Lake Erie Open Water Swim

The 2012 Lake Erie Open Water Swim will offer three distances at ½-Mile, 1-mile and  2-miles. The ½-mile distance is NEW. We hope potential new open water swimmers might be more comfortable at that distance. We will also offer wetsuit swimmers an opportunity to swim for awards and official placing within the wetsuit division. The wetsuit division is a NEW feature of this event.

        DATE:                   Saturday, July 28, 2012

        LOCATION:         Edgewater State Park, Cleveland, Ohio

        START TIME:      Check-in                       6:45am  

                                     Pre-Race Instructions  7:45am

                                     Start of First Heat        8:00am

        WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ONLINE EVENT REGISTRATION:

                                       www.ohiomasters.com

          CHARITY FUNDRAISER:  Proceeds from the event support the St. Malachi Center’s (Tax ID # 34-1506478) Urban Kids’ Swim Camp.  Donation Forms are available on-line at www.ohiomasters.com  and upon request from the Event Director. Awards for fundraising will be at the $125, $250 and $500 levels. We like the idea of big swimmers helping little swimmers.

        VOLUNTEERS:  The success we have enjoyed in previous years has been due in large part to the volunteers who have donated their considerable energy and time to this event. Once again this year we will need help from volunteers. We will need help in the areas of swimmer check-in, collecting and counting donations for the St Malachi Center, distributing t-shirts, managing the food table, backup timing, and other areas. If you are interested in helping, please contact Tom Spence at talltom13@msn.com.