CANCELED: Spring Canyon Open Water Challenge 2023

2023 SPRING CANYON OPEN WATER CHALLENGE Sunday May 28 in the Sanford Dam stilling basin near Fritch, TX LOCATION: The Sanford Dam stilling basin is a small clear-water reservoir below the dam in Spring Canyon surrounded by covered picnic tables with charcoal grills. The expected water temperature is 60—65 degrees F. COURSE: A half mile loop swum counterclockwise. Each lap starts and finishes with a short beach run. RACES: (in order) --1 & 2 mile --.5 mile STARTS: Wave starts of ten swimmers each at 1-minute intervals from the beach involving a short beach run. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to pre-registered members of US Masters Swimming or USA-Swimming. No on-site registration. SWIMWEAR: There will be wetsuit and non-wetsuit categories. All swimmers will pull a safety tow buoy for identification and safety. DIRECTIONS: Put SANFORD DAM RM 687 FRITCH TEXAS your maps app. EVENT DIRECTOR: Tom Harris EMAIL—tom@westtexasswimcoaching.com