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Kelley Prebil
Kelley Prebil is an American open water swimmer and channel swim observer. She is a member the South End Rowing Club, Oak Streakers of Laguna Beach and competes for the San Mateo Masters. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and started swimming at the age of 2. She competed on her high school swim team as a backstroke sprinter. She returned to swimming seriously in 2012 after having her pelvis surgically broken twice to correct her hip dysplasia. Shortly afterwards, she discovered that she's better at long distance than sprinting and started open water swimming.
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Five Bridges Swim[edit]
- On 26-27 May 2019, she served as the observer of the Five Bridges Swim by Ken Mignosa in San Francisco Bay, California.
Training[edit]
She primarily trains in the San Francisco Bay with the South End Rowing Club and Team Nadadores Locos in San Francisco and a lifetime member of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. She is also an official observer for the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation.
Channel Swimming[edit]
- On 13 July 2014, she completed the 8.4 km Semana Nautica Ocean Swim in Santa Barbara, California in 3 hours 23 minutes 20 seconds.
- On 20 September 2014, she completed a 19.6 km (12.2-mile) crossing of Santa Barbara Channel from Anacapa Island to the California mainland in 10 hours 25 minutes 48 seconds with the help from Grace van der Byl, Cherie Edborg, Carol Hayden, Susie Tang, Ray Kilz, and Tom Reilly. She was escorted by a large pod of dolphin ranging from 10 to 40 animals at a time for 2 hours from 4 to 6 am that followed her.
- On July 21, 2015 she participated in the inaugural David Yudovin Memorial Relay swimming from Catalina Island to Cabrillo Beach (23 miles). They raised almost US$40,000 for the City of Hope Cancer Research Fund through Swim Across America and finished in 14 hours 24 minutes.
- On 15 August 2015, she crossed the 32.3 km (20.2-mile) Catalina Channel from the Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 17 hours 25 minutes 48 seconds with her escort crew of Peter Hayden (crew chief), Howard Burns, Neil van der Byl, and Cathy Harrington. 4-foot swells and a strong current pushed her East and caused her to land at the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles instead of the usual beach landing near Long Point in Rancho Palos Verdes.
- In August 2016, she served as the observer for Melissa Berkay's butterfly crossing of the Catalina Channel.
SBCSA Lifetime Members[edit]
The following individuals are lifetime members of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association:
- Rami Aramis (2007)
- Vic Anderson (2013)
- Herb Barthels (2012)
- Howard Burns (2014)
- John Chung (2012)
- Nick Caine (2011)
- Jane Cairns (2013)
- Emilio Casanueva (2006)
- Ned Denison (2006)
- Cherie Edborg (2012)
- Sylvia Glenn (2014)
- Carol Hayden (2014)
- Peter Hayden (2014)
- Ken Hintz (2014)
- Monica Jones (2014)
- Lynn Kubasek (2010)
- Paul Lewis (2008)
- Michelle Macy (2013)
- Anthony McCarley (2014)
- Jim McConica (2007)
- Michelle Premeaux McConica (2013)
- Dean McNeil (2011)
- Darren Miller (2012)
- Bob Needham (2013)
- Tina Neill (2011)
- Jim Neitz (2011)
- Forrest Nelson (2011)
- Michelle Poole (2014)
- Kelley Prebil (2014)
- Julian Rusinek (2013)
- Theo Schmeeckle (2013)
- Ingrid Schmitz (2014)
- Walter Bean Scott (2012)
- Ellen Shockro (2012)
- Seth Streeter (2006)
- Scott Tapley (2013)
- Dave Van Mouwerik (2013)
- David Yudovin (2012)
- Scott Zornig (2009)
Marathon Swim Stories[edit]
She appeared with Shannon House Keegan on Marathon Swim Stories.
External links[edit]
- Shannon House Keegan Talks Marathon Swimming Stories
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
- Kelley Prebil
- Kelley's Swimming Blog
- High Fives All Around For DRIVEN
- Will Swim (In Really Cold Water) For Food
- The Look Of The Open Water
- Tori Gorman Completes The Triple Crown
- Driven Featured In Montana
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Berkay's Butterfly Brings Benefits
- Butterfly Felt So Much Healthier
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- More To Come: The Next Generation Across Channels
