Redondo Beach hosts Olympic distance ocean swim, ocean swim clinics
Quinn Fitzgerald and fellow WOWSA swimmmers checked out the this Sunday’s 10 K course in May. David Mendez With less than a week before Redondo Beach hosts a marathon-length open ocean swimming race, with dreams of becoming the home of a 2028 Olympic event, organizer Quinn Fitzgerald is nervous—but not for the swim itself. “Right now, registration is great. Numbers for the race are fantastic. Everyone is pumped and it feels like there’s built-up demand for the 5K and 10K races. But my concern is people aren’t aware of all the cool things we’re doing on Saturday,” said Fitzgerald, a board member for WOWSA, the World Open Water Swimming Association. Redondo was chosen as the event’s 2019 home after Mayor Bill Brand lobbied the organization in hopes of bringing the 2028 Olympic Marathon Swim to the South Bay. Fitzgerald and WOWSA president Steve Munatones have been preparing in Redondo since well before their first dip into the waters off of the Palos Verdes Peninsula last May. Now, with plenty of participants for the swims lined up, Fitzgerald is hoping to draw crowds to Seaside Lagoon to Saturday’s day-long celebration of all things ocean swimming. “It’s a good problem to have…
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