Recent Dos Pueblos graduate Michelle Dockendorf won the 200 breaststroke at the Southern California Junior Olympics last week in a time of 2:34.44. Although official time standards have not been released yet, that time will likely qualify her for the 2012 Olympic Trials.Dockendorf then swam in an all-star competition against some of the top youth swimmers in North America as she represented Southern California Swimming in the North American Challenge Cup in Santa Clara. Swimming against Canada, … [Read more...]
Blankenhorn connects continents with Gibraltar swim
It’s the gateway to the Mediterranean; a passageway between two continents; an opening between two major bodies of water and one of the busiest shipping routes in the world.When Santa Barbara waterman David “Chip” Blankenhorn was planning a family vacation to Spain, he thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar?"Well, Blankenhorn has quite a story to tell about what he did during his summer vacation of 2010.After visiting spectacular sights in Barcelona … [Read more...]
Reid beats impressive field in 6-mile swim
Stewart Reid was up against some pretty stiff competition in the Semana Nautica 6-mile swim on Sunday.But just like he has done in the weekly Reef and Run Series swims along East Beach, the former NCAA Division 2 All-Amerian from UC Davis stroked his way to victory in the race from Goleta Beach to Hendry’s Beach on Sunday morningIn a 36-swimmer field that included several experienced open-water swimmers, Reid came out of the water first in an impressive 1 hour, 43 minutes, 50 seconds."There … [Read more...]
Reid rules Reef and Run mile swim again
When Stewart Reid enters the Reef and Run Series 1-mile ocean swim, the chances are good that he’s going to come out on top.Competing in the 11th event of the series on Tuesday at East Beach, Reid won for the fifth time and posted his fastest time of the season, 22 minutes, 46 seconds. He beat out Ed Smith (23.46), Greg Gaitan (23.51) and Chris Braden (24.12).Reid, who has won the 1.5-mile Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim in San Francisco Bay, also has a victory in the 1-kilometer swim event in … [Read more...]
Eacret wins four events at chaotic Semana Nautica meet
The traffic is always heavy downtown during the Fourth of July, but traffic in the water at Los Baños Pool was downright ridiculous for the 42nd Annual Semana Nautica Swim Meet."It's crazy, because this pool's not that big and we have probably about 1,000 swimmers all crammed in here for warmups. Warm-ups are crazy. I think I almost killed one or two little kids by accident," joked recent Dos Pueblos graduate Darrell Eacret, who won four events.COMPLETE RESULTSNearly forty swimming clubs … [Read more...]
Warkentin works through winter-like 3-mile
Olympian Mark Warkentin made it a clean sweep in the Semana Nautica 1-mile and 3-mile open-water swims this weekend, finishing off the 3-mile in 58 minutes and six seconds on Sunday morning.The water temperature dropped considerably from Saturday to Sunday, making for slower times. The reading on Saturday was 63 degrees but fell all the way to a winter-like 58 degrees on Sunday."It's probably the coldest I've ever swam in for that long of a race," Warkentin said.COMPLETE 3-MILE RESULTSMike … [Read more...]
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