At the halfway point of the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, over 3,300 online votes have been cast for the 12 nominees. Each of the women nominated in the annual award is a true heroine in her own way, symbolizing the very best of the sport of open water swimming. The […]

Lynn Kubasek, a member of the Half Century Club, passionately describes how she began her relationships with those involved with her backyard waterway: “I will never forget reading an email by Jim McConica about his 2004 Catalina Channel swim. I thought, ‘Clearly, he is a crazy person.’ I got to meet him later the same

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Claudio Plit, who received a Certificate of Merit from the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame this year and was one of the most prolific and successful professional marathon swimmers of all time, is the race director for the new La Patagones – Viedma in Patagonia, Argentina on February

In a new initiative, Open Water Source plans to work with a variety of environmental and sporting entities, including interested individuals from around the world, to designate well-known open water swimming locations as World Open Water Swimming Heritage Sites. The effort is to help protect and celebrate globally recognized open water swimming venues. Similar to

One of the most cherished moments for every marathon swimmer is finishing. With the final few strokes, marathon swimmers feel a joy and a relief that is nearly indescribable and often overwhelming. But how marathon swimmers finish can vary around the world depending on what body of water and what governing body is recognizing the

Linsy Heister of the Netherland was selected as one of the European Aquatic Athletes of the Year for 2010 by the European Swimming Federation (LEN) and LEN Magazine. Italy’s Valerio Cleri won the male Athlete of the Year The 22-year-old Dutchwoman is gaining more and more confidence as she won two titles this summer: a

As part of Fran Crippen’s legacy, The Crippen Sunset Mile will be added to the championship schedule at the 2011 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships to be held on Ft. Myers Beach in Florida next June. It was an event that Fran himself had been planning before his tragic death. Gregg Cross, race