecker, the co-chairman of the La Jolla Cove Swim Club, completed his fourth channel of the Oceans Seven when he crossed the Cook Strait in 10 hours 36 minutes. Guided by the legendary Philip Rush, the popular, ever-optimistic 59-year-old marathon swimmer became the oldest person to successful swim in the notoriously rough and cold waters between the
The first 22 swimmers to swim the length of Lake Tahoe include a number of outanding marathon swimmers.
