Swim Long Beach

Swim Long Beach team members Kailey Steenhausen, Carlos Rojas, Stefe, Adam Luco, Renata Schmidt, Hank Wise, Fox Wise, Jeff Lebauve, Bennett Moxon, Wilfred Diaz, Steven Johnson, Madi Walker, and Jeff Wheeler won the Gene Belshe Memorial Perpetual Trophy at the Huntington Beach Pier Swim on 23 August 2025

Swim Long Beach Catalina Channel Tandem Relay with Dylan Jones, Mike Hall, Sam Simmons, Bob Hagle, Jeff LeBauve, Steven Johnson, Megan Jones, Alan Gobron, Loren Wright, Adam Luco, Tony Gale, and Bennett Moxom with coaches Hank Wise and Katie Rowe, and escort kayakers Gerry Parker, Will Diaz, and Steve Sanchez

SWIM Long Beach won the Gene Belshe Memorial Perpetual Trophy at the 2024 Huntington Beach Pier Swim

Team Poseidon and Team Neptune on 21 September 2019 before crossing the 32.3 km Catalina Channel

SWIM Long Beach is an adult and masters swimming team headquartered in Long Beach, California with many triathletes, open water swimmers, channel swimmers, marathon swimmers, and former competitive swimmers as its members.

Swim Long Beach Relays

The Swim Long Beach Catalina Relay was a 6-person channel swimming relay that attempted a Catalina Channel crossing on 23-24 August 2014 from the California mainland to Santa Catalina Island.

Members

• Katie Rowe, Captain
• Douglas Garland
• Samantha Sears
• Wil Diaz
• Peter Knapp
• Michael Kirkpatrick
• Marrissa Carrillo, alternate swimmer
• Hank Wise, coach and support crew chief
• Mike Alger, paddler
• Adrian Straight, paddler
• Kazu Miyahara, paddler
• John Pittman, escort boat captain
• Neil van der Byl, observer
• Andrew Wortman, assistant observer

Team Poseidon and Team Neptune

Swim Long Beach organized two 6-person tandem relays that crossed the 32.2 km Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 9 hours 54-55 minutes on 21-22 September 2019 with the following members: Team Poseidon with Jeff Wheeler, Brian Kelley, Steve Sanchez, Tess Parkhouse, Jose Villa, and Tina Weidenkeller, and Team Neptune with Sam Fandrich, Mike Tran, Dave O’Neil, Devon Beebe, Fred Gilbert, and Gerry Parker.

Catalina Channel Tandem Relays

On 8 September 2024, the Swim Long Beach Catalina Channel Tandem Relays completed a 12 hour 40 minute 24 second 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel including Dylan Jones, Mike Hall, Sam Simmons, Bob Hagle, Jeff LeBauve, Steven Johnson, Megan Jones, Alan Gobron, Loren Wright, Adam Luco, Tony Gale, and Bennett Moxom with coaches Hank Wise and Katie Rowe, and escort kayakers Gerry Parker, Will Diaz, and Steve Sanchez. They won the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Aquatic Capital of America.

External links

• Heavenly Stars Above + Light Show Below: Hank Wise and Brandon Samaniego Enjoy a Tandem Catalina Crossing
• Catalina Channel Rivalry Continues: Hank Wise versus Samuel Neri
• Big Surf Postpones the 75th Huntington Beach Pier Swim
• Happenings In Huntington
• SWIM Long Beach Rules The Waves in the 73rd Huntington Beach Pier Swim
• Gustavo Penilla Lit Up The Pool And Open Water
• The Colors Of Catalina Crossings
• Teamwork Makes The Dream Work: Neptune & Poseidon
• Tough As Nails Across The Catalina Channel
• Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
• Sea Monkeys Hang Around Seal Beach Pier
• Swim Long Beach Have Serious Fun
• Swim Long Beach