First Team Swimming
Race across the Ka’iwi Channel set for August
Ka’iwi Channel Swim race directors, Steve Haumschild and
Jeff Kozlovich, are announcing the first ever team race across the 28 miles of
Ka’iwi Channel from the west shore of Molokai to Sandy Beach on the east shore
of Oahu. The race will be held on August
24, 2013 and is limited to 40 teams of 2 or 6 swimmers. Kozlovich thinks that the race will “…put
some meaning back into the word epic.”
While there have been 29 swimmers recorded as having crossed
the Ka’iwi Channel on their own, this is the first organized team race across
the channel. Both Haumschild and
Kozlovich have served as personal escorts to various world class open water
swimmers (Bill Goding, Penny Palfrey, Darren Miller, Oliver Wilkinson, and
others) and their experiences led them to imagine an event that would bring the
giants of the field to compete with, and against, each other, with a healthy
representation of the open water swimming community joining in on the fun.
This race isn’t just for the giants. Haumschild and Kozlovich are hoping there are some “giant-slayers” that will jump
into the fun by forming their own teams or joining ranks with the giants. Local swimmers, with plenty of credentials of
their own and Ka’iwi Channel experience, are encouraged to get in the water as
team members or team support.
This is shaping up to be one incredible race that will
strengthen the open water swimmer presence in Hawaii and create amazing
memories and friendships. Haumschild
sees the race participants as “… some of the most competitive, experienced and
trained athletes in the world.”
Registration for this race opens on March 15, 2013 and more
information can be found on the Ka’iwi Swim Race website: kaiwichannelswimrace.blogspot.com or by
contacting Jeff Kozlovich at kozhawaii@gmail.com.
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