Summer 2008 Open Water Swims

Compiled by Jeff Jotz

 

Revised: July 24, 2008

Events marked with an asterisk (*) have not yet been confirmed!

 

Month

Day

Date

Time

Event

Distance

Location

Registration

May

Sat.

24

10 am

Lady Liberty Swim

1.5K

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org

June

Sun.

1

8 am

3rd Annual NAV-E-SINK or Swim Distance Festival

1.2 & 2.4 mi.

Rumson, NJ

www.sandyhookers.org

 

Sun.

8

12 pm & 2:30 pm

Swim for Kids

8 mi. & 4 mi.

Rumson &   Red Bank, NJ

www.sandyhookers.org

 

Sun.

15

4 pm

Park-to-Park Swim

1 mi.

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org

 

Sun.

15

8 am

Charles River Swim

1 mi.

Boston, MA

www.charlesriverswimmingclub.org

 

Sat.

21

9 am

Madison Mile Swim

USMS 1 mi. Open Water Nat’l Championship

 

1 mi.

Madison, CT

http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats08/1mientry.pdf

 

Sat.

21

6 pm

Plunge for Patients Swim

1 mi.

Wildwood, NJ

www.plungeforpatients.org

 

Sat.

21

7:30

Against the Tide Swim

1 mi.

Hopkinton, MA

www.mbcc.org/swim

 

Sun.

22

?

Lehigh River Swim

1 & 2 mi.

Allentown, PA

www.emacswim.org

 

Fri.

27

6:30 pm

Independence Day Swim

1 mi.

Somers Pt., NJ

www.lmsports.com

 

Sat.

28

8:30 am

3rd Asbury Park Ocean Mile

Part I of the Triple Crown Ocean Race Series 2008

1 mi.

Asbury Park, NJ

www.raceforum.com

 

Sat.

28

8 am

Greenwich Swim

.5 & 1.5 mi.

Greenwich, CT

www.swimacrossamerica.org

 

Sun.

29

12:40 pm

Governor’s Island Swim

2 mi.

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org

July

Sat.

5

9:15 am

Manhattan Island Marathon Swim

28.5 mi.

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org

 

*Sat.

5

9:30 am

Bradley Beach Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Bradley Beach, NJ

www.raceforum.com or bbguard1@msn.com

 

*Sat.

12

8 am

Avon Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Avon-By-The-Sea, NJ

Click here for entry form
Ron Farina (973) 761-9594 or farinaro@shu.edu

 

Sat.

12

?

Swim for the Dolphins

1 mi.

Wildwood, NJ

www.lmsports.com

 

Sat.

12

7:45 am

USMS National Championship
Chris Green Lake Cable Swims

1 & 2 mi.

Charlottesville, VA

Dave Holland, 804-282-6224 HenryDaFif@aol.com
Entry form: http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats08/2micblentry.pdf
 

 

*Sat.

12

?

Greenwich Swim

1 mi.

Greenwich, CT

www.gscevents.org

 

Sun.

13

8:15 am

Riverside Pk. Tune-Up Swim

1.5 km

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org

 

Sun.

13

7:10 am

Huntington Bay Swim

5 km

Huntington Bay, LI

www.metroswim.org

 

Sat.

19

8:30 am

34th Annual Andrew B. Manning/Sea Bright Ocean Mile

Part I of the Triple Crown Ocean Race Series 2008

1 mi.

Sea Bright, NJ

www.raceforum.com

 

Sat.

19

?

Bridge to Bridge Bay Swim

5 km &       1.3 mi.

Atlantic City, NJ

www.acacswim.org

 

Sat.

19

7:15 am

Swim Buzzards Bay

1.2 mi.

New Bedford, MA

www.savebuzzardsbay.org

 

Sat.

19

9 am

17th Annual Maryland Swim 4 Life

1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 mi.

Chestertown, MD

www.swimdcac.org

 

Sat.

26

6:30 pm

John T. Carey Masters Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Ocean City, NJ

www.lmsports.com

 

Sat.

26

6 am

Long Island Sound Swims

1, 4 & 6 mi.

Larchmont, NY

www.swimacrossamerica.org

August

Sat.

2

8:30 am

Swim Across the Sound solo & relay swims

25 km

Port Jefferson, NY

www.swimacrossthesound.com

 

*Sat.

2

9:00 am

Rainbow Channel Challenge

1 & 2.6 mi.

Ocean City, NJ

www.rainbowchannelchallenge.com or (609) 646-8439

application form

 

Sat.

2

12 pm

Wild Fish Swim

1 mi.

Salem, MA

www.salem.com

 

Sat.

2

12 pm

Purely Mad Swim

2 mi.

Salem, MA

www.salem.com

 

Sun.

3

8 am

Monmouth Beach Shana Ocean Swim Race

1 mi.

Monmouth Beach, NJ

http://www.raceforum.com/08/shana.pdf

 

Sun.

3

6:30 pm

Seaside Hts John Boyd Memorial Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Seaside Heights, NJ

www.compuscore.com or (732) 793-4646

 

Sun.

3

9:30 am

Newburgh to Beacon River Swim

1 mi.

Newburgh, NY

www.riverpool.org

 

Sat

9

9 am

Beware of Barracuda Open Water Swims

200, 500, 1650, 2 mile

Hazleton, PA

http://www.ymca-ywca-of-hazleton.org/triathlon/race.htm

570-455-2046 or

robgould@ymca-ywca-of-hazleton.org

 

Sat.

9

8 am - Sanctioned US Masters Division

8:10am - Open Division

Mid-Summer Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Lavallette, NJ

Janet Sellitto, jsellitto@ocymca.org

 or (732) 341-9622 x2214

http://www.ocymca.org/display.php?id=46

On-line registration

Entry Form

 

Sat.

9

8:30 am

1st Belmar Ocean Mile

Part I of the Triple Crown Ocean Race Series 2008

1 mi.

Belmar, NJ

www.raceforum.com

 

Sat.

9

?

Island Beach Swim

2 mi

Greenwich, CT

www.gscevents.org

 

Sat.

16

 

***CANCELLED***
Lavallette
Beach Patrol Ocean
Swim (see Mid-Summer Ocean Swim 8/9)

   

 

 

Sat.

16

 

Sound to the Cove Swim

1 mi., 5 km & 10 km

Glen Cove, NY

www.swimacrossamerica.org

 

Sat.

16

8 am

East Hampton Open Water Swim Challenge

1 mi.

Amagansett, NY

www.bodytechfit.com

 

Sat.

16

7:30

Against the Tide Swim

1 mi.

Cape Cod, MA

www.mbcc.org/swim

 

Sat.

16

10:30am

Betsy Owens Memorial Cable Swim

Betsy Owens Mini-Mile for Breast Cancer and  OW
rookies.

1 & 2 mi.

+ Mini-Mile

Mirror Lake, Lake Placid NY

Info at 800-609-7946 or www.totalimmersion.net
or www.adms.org

 

Sat.

16

6:45 pm

Yates Swim
 

1 mi.

Atlantic City, NJ

www.acbp.org or (609) 347-5466

http://www.acbp.org/yatesswim_2008.htm

 

Sun.

17

8 am

Ray Licata Memorial Ocean Swim

1 mi

Long Branch, NY

www.rayclicatamemorialswim.com

 

Sun.

17

7:30 am

Grimaldo’s Mile Swim

1 mi.

Coney Island, NY

www.cibbows.org

 

Sat.

23

6:45 pm

12th Annual Captain Jim Turner Memorial Ocean Swims

1/2 mi. & 200 yard

Longport, NJ

application form

 

Sun.

24

8 am

13th Annual Manasquan Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Manasquan, NJ

(732) 681-4094 or tkrug@optonline.net
http://www.raceforum.com/08/manasquan.pdf

 

*Sun.

26

 

Brigantine Bayfest Swim

1 mi.

Brigantine, NJ

Brigantine Elks Lodge (609) 266-9826

 

Sat.

30

9:45 am

79th Annual Atlantic City Pageant  Ocean Swim

1.5 mi.

Atlantic City, NJ

http://www.acbp.org/pageantswim_2008.htm

 

Sun.

31

8 am

Mighty Merrimack Swim

2 mi.

Lowell, MA

www.doublecracing.com

 

Sun.

31

?

John Daly Ocean Swim

1 mi.

Long Beach, NY

www.metroswim.org

Sept.

Sat.

6

8:45 am

Brooklyn Bridge Swim

1 km

Brooklyn, NY

www.nycswim.org

 

Sun.

7

8 am

Hudson River Swim for Life

3 mi. & 5K

Nyack, NY

www.hudsonriverswim.org

 

Sat.

20

?

September Splash

2 mi., 1 mi. and ¼ mi.

Wildwood Crest, NJ

www.lmsports.com

 

Sat.

20

9:15 am

Little Red Lighthouse Swim

5.85 mi.

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org

 

Sat.

27

7 am

Chesapeake Man SwimFest

2.4 mi.

Cambridge, MD

www.tricolumbia.org

Oct.

Sat.

25

8:30 am

Ederle Swim

17.5 mi.

New York, NY

www.nycswim.org