When I think of Mexican open water swimming, I do not think of cold water. Instead, I think of the warm tropical waters of Cancún or the wild waters from Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas along Baja California in the Pacific Ocean, or in the Mexican Riviera stretch including Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo, and Acapulco.
But Mexican swimmers are getting the ice swimming itch.
Veteran Ice Miler and marathon swimmer Anna Valeria Zuccolotto Soto led 11 newbies who ventured in 6.4°C to 7.8°C water for the first time. Their swims ranged from 100m to 1000m on February 22nd and 23rd at Presa Situriachi in Juanito, Chihuahua at 2500m in altitude.
Mexico has a number of members of the International Ice Swimming Association:
- Alicia Lopez Negrete Garcia (IISA bio here), 1 Ice Mile
- Andres Jaquez (28, IISA bio here)
- Angelica Cuapio (43, IISA bio here)
- Anna Valeria Zuccolotto Soto (39, IISA bio here, MSF bio here), 2 Ice Miles + IISA 6th World Championship
- Arleen González Perez (42, IISA bio here, MSF bio here), 1 Ice Mile + 2 Ice Kilometers
- Carlos Franco Cantón (50, IISA bio here): 2 Ice Kilometers
- Hugo Ramírez Sierra (IISA bio here)
- Jorge Garcia (45, IISA bio here)
- José Vipoux (41, IISA bio here): IISA 6th World Championship
- Lucila Zerecero (50, IISA bio here)
- Miguel Humberto Perez (IISA bio here)
- Patricia Laurette Paredes Villareal (IISA bio here)
- Paulina Javalera (31, IISA bio here)
- Rodrigo Gutierrez Vazquez (28, IISA bio here)
- Ursus Gonzales (IISA bio here)
- Xochitl Ponce Barbosa (49, IISA bio here)
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