Jim Whelan Open Water Festival
The Jim Whelan Open Water Festival is an open water swimming event held in Atlantic City, New Jersey that is named after former Atlantic City Major Jim Whelan. It includes a a 400m and 2 km ocean swim and a renewal of the historic 22.5-mile (36.2 km) Atlantic City Around The Island Swim.
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Organizers
Robin Taylor of Green Whales Inc., with the blessing and support of the Whelan Family, the City of Atlantic City, the Atlantic City Board of Education, beach patrols of Ventnor, Margate, and Longport, USA Swimming, and local police, fire and rescue personnel.
Objective
To honor the late Jim Whelan and to support the Whelan’s Whales swim lesson and water safety program. The Atlantic City Around The Island Swim is part of the inaugural Jim Whelan Open Water Festival that will be held on 14 July 2019.
Around the Island Marathon History
Two Atlantic City lifeguards bet that they could swim around the island of Atlantic City in 1953. That began a long history of the Around the Island Marathon (ATI Marathon) that was last swum in 2006. Green Whales Inc. is bringing the historic race back for its 54th edition. The ATI Marathon is 22.75 miles (36.62 km) in length with 16 individual athlete spots and 8 relay team spots (up to 6 athletes per team).
Contact
- usas.meetdirector@gmail.com or +1-609-432-5218.
- The Fundraising and Co-Volunteer Coordinator is Robin Taylor (+1-609-266-7946).
Charity
All proceeds and fundraising from the festival’s three races (400m, 2 km, 36.62 km) will help support the free Whelan’s Whales program and the Atlantic City swimming and water safety youth programs.
External links
- 56th Around The Island® Swim in Atlantic City
- Around And Around They Go In Atlantic City
- Atlantic City Around The Island Redux
- History Returns: Jim Whelan Open Water Festival
- Around the Island Marathon registration
- Jim Whelan Open Water Festival
- Jim Whelan Open Water Festival Facebook page
- Green Whales
- 2002 Around the Island (Absecon) Marathon Swim
- Around Absecon Island
- Round The Island Swim
- Swimming Before The Crack Of Dawn
- Marathon Swimmers Take Coast Around Atlantic City
- International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Origins
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation History
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- WPMSF Led To IMSHOF
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- The World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- A Giant Of The Sport, Joe Grossman
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation website
- Water Marathon Around Absecon Island
- I Got Stung
- Cape Circumnavigation Challenge Field Announced
- Karl Munce Resurfaces
- Dangers, Risks: Who's Responsible In The Open Water?
- The Unsung Heroes Of Yesteryear's Atlantic City Race
- Like Daughter, Like Father, Christine And Robert Cossette
- The Uniqueness Of Rob Copeland
- Following In The Wake Of Stéphane Lecat
- The Swimming Grandfather Set Stage For The 21st Century
- Dale Petranech, A Lifetime Of Achievement
- Greta Andersen To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
- Monique Wildschut Inducted In Swimming Hall Of Fame
- Alfredo Camarero, 1931-2012
- Donald Trump In The Open Water
- Attila Molnar Peaked In The Mid-1990s
- Trump versus Clinton, Part 3 of 3
- Robert Cossette Lived Heroically
- The Lifeguards Who Made It Work
- Bill Goll's Rare Double Above, Below And In The Water
- Blood In The Water
- Safety From Harassment In The Open Water Community
- Jim Whelan, The Legend Of Atlantic City, Passes Away
- Kathrin Kammers Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Mohamed Ahmed Marouf Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong
- Mohamed Ahmed Marouf Joins Line Of Egyptian Greats
- When Three Became One
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Boatmen, Pilots, Crews, Unsung Heroes Of Marathons
- Around The Island In New Jersey With David Weinberg
