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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.

Saving Steve Sutton: How Open Water can Change a Life

Steve Sutton recalls his youth and middle-aged life, “I grew up in Southern California beach community and joined the neighborhood kids on a community swim team. Growing up in the water with motivating coaches and teammates swimming, surfing, and playing water polo has shaped my life.  After almost a decade living in Washington D.C., I

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Greg O’Connor Goes Four For Four Across Lake Willoughby

Phil White of the Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association reported that research scientist Greg O’Connor of Massachusetts became the first person to complete a four-way crossing of Lake Willoughby on August 14th.  He recalls, “Thunderstorms were rolling through the Northeast Kingdom starting the night before, continuing during the early morning and into mid-morning.  The storms delayed

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