The Pensacola 3 Mile Bridge Swim is April 22, 2007 and registration is now open on Active.com or www.pirateswimming.org/Pensac...ridgeSwim.html.
The course has changed to be closer to the bridge due to shoreline work and we are looking to having a great social afterwards. The awards are by overall top 10 + Top Male and Top Female. We will send out certificates to all swimmers with their race time.
This is a USAT sanctioned event and wetsuit legal if the water temp is under 78.
Rob’s comments are not from a “holier than though” perspective. It is from a legal perspective. The Amateur Sports Act gave the USOC and the various NGBs the exclusive right to sanction events in their sports with a few exceptions (the NCAA, for example.) USAT has the right to sanction triathlons. Open water swimming is the prevue of USA Swimming and by assignment USMS for the older age groups. If it is a training exersize, then there should be no results published.
Leo
Rob’s comments are not from a “holier than though” perspective. It is from a legal perspective. The Amateur Sports Act gave the USOC and the various NGBs the exclusive right to sanction events in their sports with a few exceptions (the NCAA, for example.) USAT has the right to sanction triathlons. Open water swimming is the prevue of USA Swimming and by assignment USMS for the older age groups. If it is a training exersize, then there should be no results published.
Leo
