This year’s race will be featuring our NEWEST EVENT alongside our traditional 2.25 mile open water swim!!! The “Short-n-Sweet” swim will be a ¼ mile swim and is open to ALL ages. The “Short-n-Sweet” swim begins at 8:30 am. Beginner swim starts at 9 am and the Advanced swim starts at 9:30 am (both are 2.25 miles). All swims will start at Negaunee’s Teal Lake beach, in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula, with the long races finishing at Ishpeming’s beach at Al Quaal.

This year we are excited to announce that our SPECIAL GUEST speaker is 3 time Olympian, Gary Hall Jr. Gary Hall Jr. is an Olympic swimmer (1996, 2000, 2004) and winner of 10 Olympic medals (5 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze). He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1999. Gary is a role model to many, demonstrating that diabetes does not have to stand between a hard working individual and their dream.