A note from Midge Kerr, Director, Cedar Island Swim Sunday, August 24th, 7:45am:

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. Following criteria is used to Determine the list of  open water swims :

1. History 2. Uniqueness 3. Popularity 4. Difficulty 5. Attention to Safety 6. Global geographic distribution

The 5K swim starts and finishes at Avalon Yacht Club. The course is designed to be going with the tide throughout the event! All proceeds from the race will be going to the Wounded Warrior Project, Team Semper Fi, Navy Seal Foundation, Philadelphia Veterans Comfort Home, Philadelphia Treats For Troops, American Legion Post #331, and Mission K9 Rescue. Racers receive an athlete bag, Zorrel technical shirt, custom Defeet socks, and swim cap.

EVENT IS SOLD OUT!!! THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HAVE REGISTERED!!! COME OUT AND CHEER ON THESE ENDURANCE ATHLETES AS THEY SWIM AROUND CEDAR ISLAND!

Cedar Island Swim Map 2014