Each of the elite athletes wears a special swim cap in the world famous RCP Tiburon Mile this coming Sunday. The caps are worn by a number of world champions (e.g., Ashley Twitchell, Melissa Gorman, Chip Peterson, Vladimir Dyatchin) and champion swimmers from around the world (Australia, USA, Russia, New Zealand, Brazil and Egypt) will race for the US$10,000 winner-take-all first prize for the top man and woman.

In the cold San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, these elite athletes will be going all-out:

In the woman’s field,

Christine Jennings USA) is wearing the Royal Blue cap
Emily Brunemann (USA) is wearing the Orange cap
Luane Rowe (AUS) is wearing the Dark Green cap
Brooke Lorentzen (USA) is wearing the Pink cap
Ashley Twitchell (USA) is wearing the Neon Green cap
Dawn Heckman (USA) is wearing the Red cap
Melissa Gorman (AUS) is wearing the Light Blue cap
Angela Duckworth (USA) is wearing the Black cap

On the men’s side,

Chip Peterson (USA) is wearing the Royal Blue cap
Ryan Napolean (AUS) is wearing the Gold cap
JP Arnold (USA) is wearing the Neon Green cap
Vincent Donnelly (USA) is wearing the Purple cap
Codie Grimsey (AUS) is wearing the Light Blue cap
Eric Nilsson (USA) is wearing the Kelly Green cap
Evgeny Bezruchenko (RUS) is wearing the Orange cap
Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) is wearing the Red cap
Trent Grimsey (AUS) is wearing the Navy cap
Thiago Pereira (BRA) is wearing the Orange cap
Brock Redondo (USA) is wearing the Pink cap
Logan Redondo (USA) is wearing the Kelly Green cap
Zak Ridout (USA) is wearing the Silver cap
Kane Radford (NZL) is wearing the Dark Green cap
Mohamed Serour (EGY) is wearing the Light Blue cap
Michael Sheil (AUS) is wearing the Yellow cap

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