2010 Events
We're off to a great season! Check back often as new races are added throughout the season.
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The 2010 Dynoswim starts January 1st - sign up today! Participants from all over the world will track their yardage for the entire month to see who can jam the most yards into 31 days...read more
Lodie Swim - 1 mile, South Boston, MA (July 24)
Swim Across the Sound - 25K, 23rd Annual SWIM Marathon Bridgeport, CT (August 7)
Gloucester Clean Harbor Swim - 1.2 mile swim, Gloucester, MA (August 21)
Wild Fish One Mile and Two Mile Swim - 1 and 2 mile swims, Salem, MA (August 22)
Swim & Fin OceanFest - 500M, 1500M and 5K Race, Salem, MA (August 28)
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Book Signing of Brockton Ocean Swimmer, Bob McCormack For His New Book, Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea
NEMSA member Robert L. McCormack regularly writes about his swimming adventures around the country. Attend his book signing, Saturday, September 19, 2009 From 10am to 12 Noon
at Brockton Public Library
Charles River Clean Up Boat - Join the crew and help keep our waters clean. Volunteers spend a whole day, either Monday, Tues, Thurs or Friday on the boat, with a stop for lunch at the Cambridgeside Galleria in the afternoon. A great way to spend the day and make a difference. Donation information is also found here.
Christopher Swain's TOXTOUR - On April 22, 2009, Christopher Swain will begin a 1000-mile swim down the Atlantic coast to Washington DC. Along the way, he'll help students in over 2,000 classrooms launch projects designed to improve the health of our ocean panet.
A SWIMMER'S JOURNAL: Brockton man recounts San Francisco plunge
Brockton swimmer and NEMSA member Robert L. McCormack regularly writes about his swimming adventures around the country. Here is his most recent account.
2009 Events
We had a great year of events - check out the results for the various events below.
L Street New Years Swim - South Boston, MA (January 1, 2009)
Great Hudson River Swim - 1.3 mile swim, New York, NY (May 23)
Beach-to-Beach Power Swim - 1 mile swim, 2.25 mile and 3.5 mile swims, St. John, US Virgin Islands (May 24)
7.5 Mile Potomac River Swim - 7.5 mile swim, Point Lookout, MD (May 30)
Great Chesapeake Bay Swim & Chesapeake Challenge - Sandy Point, MD (June 14)
Against the Tide - 1 mile swim, 2 mile kayak, 3 mile walk, Hopkinton, MA (June 20)
20th Annual "Total Immersion" Super Swim - 1 and 3.1 mile swims, Mashpee (Cape Cod), MA (June 20)
Dave Parcells Madison Mile, 1 mile swim, Madison, CT (June 20)
Flowers Sea Swim - 1 mile swim, Grand Cayman Island (British West Indies) (June 20)
Charles River Swim - 1 mile loop course between Harvard and Longfellow Bridge. Water start. (June 21)
Governors Island Swim - 2 mile swim, New York, NY (June 28)
Swim Buzzards Bay - 1.2 mile swim, New Bedford, MA (July 11)
Swim for LIfe - 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 mile swim, Chestertown, MD (July 11)
USMS 2009 1-3 Mile Open Water Championships - 2 mile swim, Canandaigua, NY (July 11)
Aquathlon: Stars & Stripes 1.5-km swim and 5-km run, New York, NY (July 18)
Greenwich Point One MIle Swim - Long Island Sound, Greenwich, CT (July 18)
OW; Jon Harnett, 203-869-8714, harnettjon@aol.com; Entry Deadline 7/11/2009
Westport Point-to-point - 1 mile swim, Westport, CT (July 18)
Salem Swim and Fin - 1500 meter and 500 meter swims, Salem, MA (July 25)
USMS 2009 6 Mile Open Water Championships - 10 km, Harbor Springs, MI (Aug 1)
Echo Lake Swim - 500 yard, followed by a 1.5 mile swim, Acadia National Park, ME (August 2)
Wild Fish One Mile and Purely Mad Two Mile - 1 and 2 mile swims, Salem, MA (August 8)
Boston Light Swim - "The granddaddy of American open-water swims" 8 mile swim, Boston, MA (August 8)
Island Beach Two Mile Swim - Long Island Sound, Greenwich, CT (August 8)
OW; Jon Harnett, 203-869-8714, harnettjon@aol.com; Entry Deadline August 1st
Bud Beatty Swim - 2 mile swim, Baltimore, MD (Aug 9)
USMS 2009 2 Mile Cable Championships - 2 mile swim, Mirror Lake, Lake Placid NY (Aug 15)
Against the Tide - 1 mile swim, 2 mile kayak, 3 mile walk, Brewster, MA (August 15)
Pennock Island Challenge - 8 mile swim, Ketchikan, Alaska (August 16)
Gloucester Clean Harbor Swim - 1.2 mile swim, Gloucester, MA (August 22)
Swim for Life - 1.4 mile swim, Provincetown, MA (September 12)
USMS 2009 3-6 Mile Open Water Championships - Chicago, IL (Sept 12)
Brooklyn Bridge Swim - 1K swim, New York, NY (Sept 12)
Little Red Lighthouse Swim - 5.85 mile swim, New York, NY (Sept 26)
Ederle Swim- 17.5 mile swim, New York, NY (Oct 17)