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The 60th Reunion is scheduled for September 13 to September 15, 2019.

As more information becomes available we will post it on this annoucement and eventually on its own page.

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Michael Abelson

I'm not posting a photo this year, because the route from Alcatraz to SF was closed two days before the race due to windy conditions. Of course, the morning of the race conditions were perfect. Instead of racing back to SF from the prison all 700 or so swimmers were all put in a small .8 mile, bay at the original finish line. We swam in a circle outside of 8 buoys. It was the most violent race I'd even been in due to excessive crowding. It was impossible to pass other swimmers, and I was glad to have my teeth at the end--of course at this age I'm lucky to have any teeth at all. This was a throwaway race, because many swimmers violated the rules and swam inside the buoys shortening the course. Swimmers had come from over fifteen countries and most states to do this, and it was sad they couldn't swim the course. Next month I'm racing in the Mystic River in CT and hoping better weather cooperates.