SwamThat Race

SwamThat Race is an annual open water swimming event held in West Lake Okoboji, Iowa. It was founded by Arlo Lorenz in 2014. Swimmers can enter one, two, three, or four laps of a 2.5 km buoy course in Emerson Bay. Non-wetsuit finishers of the 4-lap 10 km swim are included here.

SwamThat Race route
Route Swims Fastest
Emerson Bay, W Lake Okoboji buoy course 21 Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist - 02:27:10 (2018)


2014 Sep 14

Emerson Bay, W Lake Okoboji buoy course (10 km)

SwamThat Race results - 2014
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Sharessa Gutierrez Female 33 02:43:51

2015 Sep 13

Emerson Bay, W Lake Okoboji buoy course (10 km)

SwamThat Race results - 2015
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Sarah Riley Female 32 03:07:42
2 Molly Nance Female 49 03:54:58
3 Neal Okerbloom Male 34 02:42:19

2016 Sep 11

Emerson Bay, W Lake Okoboji buoy course (10 km)

SwamThat Race results - 2016
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Neal Okerbloom Male 34-35 02:46:01
2 Jim Brandon Male 47-48 02:52:16
3 Thomas Belin Male 55 02:55:20
4 Quinn Kopelman Male 15 02:55:50
5 Paul Witmer Male 53 04:05:15
6 Fay Kilburg Female 40 04:14:21

2017 Sep 10

Emerson Bay, W Lake Okoboji buoy course (10 km)

SwamThat Race results - 2017
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Eric Moser Male 24 02:49:56
2 Liz Uribe Female 30 02:55:23
3 Becky Mantonya Female 45 03:22:56
4 Jason Park Male 38 03:51:05
5 Kathleen Christiansen Female 58 05:39:29

2018 Sep 9

Emerson Bay, W Lake Okoboji buoy course (10 km)

SwamThat Race results - 2018
Place Name Gender Age Nation Time
1 Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist Female 35 02:27:10
2 Melissa Chamberlin Female 37 02:32:48
3 Christopher Hansen Male 42 02:48:10
4 Sharessa Gutierrez Female 37 03:00:30
5 Aaron Cook Male 47 03:12:52
6 Nick Klein Male 37 03:49:17

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