Peirsol will host and participate in the event, and NBC Olympic broadcaster and Olympic Gold medal swimmer Rowdy Gaines, will serve as master of ceremonies for the event. Peirsol and Gaines will also teach a swim clinic for all ages on Saturday morning, October 10.
"Protecting our world's oceans is very important to me because I grew up swimming in the Pacific Ocean and, now that I have a chance to make a difference, it's important to me to help people understand that we can't take the beauty of our oceans for granted," said Peirsol. "This is a great chance for people to experience the joy of swimming in Florida's warm ocean waters and raise awareness for an important cause."
Aaron Peirsol's Race for the Oceans will feature a clinic, 500 yard Junior swim, a one kilometer swim, and a five kilometer swim and relays both masters and youth swimmers.
Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world's oceans. Teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life. Global in scope and dedicated to conservation, Oceana has campaigners based in North America (Washington, DC; New York; Juneau, AK; Los Angeles and Monterey, CA; and Portland, OR), Europe (Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium) and South America (Santiago, Chile). More than 300,000 members and e-activists in over 150 countries have already joined Oceana. For more information, please visit www.Oceana.org.
