U.S. Masters Swimming Open Water Service Award

Recipient:	Joel Wilson
Year:	2019
LMSC:	Pacific

Joel Wilson has been active for many years in Pacific.  He's a coach who developed a large Masters program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has worked hard to help it grow, has run almost all Pacific's Long Course Championship Meets, has been a voice in the community for aquatic issues and concerns, and is himself an outstanding open water and long distance swimmer.  Joel has provided Pacific with great leadership in meet operations, open water, and long distance swimming.  He created the Cruz Cruise, originally a 5 mile cold ocean swim, that is now a 2 mile swim.  It's people like Joel whose contributions have helped Masters swimming grow and prosper.