Courtesy of Bruckner Chase, Jason Bitzer, Oahu. Bruckner Chase and lifeguards like Jason Bitzer on Oahu and across the Pacific Ocean are working on an innovative project through a grant y the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a scientific agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and atmosphere. […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to Ancestry.com, the surname Murphy is the Anglicized version of the Irish surname Ó Murchadha and Mac Murchadha, meaning sea warrior. Giving the number of Murphy’s in the open water swimming world, the moniker Sea Warrior seems very appropriate: * Andrea Murphy (Australia), twice completed the Rottnest Channel

Courtesy of Clark Campbell, University of Kansas. Clark Campbell is the University of Kansas swimming pool and President of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association, the oldest coaches association in the USA, founded in 1922. He also organizes the CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships*, a 5 km race in Lone Star Lake

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dina Levačič is a Croatian professional open water swimmer and a 21-year-old student from Split. She trains under the Croatian Olympic open water swimming coach, Slaven Šitić, and just completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming between June and September this summer. She started off with a 20

Courtesy of Jordan Wilimovsky.

Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas.. The symbolism of awarding the Open Water Excellence Award to the World University Games Team USA sent a clear and powerful message across the open water swimming community. “This award to Taylor Abbott and David Heron of the University of Tennessee, Katy Campbell of Team Santa Monica,

Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas.. How does a coach in the middle of the vast American southwest desert build a strong program in open water swimming? Through a deep passion, lifelong perseverance and positively prodding his athletes to always seek excellence. Ron Aitken of the Sandpipers of Nevada in Las Vegas has

Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas. Ashley Twichell of the North Carolina Aquatic Club was awarded the USA Swimming Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year award at this week’s United States Aquatic Sports Convention. She had quite a varied year, winning the 2017 aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa. She also won

Courtesy of College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Lone Star Lake, Kansas. While swimmers from the University of Kansas did not win an individual collegiate title like Haley Bishop and teammate Libby Walker did last year in the inaugural 5 km College Swimming Coaches Association of America National Collegiate Open Water Championships in Lone Star

Courtesy of College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Lone Star Lake, Kansas. The men of the University of Missouri, led by freshman Gustavo Gutierrez from Lima, Peru, dominated the College Swimming Coaches Association of America‘s National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships on in Kansas’ Lone Star Lake. Gutierrez was the only swimmer to break the