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2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference
The 2010 Global Open Water Swimming Conference was held to great acclaim on June 5that the Long Beach Marriott Hotel in Southern California where an international gathering ofopen water swimming and triathlon athletes, coaches, officials, administrators, race directors,physicians, commentators, scientists, fans and enthusiasts arrived from around the world.Over two dozen presentations and panel discussions covered every aspect of the vast worldof open water swimming. The conference was an unprecedented opportunity for open waterswimming enthusiasts and decision-makers from all over the world to network, shareinformation and learn the latest and most up-to-date training, tactics and techniques for openwater swimming as a solo swimmer, competition athlete, masters swimmer, triathlete or multi-sport athlete.
The Conference kicked off with two engaging speeches:
The Art of Open Water Swimming by 7-time world swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith of Australia
The Magic of Open Water Swimming by extreme adventure swimmer Ram Barkai ofSouth Africa
In addition to the keynote speeches, attendees enjoyed 24 presentations, panel discussions,video analysis of world-class open water swimmers, awards ceremonies, a unique OpenWater Swimming Almanac, an Italian dinner and could participate in the Drafting, Positioning,Navigating and Pacing Clinics held in Santa Monica Beach, Corona del Mar Beach and inMarine Stadium in Long Beach.
The Conference also included an unprecedented post-race video analysis of the USASwimming National 10K Open Water Swimming Championships presented by The AthleteVillage . Join world champion Shelley Taylor-Smith , two-time world masters champion GerryRodrigues and USA Swimming National Team coach Steven Munatones in a comprehensivereview of the close-up video footage of some of the world's best open water athletes as theydiscussed and analyzed the swimming technique, race tactics and subtle strategiesused during the USA Swimming National 10K Open Water Swimming Championships.
The exciting finish to the men's 10K race was analyzed and is shown here . The tactical positioning and pacing in the women's 10K race was analyzed and is shown here . The action at the floating feeding station was analyzed and shown here .
Photos from the championship races are shown here .
The Conference was divided in four tracks from 11:00 am - 8:00 pm at the Long BeachMarriott Hotel & Convention Center with an optional networking breakfast that started at 8:00am.
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Training Business Racing Lifestyle
The Training Sessions included the following presentations and speakers: Fitness, Recovery and Sharpening by Matt Dixon Preparing Age-group and College Swimmers for the Open Water by Gerry Rodrigues Developing World-class Athletes via Pool Open Water Training by Gerry Rodrigues Building the Mindset and Performance of a Front-Pack Swimmer by Jim Vance Navy SEALs Training by Olympian Larsen Jensen. Nutritional Needs of Triathletes and Open Water Swimmers by Jim Miller, M.D.
The Business Sessions included the following presentation and speakers: Developing A Great Swim by Colin Hill Promoting a Tropical Open Water Gala by Frank Flowers and Bill McFarland Media Partnerships in Open Water Swimming by Pedro Rego Monteiro Wetsuits and the Web - Catalysts for Triathlon Growth by Dan Empfield Officiating and Announcing Open Water Races by Sid Cassidy Me, Inc. - The Many Hats We Wear by Paul Hekimian
The Racing Sessions included the following presentations and speakers: The Champion's Mindset by Shelley Taylor-Smith Competing in History's Greatest Pro Swims by Greta Andersen Hypothermia and Hyperthermia by Jim Miller, M.D. The Equipment and Technology of Racing by Steven Munatones , Julie Smithwick , Jen
Schumacher and Ken Schuh The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships by Pierre Lafontaine The Rules of Open Water Swimming by Sid Cassidy
The Lifestyle Sessions included the following presentations and speakers: Shouldering Mediocrity to an Extreme by Forrest Nelson Doing the Extraordinary by Ram Barkai Women in Open Water Swimming by Anne Cleveland Crisis Management and Best Practices of USA Triathlon by Liz Tucke r The Day The English Channel World Record Was Set by Penny Dean Planning, Preparing and Escorting for Channel Swims by John York and David Clark
USA Triathlon offered seven Continuing Education Units for USAT certified coaches whoattend the Conference. USA Triathlon described the conference as "... bringing together the world’s foremo st experts on open water swimming including prominent triathlon coaches and personalities. World open water swimming champions, English Channel world record holders, top professional marathon swimmers and some of the most decorated Olympic coaches will share their experiences, insights and recommendations on how to prepare optimally, train intelligently and race well in the open water ."
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In addition, based on a global poll sponsored by blueseventy of over 35,000 open waterswimmers from 153 countries, the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year (toPetar Stoychev of Bulgaria ), the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Women of the Year (toPoliana Okimoto of Brazil) and the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Performance of theYear (to Andrew Smilley of Cayman Islands ) were officially announced and recognized bytheir peers. The results of the poll are at The Water Is Open . blueseventy has also donatedelegantly designed trophies to recognize their remarkable achievements.These awards were followed by a special announcement of Lifetime Achievement Awardwinners (Siga Rose, Greta Anderson and Dan Empfield) and an Italian dinner in the hotel.
Conference attendees included accomplished individuals from Australia, Azerbaijan,Bangladesh, Canada, Cayman Islands, Fiji, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, NewZealand, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago and throughout the United States.
Speakers and VIP Attendees included:
Anne Cleveland (California): a single-crossing and double-crossing English Channelswimmer, Catalina Channel swimmer and motivational speaker with Wish Upon A StarProductions . Will attempt to become the first person to do a double-crossing of both theEnglish and Catalina Channels in the summer of 2010.
Bill McFarland (Cayman Islands): Past President and Board Director of the Cayman IslandsAmateur Swimming Association and Open Water Committee. Specialist in open water coursedesign, set-up and risk management. Co-Course Officer for the Flowers Sea Swim .
Bob Placak (California): Pan American Games medalist and Founder and Race Director ofthe world-famous RCP Tiburon Mile . Coach and organizer of numerous victorious teams inthe Maui Channel Swim and Trans Tahoe Relay events over three decades. Founder ofRobert C. Placak & Associates .
Brennan Lindner (California): Founder of Generic Events that produces over 20 sportingevents throughout the world including triathlons in Bali and biathlons in California.
Captain Adam Smith (California): Director, Naval Special Warfare Recruiting, United StatesNavy SEALs (Sea, Land, Air), a renowned stealth and clandestine branch of the U.S. militaryforces.
Chris LaBianco (Colorado): Chief Development Officer for USA Swimming Foundation
Christiane Fanzeres (Brazil): Pro swimmer and English Channel swimmer and MarathonSwimming Supervisor for the Brazilian Swimming Federation.
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Colin Hill (England): English Channel swimmer and inspirational leader of the Great Swims , acolorfully and brilliantly produced, televised open water swimming event that drawsnewcomers and several Olympic medalists to one-mile swims around the United Kingdom.
Dan Empfield (California): Inventor of the triathlon wetsuit and Founder of SlowTwitch , one ofthe world's largest and most popular multi-sport websites.
David Clark (California): Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame andCatalina Channel and English Channel swimmer, paddler, coach and observer
Dean Jackson (England): Global Sales and Marketing Manager for blueseventy
Doug Woodring (Hong Kong): Founder of Project Kaisei and Race Director for the Clean HalfExtreme Swim and Sheko Challenge . An environmental and technology entrepreneur whocreated a framework for a global environmental technology fund, he works with a variety ofrenewable energy technologies and promotes carbon-neutral escort boat options for openwater swimmers.
Fernando Vargas (Mexico): CEO of Aqua Zone
Forrest Nelson (California): Endurance swimmer who has conquered the English Channel,Catalina Channel twice (including once in December), Manhattan Island Marathon Swim , theCook Strait (between the North and South Islands in New Zealand), Molokai Channel (between Molokai and Oahu in both directions), 24 miles in Tampa Bay and other feats ofendurance.
Frank Flowers (Cayman Islands): Founder and namesake for the Cayman Islands FlowersSea Swim , one of the most successful open water swims in the world with numerous
Olympians and an annual cash and prize purse worth over $100,000. Offers $25,000 to breakthe world’s best time in the ocean mile.
Gerry Rodrigues (California/Trinidad & Tobago): Renowned open water swimming andtriathlon coach, 2-time World Masters Open Water Swimming champion, masters swimmingworld record holder (800-meter freestyle), former publisher of Swimming World Magazine , creator of SwimInfo.com, 1992 U.S. Masters Swimming Coach of the Year, founder of Tower26 and coach of numerous professional triathletes and elite open water swimmers.
Gordon Borde (Trinidad & Tobago): Visionary leader of the Trinidad & Tobago swimmingcommunity
Greg Towle (Australia): The visionary Swimming Australia Open Water Swimming headcoach who has coached two world 5K champions (in 2004 and 2009) and several FINA WorldCup and World Championship medalists. He coached the Australia national team at the2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 world championships and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Greta Andersen (California/Denmark): Olympic gold and silver medalist, a 5-time English
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Channel swimmer record holder, one of the top professional marathon swimmer in historywith wins in Lake Michigan (50 miles), Salton Sea, Mexico, Canada and the English Channel . An International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer and InternationalSwimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, and the active owner of the Greta Andersen SwimSchool .
Jeff Moxie (California): President of U.S. Masters Swimming
Jen Schumacher (California): Fastest female Catalina Channel swimmer in 2009 who hasdeveloped a unique and easy-to-use GPS navigational system for open water swimmers.
Jim Miller, M.D. (Virginia): FINA Sports Medicine Committee member, USA SwimmingNational Open Water Swimming Team physician, U.S. Masters Swimming President , U.S.Masters Swimming Coach of the Year and multiple award winner , and Co-Chair of the FINAWorld Sports Medicine Congress .
Jim Vance (California): A USA Triathlon Level 2 and Elite Coach for TrainingBible
Coaching and Tri Club of San Diego . A two-time age-group world champion for XTERRA andITU with an Ironman PR of 8:37:09. He became a front-pack swimmer only 3 years afterlearning how to swim. A monthly contributor to Competitor Magazine and a featured coach forboth Active.com and TrainingPeaks.com , he was the 2009 Tri Club of San Diego Coach of theYear .
John Dussliere (California): 2008 USA Olympic Swim Team coach and coach of Olympic 10KMarathon Swim athlete Mark Warkentin. Chairman of the USA Swimming Club DevelompentCommittee.
John Flanagan (Hawaii): Fastest pro triathlon in the water. 4-year member of the USA
Swimming National Open Water Team , 2001 World Swimming Championship 4th-placefinisher in the 10K, swam two of the Top 10 fastest Ironman swim legs in history, winner of theWaikiki Roughwater Swim and member of the 1997 NCAA Championship Team from AuburnUniversity.
John York (California): English Channel swimmer, record-holding Catalina Channel (single-crossing, double-crossing, relay), a board member of the Catalina Channel SwimmingFederation and an honor swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame .
Jon-Paul St. Germain (Massachusetts): Director of Special Olympics International andDirector of World Games and Competitions at Special Olympics, Inc., Special Olympics
International Project Lead at 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games and 2005 SpecialOlympics Winter Games, and Liaison at 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games.Julie Smithwick (Mississippi): Originator of StingMate
Kaia Hedlund (Hawaii): President of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim , Associate Director of theMountain Pacific Sports Federation and Director of Athletics of Chaminade University.
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Larsen Jensen (California): A two-time Olympic medalist and two-time world championshipmedalist in the distance freestyles who is currently training to become a Navy SEAL.
Linda Kaiser (Hawaii): History's most prolific channel swimmer in the Hawaiian Islands havingsuccessfully crossed the 26-mile Molokai Channel , the 9-mile Kalohi Channel , the 7-mileAlalakeiki Channel , the 8.5-mile Palilolo Channel , the 30-mile Alenuihaha Channel , the 17-mile Kaulakahi Channel , the 17-mile Kealaikahiki Channel and the 8.8-mile Maui Channel .
Lisa Wemhoff (Colorado): Performance Support Coordinator at USA Swimming
Liz Tucker (Colorado): USA Triathlon Race Director Certification Manager responsible forRace director certification that provides in-depth education on the latest and safest racedirecting methods, insurance/risk management trends and USAT sanctioning compliance.
Mariejo Pasion (Colorado): Sports Performance Consultant with USA Swimming and memberof the USA Swimming Performance Science and Technology Services Team
Mark Randall (Maryland): Founder and President of The Athlete Village .
Mark Perry (Great Britain): British Swimming's Open Water Performance Manager and TeamLeader at numerous FINA World Cup, Olympic Games and World Championship events. Anopen water swimming visionary and creative strategist with proven national and internationalcoaching success.
Mark Schubert (Colorado): One of the world's most renowned swimming coaches withunparalleled Olympic coaching experience in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and2008. Currently the USA Swimming National Team Head Coach and General Manager, hehas coached numerous Olympic medalists, world record holders, world champions and NCAA
champions.
Matt Dixon (California): Exercise physiologist and leading triathlon coach of several Ironmanchampions, including Chris Lieto and Luke Bell. Founder of Purple Patch Fitness andContributing Editor to Inside Triathlon Magazine, Matt is also a highly sought after fitnessconsultant to professional athletes, elite and amateur endurance athletes and Fortune 500company CEO's and corporate executives.
Mallory Mead (Indiana): Recipient of the Robert Lyle Memorial Trophy for being the ChannelSwimming Association’s Fastest American of the Year and the Sotiraki Trophy for being theFastest Lady of 2008. Currently embarking on the most difficult goal - and historically
unprecendented feat - for marathon swimmers: The Ocean's Seven .
Michael Collins (California): U.S. Masters Swimming Coach of the Year (1990) and co-producer of history's top-selling open water swimming DVD, Open Water Swimming: Skills,Techniques and Racing
Mike Doane (Colorado): USA Triathlon Resident Program swim coach and 2007 USA
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Triathlon Coach of the Year . Coached Andy Potts to gold at the 2007 Pan American Games,victory at the 70.3 World Championships and USA Triathlon Elite National title in 2004. CEOand head coach of the Colorado Springs Swim Team , USA Triathlon Assistant Team Teach(Beijing World Cup) and USA Triathlon coach certification course presenter.
Morty Berger (New York): President of NYC Swim and race director for the Manhattan IslandMarathon Swim, NYC Pro Swim, Great Hudson River Swim, Park to Park Swim, LibertyIsland Swim, Aquathlon: Stars & Stripes, Riverside Park Tune Up Swim, Governors IslandSwim, Brooklyn Bridge Swim, Little Red Lighthouse swim and the Ederle Swim.
Naya Higashijima (California / Japan ): Representative of the Japan International Open WaterSwimming Association and the University of California, Santa Barbara assistant swim teamcoach.
Nelson Vargas (Mexico): Mexico's former Minister of Sport and Director of CONADE (NationalSport Commission), author of More Hits Than Errors , owner of the Acuatica Nelson Vargas , anationwide chain of fitness centers and swimming pools, Mexican national swim team coach
and former president of the Mexican Swimming Federation and multi-time Mexicanrepresentative at Olympics.
Nelson Vargas, Jr. (Mexico): All-American swimmer at Arizona State and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Acuatica Nelson Vargas , the largest and most prominent fitness center andswimming pool chain in Mexico. Race Director the the Acapulco 5K International Open WaterSwim .
Paul Hekimian (California): Founder and President of the LA Tri Club, one of thelargest triathlon clubs in the western United States with over 1,600 members, who spreadshis message of enthusiasm, inspiration, creativity and time management by
his Paulsitive attitude. A director for the professional Distance Swim Challenge and creator ofThe Paulsitive Movement and Me, Inc.
Paul Homer (Trinidad & Tobago): Leader of the Trinidad & Tobago swimming community,responsible for the open water swimming committee
Paul McCoy (Fiji): Founder and Race Director for innovative ocean swims, sea safaris andisland and volcano runs in Fiji and Vanuatu that attract athletes from all over the Pacific Rimand Europe.
Paul Ortolano (New York): Director in the Event Management Department of the New York
Road Runners .
Pedro Rego Monteiro (Brazil): Founder and President of EffectSport , co-founder of thetelevised 10K professional King of the Sea Challenge (Rei do Mar Desafio ) in Brazil andPortugal.
Penny Lee Dean (New York): Set the overall world record for the English Channel crossing
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record in 7:40 that stood for 16 years until her own athlete broke it. 1979 world professionalmarathon swimming champion with four Catalina Channel crossings and 12 world records formarathon swimming. Long-time head coach for USA Swimming National Open Water SwimTeam and former Pomona College head women's swim team coach. Author of theauthoritative Open Water Swimming book.
Peter Ciaccia (New York): Vice President of Event Development and Production TechnicalDirector of the New York Road Runners who oversees the ING New York City Marathon.
Philip Rush (New Zealand): Renowned marathon swimmer and holder of the fastest double-and triple-crossing of the English Channel. Former professional marathon swimmer with anumber of unprecedented marathon swims to his credit, including swims in the CookStrait and Lake Taupo in New Zealand. An honor swimmer in the International MarathonSwimming Hall of Fame , he is currently the Open Water Programme Manager for NewZealand Swimming with an unparalleled record of coaching athletes across thetreacherous Cook Strait .
Pierre Lafontaine (Canada): Renowned coach and administrator. Currently, the National SwimTeam Coach and CEO of Swimming Canada .
Ram Barkai : (South Africa): Adventure swimmer with swims in Antarctica , Lake Zurich (inwinter) and Cape Town, founder of the Cadiz Freedom Swim in Cape Town, benefactor ofopen water swimmers, CEO of Cadiz Holdings of South Africa.
Richard Witt (California): Lieutenant Commander of the United States Navy SEALs (Sea LandAir), a renowned stealth and clandestine branch of the U.S. military forces.
Rick Curl (Virginia): American Swim Coaches Association board director and Coach of the
Year (1994), coach of the Curl Burke Swim Club that has won 10 national championship teamtitles, produced 13 Olympians and 11 world records.
Sergiy Fesenko (Azerbaijan): 3-time Olympic swimmer and leading FINA 10KM MarathonSwimming World Cup competitor.
Shelley Taylor-Smith (Australia): International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer,International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, 7-time World ProfessionalMarathon Swimming Federation champion, English Channel swimmer, former Secretary-General of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee , coach and clinician.Author of Dangerous When Wet and founder of Champion's Mindset in Australia.
Sid Cassidy (Florida): Recipient of the highest honor given by USA Swimming . Past Chairmanof the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee . Professional marathon swimmerand long-time USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team coach. Starter at themen's and women's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and inducteein the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame .
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Steven Munatones (California): Technical Open Water Swimming Delegate for the SpecialOlympics, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer, solo swimmerwith 5 unprecedented swims, FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee member,USA Swimming National Open Water Swim Team coach, creator of The Daily News of OpenWater Swimming , World's Top 100 Open Water Swims and the Open Water SwimmingDictionary .
Sultan Aziz, Ph.D. (Bangladesh): Member of the FINA Technical Open Water SwimmingCommittee and former Vice Chairman of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee. Served asSecretary General of the Asian Continental Swimming Federation and Asian AmateurSwimming Federation . Current Chairman of the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation Medical Committee and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Scienceand a Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.
Attendees enjoyed the unique opportunity to meet listen learn get inspired network ask questions take photos make new friends around the world see and practice essential open water skills test new open water swimming products
with thought-leaders, established coaches and accomplished athletes in the open waterswimming and triathlon worlds. The collegial open water swimming community shared itsmutual challenges, camaraderie, joys and beauty with swimmers and multi-sport athletes ofall ages, abilities and backgrounds.
Registration was accepted here for the Global Open Water Swimming Conference onSaturday, June 5th.
The fee for the Global Open Water Swimming Conference was $175. This fee included:
admission to all presentations and the awards ceremonies an Italian dinner served in the hotel (garlic bread sticks, caesar salad, seasonal fruit,grilled vegetables, parmesan chicken with marinara sauce, fettuccine with alfredosauce, tiramisu, coffee and iced tea)
participation in any or all of the five Drafting, Positioning, Navigating and Pacing Clinics that will be held on May 22nd and May 29th in Santa Monica Beach, on May 23rd andMay 30th in Corona del Mar Beach and on June 5th in Marine Stadium in Long Beach
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special gifts from Smithwick's Stingmate and TRI-SWIM a special almanac of information including The Top 100 Open Water Swims in the
World, the Open Water Swimming Dictionary, Rules of Open Water Swimming,America's Top 50 Open Water Swims, The 50 Most Amazing Open Water SwimmingWebsites, Great Open Water Swimming Books and Movies, Cool Open WaterSwimming Products and Technology, and New Open Water Swimming Events aroundthe World.
Special discount pricing was available for young athletes and students. The Conferencespeakers provided great motivation and education for the next generation of open waterswimmers and triathletes.
$35 for junior high school students and below (ages 14 and under) $45 for high school students (ages 15 - 18) $55 for college students (undergraduate and graduate)
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 5th
9:30 am Drafting, Positioning, Navigating and Pacing Clinic at Marine Stadium in Long Beach - taught by two world openwater swimming champions
11:00am Registration at the Long Beach Marriott Hotel and Convention Center
11:30am
USA Swimming National 10K Open Water Swimming Championships post-race video analysis presented byThe Athlete Village . Join in the panel discussion with Shelley Taylor-Smith, Sid Cassidy, Gerry Rodrigues, Penny Dean and StevenMunatones
12:00pm The Art of Open Water Swimming by Shelley Taylor-Smith
12:30pm The Magic of Open Water Swimming by Ram Barkai
CONFERENCE SESSIONSTrack Training Track Business Track Racing Track Lifestyle Track Room Lindbergh I Lindbergh II Earnhart Post
1:00pm
Fitness, Recovery andSharpening by Matt Dixon
Creating a Great Swim byColin Hill
The Champion's Mindset byShelley Taylor-Smith
Shouldering Mediocrityto an Extreme by ForrestNelson
1:45pm
Preparing Pool Swimmersand Triathletes for the OpenWater by Gerry Rodrigues
Staging a Tropical OpenWater Gala by FrankFlowers and Bill McFarland
Competing in History's GreatestProfessional Races by Olympicchampion Greta Andersen
Doing the Extraordinary by adventure swimmerRam Barkai
2:30pm
Developing World-classAthletes via Pool Open WaterTraining by Gerry Rodrigues
Television and MediaPartnership in Open WaterSwimming by Pedro RegoMonteiro
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia by Jim Miller, M.D.
Women in Open WaterSwimming by AnneCleveland
3:00pm Networking
3:30pm
Building the Mindset andPerformance of a Front-PackSwimmer by Jim Vance
Wetsuits and the Web -Catalysts for TriathlonGrowth by Dan Empfield
The Equipment and Technologyof Racing by StevenMunatones , Julie Smithwick , Jen Schumacher and KenSchuh
Crisis Management andBest Practices of USATriathlon by Liz Tucker
4:15pm
Navy SEALs Training byLieutenant Commander
Officiating and AnnouncingOpen Water Races by Sid
2010 World Open WaterSwimming Championships by
The Day The EnglishChannel Record Was
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Richard Witt Cassidy Pierre Lafontaine Set by Penny Dean
5:00pm
Pre-race Technical Meetingfor the USA SwimmingNational 5K Open WaterSwimming Championships
5:30
pm
Welcome Party by the City ofLong Beach and AwardsCeremony
blueseventy awards toWorld Open Water Male
and Female Swimmers andPerformance of the Year
6:20pm
Poolside Italian Dinner at theGarden Terrace
Lifetime AchievementAwards presented by theWOWSA (World OpenWater SwimmingAssociation)
7:00pm
Nutritional Needs forTriathletes and Open WaterSwimmers by Jim Miller, M.D.
Me, Inc. - The Many Hatsof We Wear by PaulHekimian
The Rules of Open WaterSwimming by Sid Cassidy
Planning, Preparing andEscorting for ChannelSwims by John York andDavid Clark
7:45pm
Networking, AutographSession and Group andIndividual Phototaking
AWARDSblueseventy 's presentation of awards for the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year (PetarStoychev of Bulgaria), the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year (Poliana Okimoto of Brazil)and the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year (Andrew Smilley of Cayman Islands).Special presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Awards by the World Open Water Swimming Association(honorees to be announced later)
Location
The location of the Conference was at the Long Beach Marriott Hotel and Convention Center , just north of the 405 Freeway across from the Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, California,approximately 30 minutes south of the LAX International Airport and 20 minutes north of theJohn Wayne International Airport. The hotel is less than 10 minutes away from the site of the2010 USA Swimming National 5K and 10K Open Water Swimming Championships on June4th and June 6th in Marine Stadium. The address is 4700 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach,California, 90815 U.S.A.
Hotel Discount
A special Conference price of US$119 per night between Friday, June 4th and Sunday, June6th was extended to guests who made their reservations here for the USA SwimmingNationals discounted price .
Tweets from the Conference can be found at Twitter.com/swimopenwater.Requests, Questions, Comments or Complaints?
Email Steven Munatones at [email protected] .
Photos of Speakers
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Matt Dixon of Purple Patch Fitness Sid Cassidy officiating at the 2008 BeijingOlympics
Shelley Taylor-Smith of Champion's Mindset Ram Barkai diving into the waters off Antarctica
Colin Hill , the visionary and leader behind the Great Swim series Greta Andersen finishing her Catalina Channelswim
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Dr. Jim Miller of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee Penny Dean , English and Catalina Channel recordholder
Paul Hekimian, founder of the LA Tri Club
Dan Empfield, founder of SlowTwitch and inventor of the triathlonwetsuit
Pierre Lafontaine, CEO, Swimming Canada
Frank Flowers of the Flowers Sea Swim in Cayman Islands
