Catfish Crawl Open Water Swim - East Bay

Catfish Crawl Open Water Swim - East Bay

Hosted by Menlo Masters

Shadow Cliffs Recreation Area, Pleasanton CA

Sunday, April 25, 2010

8:00 a.m. — 2 mile swim
8:25 a.m. — Youth 500 yard swim
8:35 a.m. — Boys and Girls 1 mile swim
10:00 a.m. — 1 mile swim 

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About the Catfish Crawl @ Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area

This event will be an expansion of Catfish Crawl South Bay and will start a series for Bay Area swimming events produced by USA Productions. We will be adding several new facets to our events for collegiate and high school challenges. We know there are plenty of triathletes and swimmers in the Bay Area, and they can now enjoy our open water swims to train for upcoming triathlon events, or simply just get out of the pool and the monotony of lap swimming. Shadow Cliffs is ideal for competition, offering clean water, warm sun, and a beach party atmosphere.

About The Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area:

A haven for swimming and fishing can be found at Shadow Cliffs, only a mile from downtown Pleasanton on Stanley Boulevard. Shadow Cliffs, formerly a gravel quarry, was donated to the Park District by Kaiser Industries, and its assessed value of $250,000 was used to obtain a matching grant for development of the park from the U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. With this start, the Park District has developed a 266-acre park including an 80-acre lake and a four-flume waterslide, with ample parking and picnic grounds. There are facilities for persons with physical challenges. Besides the main lake, the shady areas and quiet waters make for a peaceful retreat on hot summer days. www.ebparks.org/parks/shadow_cliffs

Race Details

Race Categories:

-Masters
-Wetsuit/Non-Wetsuit
-Youth

Schedule of Events

Start times are approximate and may change up to or on the day of the event. 

Course Map & Details

All swims are deep water start and will go off in the following waves above.

Courses will all be counter clockwise in direction and will follow the large yellow and orange neon buoys around the 500 yard, 1 mile and 2 mile courses.

The large yellow buoys will be major turns on the 1 and 2 mile courses. The 2 mile participants will complete the course twice and all 1 and 2 mile swims will finish on the beach.

The 500 yard youth swimmers will have a course marked with smaller orange buoys and each major turn will have a blue marker around the buoy and lifeguards directing participants arond each of the two turns. This swim will finish on the beach as well.

***Course Map Coming Soon***

Driving Directions:

From San Francisco & the East Bay
Take 580 East
Exit Santa Rita Road towards Pleasanton
Left on Valley Ave
Left on Stanley Blvd
Right into Shadow Cliffs Regional Park

From San Jose
Take 680 North
Exit Sunol Blvd (Castlewood) twd Pleasanton
Sunol becomes 1st Street
1st Street becomes Stanley Blvd
Right into Shadow Cliffs Regional Park

Public Transportation:

Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority WHEELS #10 (from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station and downtown Livermore) stops at Shadow Cliffs daily. To confirm bus schedule: (925) 455-7500 or 511 (TDD/TTY 800-448-9790; website: www.transit.511.org).

Race Day Information:

There WILL be race day registration; no one will be turned away! All swimmers, all levels, all are welcome! Race day registration will open at 6:30am.

Estimated water temperature in April:  65 degrees

Packet Pick-up:

Satruday, April 24, 2010 at a location TBD. Late Registration will also occur at this location!

Post Race Massage:

A professional sports massage team from Team Clinic will be on site to provide post race massages.

About Pacific Masters Swimming

Pacific Masters Swimming is a regional organization that is affiliated with US Masters Swimming. It provides organized workouts, competitions, clinics and workshops for adults 18 and over. Programs are open to all adult swimmers fitness, triathlete, competitive, non-competitive) who are dedicated to improving their fitness through swimming.

Pacific is organized with over 100 clubs in Northern California and Nevada. Membership numbers over 10,000, with individual members ranging in age from 18 to over 95. All Pacific Masters programs are designed to help swimmers improve fitness and/or train for specific goals, and offer active support for a healthy lifestyle through friendship, and camaraderie. For more information, go to http://www.pacificmasters.org/

Chip Timing:

This race will be timed using chip transpoders. Upon checking in you will receive a chip that is traditionally worn on the ankle. It is the athlete's responsibility to wear the chip during the entire race, if you do not wear the chip you will NOT be timed and you will not get your splits! If your part of a 2-person or 3-person relay team it is each individual sole responsibility to hand the chip off to teammates inside the Transition Area.

The Athlete is also 100% totally responsible for the return of the chip, our waiver will have a disclaimer that must be signed that states you the athlete must return the chip or be billed accordingly by our timing company. It is the racers responsibility to make sure if you cannot attend the race that the chip will be returned within 7- business days to USA Productions LLC.

Event Insurance:

All participants, sponsors, vendors, and park staff will be covered under Pacific Masters Swimming Sanctioning Policy.