By sea, sand, road, pool, court, 75th Semana Nautica was a hit

One of the beautiful things about the Semana Nautica summer sports festival is the unpredictability of the events. The athletes who participated in … [Read more...]

Smith, Glusac churn out victories in 5-mile biathlon

The four-mile sand run seemed to be the easy part for the finely fit 24 athletes doing the Semana Nautica 5-mile biathlon at East Beach. The … [Read more...]

Morrison, Weigand conquer 3-mile swim

Evan Morrison and Courtney Weigand were forced to combat choppy seas on Saturday to win Saturday's Semana Nautica 3-mile ocean swim along Santa … [Read more...]

Smith, Eacret fight through current, kelp to win Semana Nautica 6-mile swim

If swimming six miles in the ocean isn’t challenging enough, the competitors who took part in the annual Semana Nautica event also had to deal with a … [Read more...]

Aussies rule in Semana Nautica 3-mile swim

About the only thing missing at East Beach on Sunday morning was the chant, “Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi.” Australians Max Halson and Luane Rowe … [Read more...]

Shaffer takes out 3-mile in under an hour

Talk about a power hour. Former East Beach lifeguard Mike Shaffer held it down on his old stomping grounds Sunday morning, pounding out Semana … [Read more...]