August 12th, the Furthest North open water swim in North America! Located in Sitka, Alaska.
Men's and women's age group and Relay divisions will be awarded trophies and ribbons.
Solo or relay 10k, 5k and 1k open water swims in Sitka Sound, with a water temperature range in the mid 50’s. The course will start at the Mount Edgecumbe High School ramp on Japonski Island. The course will then take the swimmers north out of Sitka Channel and westward along the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historic Site and loop back to the Mt. Edgecumbe ramp to finish. A turnaround point in course will be available for those swimming the 5k and 1K distances.
Sanction pending with USMS.
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One other thing I would love to hear from people about is whether or not I have my info correct on this being the furthest north sanctioned swim. I know we don't actually have our sanction yet, still working on final details on some of the paperwork, and I am assuming that we will be sanctioned as the swim was sanctioned last year.
I see on the US Open Water Swimming calendar that at least in the last couple of years there's been an OW swim at North Pole. Isn't that up there by Fairbanks, significantly "north-er" than Sitka!
One other thing I would love to hear from people about is whether or not I have my info correct on this being the furthest north sanctioned swim. I know we don't actually have our sanction yet, still working on final details on some of the paperwork, and I am assuming that we will be sanctioned as the swim was sanctioned last year.
I see on the US Open Water Swimming calendar that at least in the last couple of years there's been an OW swim at North Pole. Isn't that up there by Fairbanks, significantly "north-er" than Sitka!
