CEDAR ISLAND 5K SWIM
We are thrilled with the enthusiasm and incredible support for our must do open water charity swim in the Avalon back bays! We are celebrating 17 years of swimming around Cedar Island this year. The World Open Water Swimming Association named the Cedar Island 5K Swim as One of America's Top Open Water Swims. This is a list of the most unique, most popular, most historic, most beautiful, most interesting, and most challenging open water swims across the 50 states of the United States of America.
All proceeds from the race will be going to the SNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS. Athletes receive an XTERRA mesh backpack, choice of a unisex or female style tee shirt, custom event Defeet socks, event swim cap, chip timing, and a custom event finisher towel.
RACE DAY INFORMATION
Packet pick up is 7:45 am-9:15 am at AYC. There is no parking at the Avalon Yacht Club. Parking is available on surrounding streets and serviced by jitney shuttles. Port o pots will be available.
Check-in is at the Avalon Yacht Club. A bib list will be sent a few days prior to the race. You can self-mark your left hand with your bib number prior to arrival. Your bib number will be confirmed along with your ICE contact information. You will then get your athlete bag with everything you need in it. Your custom athlete bag will contain your event swim cap, timing chip and strap to be worn on either ankle. It is mandatory to wear the event swim cap provided in your bag. Also, in your bag is your event tee shirt and custom Defeet socks.
The 5K swim starts and finishes at Avalon Yacht Club. We are going back to our MASS IN WATER START at 9:40 am! Things will move very quickly so be ready to be called into the water over the timing mat. There is a MANDATORY 90 minute cut off time that is strictly enforced and if not met, you will be pulled from the course. All swimmers need to be done by 11:10 AM. Water temperature is typically mid 70s and wetsuit legal.
Course Details: This is a counter clockwise course. The back bay is nice and wide along the entire course. On water safety patrol will be there to guide you, especially to help you round the buoys. You will swim out to a WHITE NO WAKE BUOY, then turn left and stay MARSH SIDE for the open inter coastal water way. Once you are on the back bay, you will then swim on the right side of the bay/DOCK SIDE, round the three ORANGE buoys in each corner, keeping them on your left shoulder. You do NOT HAVE TO ROUND THE BUOY at the finish line. Go straight line into the exit ladder on the dock. Swimmers will exit by a swim ladder located on the end of the large floating dock at AYC. You must remove your own timing chip once you have exited up the ramp at AYC.
AWARDS
Top 5 M/F Overall, Top M/F Masters and Grand Masters, Oldest and Youngest swimmers.
TKC Open Water Summer Swim Series: The Triple Crown
This is the 2nd race of the TKC Open Water Summer Swim Series: the TRIPLE CROWN! Race #1 is the 1.2 Mile Bay Swim on July 11th and we round out the series on September 12th with the 1.2 mile Point to Point Bay Swim. Race all three events and get a Triple Crown Award. We will combine everyone's times from all three races. Top 5 male and female overall with the lowest net times will get a special award and we will crown a grand champion for 2025.