Jim Neitz
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Jim Neitz is a member of the Ventura Deep Six which received the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. He completed two channel swims in the Santa Barbara Channel: the 12.4-mile Anacapa Channel swim from Anacapa Island to Silverstrand Beach on 1 September 2011 in 10 hours 43 minutes, and the 18.0-mile Anacapa Channel swim from Anacapa (west end) to Ventura on 6 May 2011 in 10 hours 23 minutes. He also completed the Catalina Channel and the English Channel on 22 September 2011 in 15 hours 2 minutes, and is a lifetime member of the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. He has done two of the Southern California Eight and completed the 28.5-mile quiet swim around Manhattan Island organized by NYC Swim on 24 August 2013 in 8 hours 54 minutes where he achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
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Ventura Deep Six
Ventura Deep Six are six men from the Ventura County Masters Swim Club including Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and Mike Shaffer set the longest non-stop ocean relay record when they swam 202 miles from Ventura to San Diego along the California coast in 2010. The effort took 4 days 5 hours 39.53 minutes and was a logistical extravaganza and open water swimming operational milestone.
Video in the Anacapa Channel
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SBCSA Lifetime Members
Neitz is a lifetime member 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)
External links
- Catherine Is A Special Breed, Swimming Beyond The Black Line Down the Coast of California
- A Marathon Swimming Inflection Point: New York City, June 2011
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association Swim Successes
- Open Water Swimming
- English Channel website
- Welcome to the English Channel
- Marathon Swimming
- Swim Agelessly In The Open Water
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation official website
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association website
- Jim Neitz in the Anacapa Channel
- U.S. Masters Swimming SWIMMER Magazine
- U.S. Masters Swimming Fan Page
- U.S. Masters Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- NYC Swim
- Women Swimming Circles Around Manhattan Island
- Jim Neitz Facebook page
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Jim Neitz Is 69
- Lucky 13 - Suzie Dods Completes The Triple Crown
- New York City Is Rarely Quiet, Swimming Around Manhattan
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming list
- Quietly, 9 Swimmers Complete The Circle In Manhattan
- Lexie Kelly Changes From High Heels To Flip Flops
- Triple Crowners Showcase Their Fountain Of Youth - Age of Triple Crowners
- Record-setting Relays Rock 'N Roll
- Offshore Odysseys On The Increase
