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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming. He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor - Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

Penny Dean’s Intense Year of Preparation for the English Channel

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Penny Lee Dean Ed.D. (70, USA, MSF bio here) is a renowned marathon swimmer, a long-time USA Swimming national team coach and administrator, record-setting channel swimmer (both the English Channel and Catalina Channel), author, dual International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, and a long-time icon in the sport […]

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Penny Dean From The Golden Gate To Cap Gris-Nez

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Penny Lee Dean Ed.D. (70, USA, MSF bio here) is a renowned marathon swimmer, a long-time USA Swimming national team coach, a pioneering administrator, a record-setting channel swimmer (both the English Channel and Catalina Channel), an author*, a dual International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, and, quite simply,

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Penny Dean Overcame Problems With A Success That Still Stands

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Penny Lee Dean Ed.D. (70, USA, MSF bio here) is a renowned marathon swimmer, a long-time USA Swimming national team coach, a pioneering administrator, a record-setting channel swimmer (both the English Channel and Catalina Channel), an author*, a dual International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee, and, quite simply,

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The Importance of Training Specificity for Competitive Elite Swimmers

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Matthew Centrowitz won the 2016 Olympic 1500m final in Rio de Janeiro [see race above]. Why was his race so illustratively educational for marathon swimmers? Because he ran tactically and trained specifically to win this race [explained by the NBC announcer in the video]. While the race began at a slow pace, Centrowitz ran his

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