The newest race on the 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup is the Traversée du lac Mégantic in Quebéc, Canada – another long line of well-organized athlete-centric marathon swims that the French Canadian population has been putting on for over five decades. The August 14th 10K race is preceded by a special 1K sprint race on August 13th.
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).