LAST GASP OF SUMMER 2014
A beautiful sunny day was in store for us today! Although we had a little wind and gray skies the weather was great, the enthusiasm was awesome and the race was a huge success!
The award ceremony was fun and there was lots of great food which equals lots of happy swimmers.
Some fun facts about The Last Gasp of Summer 2014
- This was the 3rd year for USA Swimmers and they were raring to go! We had 28 swimmers, 15 swam the 1 mile and 13 swam the 2 mile.
- USMS had 79 swimmers compete this year and the swimmers were strong!
- USA swimmers broke 2 records in the 2 mile race: 1 male and 1 female see the full results on the results page
- USMS swimmers broke 3 records in the 1 mile non-wetsuit, 1 record in the 1 mile wetsuit, 1 record in the 2 mile non-wetsuit and 2 records in the 2 mile wetsuit see the full results on the results page
Blue Wave Aquatics and Valley Aquatics Swim Team would like to thank all the Officials and volunteers on shore, all the lifeguards, kayakers, and Officials in the water for their support! We would also like to thank BUDU Racing for running the race with their awesome staff and timing equipment! And last but not least our Sponsors - WOW another year of amazing sponsors! Thank you to all our sponsors we couldn't have done it without you!
LAST GASP OF SUMMER 2013
Rain, thunder, lightning was the forecast. Our set up crew, on Friday, got a little taste of what was in store for us Saturday morning - rain and lots of it. NO this was The Last Gasp of Summer, we might get a little bit of rain but it always clears up and is beautiful.
Saturday morning we had all looked at the hour by hour and thought we could sneak The Last Gasp of Summer in before the rain was suppose to hit. We arrived to Angle Lake at 7:30 to beautiful skies with no rain in sight. We set up the race and the swimmers began to arrive - still no rain in sight.
It turned out to be a beautiful day, great races, and a fun picnic after the event. Another successful Last Gasp of Summer!
Some fun facts for 2013!
- This was the 2nd year for USA Swimmers and they were excited to swim. We had 23 USA Swimmers. 5 swimmers swam the 500 meters, 3 swam the 2 mile event, and 15 swam the 1 mile event.
- We finally broke 100 USMS swimmers this year! We actually had 108 swimmers compete.
- USA swimming broke 1 record and set 2 new records - See Results Page
- USMS swimming broke 26 records and set 5 new records - See Results Page
Blue Wave Aquatics and Valley Aquatics Swim Team would like to thank all the Officials and volunteers on shore, all the lifeguards, kayakers, and Officials in the water for their support! We would also like to thank BUDU Racing for running the race with their awesome staff and timing equipment! And last but not least our Sponsors - WOW another year of amazing sponsors! Thank you to all our sponsors we couldn't have done it without you!
LAST GASP OF SUMMER 2012
Despite the foggy morning with a little drizzle the music was playing, the swimmers were registering, and the lifeguards and officials were preparing their gear.
At 9:50 am the fog had lifted, the music was a little louder, and the excitement was building. Our 2 mile event started at 10:00 with a sliver of sunshine, our 1 mile started at 10:15, and our 500 meters started around 11:30 without a glitch.
With excited and HUNGRY swimmers we headed off to a great picnic lunch for all our swimmers and volunteers, handed out awards and celebrated another successful LAST GASP OF SUMMER!
Some fun facts for this year:
- USA Swimming had 25 swimmers - this was their first year swimming LGOS!
- USMS had 98 swimmers - this was their second year swimming LGOS
- USA Swimming set 10 new records - See Results Page
- USMS set 41 new records - See Results Page
Blue Wave Aquatics and Valley Aquatics Swim Team would like to thank all the Officials and volunteers on shore, all the lifeguards, kayakers, and Officials in the water and the Angle Lake Shore Club for their support! The Angle Lake Shore Club members offer their time, kayaks and boats at the Last Gasp of Summer each year! We would also like to thank BUDU Racing for running the race with their awesome staff and timing equipment! And last but not least our Sponsors - WOW another year of amazing sponsors! Thank you to all our sponsors we couldn't have done it without you!
THANK YOU for another successful year!
LAST GASP OF SUMMER 2011
First year of Last Gasp of Summer. This was tradionally our Men and Women of Steel annual picnic that Blue Wave Aquatics held to celebrate another successful year of swimming.