Midwest Open Water Swims - 2018

Calendar of organized open-water swim races in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Confirmed 2018 dates.
DateSwimLocationTypeDistance
6/3/2018 Zoom Open Water Swim #1 Delaware, OH lake 1.5 km, 3 km, 5 km
6/9/2018 USMS Sprint Distance Open Water National Championship Makenda, IL lake 1 mi, 5K
6/9/2018 Gull Lake Challenge Nisswa, MN lake 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
6/16/2018 END-WET Grand Forks, ND river 36 mi
6/23/2018 Central Illinois OW Swim Hudson, IL lake 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
6/23/2018 Lake Harriet Lake Harriet, MN lake 1 mi, 2 mi
6/23/2018 Minocqua Island Swim Challenge Minocqua, WI lake 1 mi
7/1/2018 Zoom Open Water Swim #2 Wilmington, OH lake 3 km, 5 km
7/7/2018 Big Swell - Devil's Lake Baraboo, WI lake 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
7/8/2018 Poseidon Swim Challenge Indianapolis, IN river 2 km
7/14/2018 Brogan Lake Erie Open Water Classic Cleveland, OH lake 0.5 mi, 1 mi, 2 mi
7/14/2018 Lake Rebecca Lake Rebecca, MN lake 5 km
7/21/2018 Swim Across America - Chicago Chicago, IL lake 0.5 mi, 1 mi, 1.5 mi, 3 mi
7/28/2018 Clean Lakes Alliance Shoreline Swim Madison, WI lake 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
7/29/2018 Great Lake Plunge Evanston, IL lake 200m, 1km, 2km, 4km
8/4/2018 Point to LaPointe Swim Bayfield, WI lake 2 mi
8/5/2018 Harbor Springs Coastal Crawl Harbor Springs, MI lake 1, 2 & 3 miles
8/5/2018 Swim the Bridge Saylorville Lake, IA lake 500m, 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi, 5 km
8/5/2018 Swim 4 Freedom Lake Geneva, WI lake 3 mi, 6 mi
8/11/2018 Cream City Classic Milwaukee, WI river 1.5 mi
8/11/2018 Swim for Grand Traverse Bay Traverse City, MI lake 2 mi
8/11/2018 Minnetonka Challenge Minneapolis, MN lake 5 mi
8/18/2018 Fidler's Pond Swim Goshen, IN lake 1 mi
8/18/2018 Endless Summer Beach Swim Gary, IN lake 1 mi, 2 mi
8/18/2018 Madison Open Water Swim Madison, WI lake 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
8/19/2018 Swim to the Moon Pinckney, MI lake 0.5 mi, 1.2 mi, 5K, 10 km
8/19/2018 Big Swell - McKinley Beach Milwaukee, WI lake 2.5 km, 5 km
8/25/2018 Park Point - Lake Superior Duluth, MN lake 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k and 5k
8/26/2018 Zoom Open Water Swim #3 Oxford, OH lake 3 km, 5 km
8/26/2018 Break A Wave Traverse City, MI lake 1 mi, 2 mi
9/8/2018 Big Shoulders Chicago, IL lake 2.5K, 5 km
9/8/2018 JJ Hill Lake Minnetonka, MN lake 1 mi, 2 mi
9/9/2018 Swam That Race West Lake Okoboji, IA lake 2.5K, 5K, 7.5K, and 10K
9/16/2018 Zoom Open Water Swim #4 Delaware, OH lake 3 km, 5 km

2018 dates not yet known

DateSwimLocationTypeDistance
6/10/2017 Geoffrey Keller Memorial OW Swim Marshall, IL lake 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
6/10/2017 Warsaw Aqua Mile Warsaw, IN lake 1 mi
6/17/2017 Indy O.W. Challenge (USMS 2-mi Cable Champs) Indianapolis, IN lake 2 mi
7/15/2017 Lucky Duck Open Water Swim Sylvania, OH lake 5 km, 1 mi
8/5/2017 U. of Okoboji Swim West Lake Okoboji, IA lake 3.5 mi
8/12/2017 Friends Of Plaza Pool OW Swim Presque Isle, MI lake 1 mi, 0.5 mi
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