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- Swim Suits
- Goggles
- Hand paddles
- Pull Buoys
- Goggle strap
- Swim fins
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- Right In Honolulu!
- Swim Equipment
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- City and County Pool Schedule and phone numbers! Mahalo to Masters Swimmer: Roger Komori for compiling the information!!!
 In 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui
challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids
to swim upstream against the current of their circumstance. The
goal? To become Olympians. They were the Three-Year Swim Club. This is their story!
Hawaii Swimming Legacy
- Everything
Changed
- on
June 28, 2010
Any comments or corrections
may be directed to:808swim@gmail.com
United States Swimming
- Rule Book
For
"New" parents
and swimmers only.
Stories
of Coach
Soichi Sakamoto
- The Dailey News of Open Water Swimming
- Hawaii Swimming
Legacy
- Hawaii
Swimming Hall of Fame
- Look for VMAC
Information and Hours!
- Hawaii
- Channel
- Swimming
from one island to another?
Stories of Coach Soichi Sakamoto
- Aloha Aquatics
- Aulea Swim Club
- Academy Swim Club
- Hawaii
Swimming Club
- Hickam Hurricanes
- Iolani Swim Club
- *Kailua Masters
- Kamehameha Swim Club
- Kamehameha Swim Club*Hawaii Kai
- Kona Aquatics
- Kona Dolphin Swim Team
- Manoa Aquatics
- Maui Dolphins
- North Shore Aquatics
- Pearl City Aquatics
- Pearl Harbor Aquatics
- Punahou Aquatics
- Rainbow Aquatics
- Schofield Sharks Swim Club
- South Maui Sharks
- Sun-Shine Aquatics
- Swim Kauai
Waikiki
Rough Water Swim
Swimming World Magazine
Check out SwimInfo!
 swimmers
world
Any comments or corrections may
be directed to: 808swim@gmail.com
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__Current and Past Events__
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May 19th, Oahu
A+ Age Group Meet
- Meet Results
- Mahalo to Mrs. Stephanie Monahan
for the results
- Mahalo to all the volunteer timers!
- Mahalo to all the Hawaii
SC parents and swimmers that assisted
in hosting the meet!
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May 11th, Kauai
Age Group Meet
Mahalo to Coach Karen Perreira for
the results
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May 11th, Senior
Meet
Mahalo to Mrs. Stephanie Monahan!
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May 11th, Distance
Meet
Mahalo to Mrs. Stephanie Monahan!
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May 11th, Big
Island Age Group Meet
Mahalo to Coach Ann Imoto!
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May 11th, Maui
Age Group Meet
Mahalo to Mr. David Wintermeyer!
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May 4th, Maui
Age Group Meet
Mahalo to Mr. David Wintermeyer!
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May 4th, Oahu,
BC Meet
Mahalo to Mrs. Marianne Guevara!
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Kaulakahi (Kauai to Niihau) Channel
Congratulations to Mark Tan
and Lynton Mortensen for
completing the
channel swim!
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 04/27-28/19
Mamizuka Invitational
Mahalo to Mrs. Saint Marie Gough
for the results!
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Kaiwi Channel!
Congratulations to Paul Georgescu
for a successful crossing of the Molokai Channel
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April 13 2019 Big Island meet.
Mahalo Mrs Ann Imoto
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April 7, 2019 A+meet.
Mahalo Mrs Mrs. Renee Iwamoto
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- March 3rd
- Hinamatsuri!
- Happy Girls
Day!
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- November 11th
- Veteran's Day!
- Duty, Honor,
Country
- A Salute to all
the Veterans and those who are serving!
Swimmers:
- <Cadet at U.S. Military Academy,
Westpoint> Kate Machoek, Swim Kauai Aquatics
- <Coast Guard Academy> Kayla Ishida,
Swim Kauai Aquatics
- <Air Force> Sarina Weyrick Buig
Island Swimming
Coaches:
- <Air Force> Ernest Cheung, Hawaii SC
- <Army> Quincy Kelly, Schofield Sharks
- <Army> Bill Sakovich, Hilo Aquatics
- <Army> Rodney Hayashi, Hawaii SC
- <Army> Ken Suenaga, Pearl City Aq.
- <Army> Shige Pabila, Pearl City Aq.
- <Army> Larry Oshiro, Manoa Aq.
- <Army> Spencer Shiraishi, Maui SC
- <Navy> Emmett Vidal, Hawaii SC
- <Army> Keith Arakaki, Hawaii SC
- <Army> Bill Woolsey, Hawaii SC
- <Navy> Fred Tester, Iolani ST
- <Army> Jeffrey Coakley, Liquid Aloha
Officials:
- <Army> Ken Watts, Punahou
- <Air Force> Tim Amrich
- <Active Marine> Richard Steele, Kaneohe Swim Association
- <Active Army> Chris Klem, Aulea
- <Navy> Wayne Ichimura, Hawaii SC
- <Air Force> Peggy Glasgow, Hawaii SC
- <Air Force> Jenny Warren, Aloha Aq.
- <Air Force> Lloyd Yonemura, The Molokai Flash!
- Veteran's Day
- Thank You For
Your Service!
PS, If I've missed anyone, please email
me. 808swim@gmail.com
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December's Waikiki Double Rough Water
Swim!
Mahalo Jim Anderson!
For those of you who want to kindle memories, our complete
picture history (1982 to 2016)
up on our web site:
https://www.longdistanceswim.com/photo-gallery.html
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Happy Father's Day
- To all the Dads that:
- Volunteer to be a timer
- Volunteer to be an official
- Set up the team tent
- Take down the team tent
- Drive the kids to swim practice and swim meets!
- Go back home to pickup the suit and goggles.
- Help and support the swim club you're with
- Bring snacks to practice
- Cheer for your child!
- Help the Swim Coaches
Have A GREAT
Father's Day!
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For This Summer, Practice Ocean
Safety!
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- University of
Hawaii
- Swimming and Diving!
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- Mahalo UH Coach Christel
for the video!
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 The
International Swimming Hall of Fame, inducts its 2017 Class.
Hawaii
Swimming Champion, Halo Hirose is inducted!
His daughter, Sono Hirose-Huber accepts on his behalf.
Hawaii
Olympian, Sonny Tanabe remarks!
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Waikiki Rough Water Swim,
for
the record!
A list of the Finisher Status, compiled by distance swimmer,
Alton Motobu
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- Happy Mother's
Day,
- to all you Swim
Moms!
- Timing at swim meets
- Officiating
- Snacks for the swim team
- Morning practice
- Afternoon practice
- Towel, Suits, Fins, Goggles....
- Car pool
- Waiting with other swimmers until their parents pick them
up!
- Mahalo and have a
- GREAT Mother's Day!!!
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What
Is Swimming, from our friends in other Pacific Island
Nations
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 On Hawaiian Airlines, the
month of June, there's a great article about the sport of swimming
in their in-flight magazine "Hana Hou"
The article as it appears in the Hana Hou magazine!
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Memorial Day!
In Honor and Memory of those Coaches, Former Swimmers
and Parents of the swimmers that have served, and gave the ultimate
sacrifice.
The Waikiki Natatorium, a monument in memory of all
those who served during the wars, from Hawaii!
At the Patsy Mink Park Central Oahu Regional Park @ Waipio,
the Veteran's Memorial Aquatic Center!
You will not be forgotten!
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Stayin' Alive at
Chattanooga Fire Academy 2013
A simple explanation on CPR
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Struggles, only a swimmer will understand!
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Did your mom or dad swim in Hawaii? How about your grandparents
or uncles and aunties.
Swim Booklets from past years.
1960 Age group champs, Schofield Sharks 40th reunion and Keo
Nakama booklets dating to the 1950's.
Still under construction, more to come!
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If you live in a hurricane-prone
area or have family and friends who do, you know just
how important a little help can be when a hurricane is on the
way. Now help is in your hand.
Be ready for what nature brings with the official Red Cross Hurricane
app.
Get the app ,it's free! ,and be
prepared. Search the iTunes
or Google
Play apps store with keyword "Red Cross" and
download the app. Encourage students in your classes to do the
same ,especially in areas where hurricanes occur.
With Hurricane by American Red Cross, you can monitor conditions
in your area or throughout the storm track, prepare your family
and home, find help and let others know you are safe even if
the power is out. Hurricane by American Red Cross is a must-have
app for anyone who lives in an area where a hurricane may strike
or has loved ones who do.
Thanks Earle Yonezawa for
the link!
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Spotting
a drowning victim. Mahalo to Glenn
Pang for the information
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 You know as well as anyone,
accidents happen every day. Burns. Broken bones. Bee stings.
With the official American Red Cross First Aid App, you can have
expert advice for everyday emergencies in the palm of your hand.
Get the app , It's Free! and be prepared for what life brings.
Search the iTunes
and Google
Play app stores with keyword: Red Cross and download the
app.
Download and rate the app today and ask your family and friends
to do the same.
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Swimming from one island to another, in Japan!
- Tsugaru Strait
Swimming Association. Recognized by the Hakodate, Hokkaido municipal
government
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Two swimmers were inducted in the Hawaii
Waterman Hall of Fame. Duke Kahanamoku
and Keo Nakama!
The Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation present the Hawaii Waterman
Hall of Fame celebrates individuals whose contributions
to water-sports unite, Inspire, and remind us of the unique opportunities
our oceans provide our communitites.
Honoring
- Duke Kahanamoku
- Swimming, surfing, canoe paddling, Wally
Froiseth - Surfing, canoe paddling, Fred
Hemmings - Surfing, paddling
- Buffalo
Keaulana - Surfing, Rabbit Kekai
- Surfing, canoe paddling, Keo
Nakama - Swimming, Nappy
Napolean - Canoe paddling
- Rell Sunn
- Surfing and paddling, Eddie Aikau
- Surfing and ocean safety
- The formation of the Hawaii
Waterman Hall of Fame.
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 Remember
this MidWeek newspaper highlight
potter Jeff Chang. But they
never mentioned his high school swimming career! Jeff swam (Breaststroker)
for the Lab School at the University of Hawaii. His
team mate, current Senator Norman Sakamoto!
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A historical
study of the development of the competitive swimming of Hawaii
up to 1916. By Ralph
Wright
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- Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame
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HANA HOU By Ed Ching "And the winner of the
high point individual trophy for the men's, 12 years and under
group, is.....
A tribute to Coach Soichi Sakamoto.
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Honolulu Advertiser sports writer
Wes Nakama writes about Swimmer and Baseball player, Keo
Nakama
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 Swimming from one island
to another - solo. These are the long distance, marathon
athletes that swim the Hawaiian
Channels!
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The island of Maui, 44th Annual Coach Soichi Sakamoto Invitational.
Meet
perpetuates coaching legacies
Mahalo Coach Malcolm Cooper for the
results!!
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 Rainbow Invitational
June , 2019
Description: Venue - Veteran's Memorial Aquatic Center; Host
- BOWS
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- 71st Keo Nakama
- Swim Invitational
- July 5 - 7, 2019
- Honoring one of
the 3 Year Swim Club Members!
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- Hawaii Swimming Hall of
Fame Invitational!
- August 2019
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- Event Date: August
, 2019
- 2018 Meet Results
- Honoring Swimmers, Coaches, Diving, Water Polo Athletes that
made a difference in Hawaii!
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And the winner of the Spirit Award
- Island of Kauai
- August 18-19,
2018
- Mokihana Fun Meet!
Mahalo Coach Orlando for the results
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- Al Minn Invitational
- HOSTED BY AULEA
- Sep 22, 2018 - Sep 23, 2018
- Mahalo Saint Marie Gough for the results!
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- 39th Annual Ken Suenaga Invitational
Dec 1, 2018 - Dec 2, 2018
- Mahalo Mrs. Andrea Iwamoto for the
results!
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- The
Story of the butterfly
- A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
- One day a small opening appeared.
- He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it
struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
- Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go further.....
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 The blue
ribbon campaign, to remind us to prevent child abuse
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808swim@gmail.com
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