One of the top professional marathon swimmers in the world, and a former FINA World Cup winner, Mazen Mohamed Aziz of Egypt, is now training at Southern Illinois University under the tutelage of the Americas Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Rick Walker.

“We are pleased to have Mazen join us here at Southern Illinois University,” said Rick.

“He will be an asset to our distance program and we can provide him with legitimate training for Open Water. SIU continues to be a leading university in the US for open water distance swimmers to come to America and get an education compete in the pool as well as keep their focus on their open water endeavors.”

Photo by Aqualoja at the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Setubal, Portugal.

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