Becca Mann

Becca Mann's Maui Nui Swim between Maui, Molokai and Lanai in Hawaii was nominated for the 2019 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year category

The Stolen Dragon of Quanx by Becca Mann, first part of The Eyes Trilogy

Becca Mann in her Maui Channel crossing

Becca Mann after finishing the 5 km race at the 2013 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Castaic Lake, California

Rebecca Mann (born 26 November 1997) is an 22-year-old American pool and open water swimmer. She grew up in Homer Glen, Illinois and is currently a student-athlete at USC in Los Angeles, California.

2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nomination

Mann's Maui Nui Swim was nominated for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year award as follows:

The Maui Nui Swim, a non-stop cross-current triple ocean channel swim between the Hawaiian Islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai, had last been attempted 30 years ago and never been successfully completed. 21-year-old Becca Mann, a published author and world-class pool and marathon swimmer with national and international titles under her cap, was looking for a totally new challenge – and the Maui Nui met all her parameters. With a highly veteran escort and support crew alongside her, Mann set off from Maui on the 57.78 km course with loads of excitement and a bit of innocence as to what she was about to experience. While she had finished 6th in the USA Swimming national 10K championships earlier in the year, she was swimming well beyond anything she had ever done before in the deep blue waters of Hawaii. Rough water, strong winds and changing currents relentlessly battered her about as her confidence waned a bit, but Mann kept going with a focused mindset and completed the Maui Nui in 20 hours 53 minutes. For completely an unprecedented ocean course in Hawaii, for swimming over 3 times as long as she had ever done before in the Pailolo, Kalohi and Auau Channels, and for finishing 4th overall in Waikiki Roughwater Swim only two weeks later, the Maui Nui Swim by Becca Mann of the USA is a worthy nominee for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

Open Water Swimming Career

• She completed a crossing of the Maui Channel at the age of 10.
• She was a member of the 2012-2014 USA Swimming Open Water Junior National Team.
• She placed fifth in the 400m individual medley in 4:41 at the 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Trials.
• She won the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km.
• She won the 44rd annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim, both held on Oahu in Hawaii in 2012.
• She won the CAPT John Doolittle Spirit of the “Naked Warrior” Award at the 2014 Tampa Bay Frogman Swim.
• She finished second at the 2014 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships 5 km and 10 km races in Castaic Lake, California to qualify for the 2014 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
• She won the 10 km marathon swim at the 2014 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Castaic Lake, California.
• She won the 2014 Waikiki Roughwater Swim for the second time.
• She won the 2015 Tampa Bay Frogman Swim.
• She won the 10 km marathon swim at the 2015 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Miramar Lake in Fort Myers, Florida.
• She competed in the 2016 US Olympic Swimming Trials.
• She finished 6th in the 25 km marathon swim at the 2016 FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
• She qualified for the 10 km marathon swim at the 2016 World University Games in Taiwan.
• She was awarded with the 2016 Open Water Excellence Award.
• She finished 2nd in the Crippen Cup 10K at the Open Water Festival in Miromar Lakes, Florida on 14 April 2018.
• She finished 6th in the 2019 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Miami, Florida on 3 May 2019.
• She completed the unprecedented 57.78 km Maui Nui Triangle Swim between the islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai in the state of Hawaii on 18-19 August 2019 in 20 hours 53 minutes with crew: Captain Michael Twigg-Smith, Escort crew Steve Haumschild, Shelley Oates, Relief Captain Mike Scott, feeder Beth Mann, planning and organization by the Kaiwi Channel Association.
  • 15.75 km Pailolo Channel crossing from Maui to Molokai started at 1:00 pm and finished at 5:01 pm on 18 August 2019.
  • 26.50 km Kalohi Channel from Molokai to Lanai, started at 5:09 pm on 18 August and finished at 3:20:15 am on 19 August 2019.
  • 15.33 km Auau Channel from Lanai to Maui, started at 3:29:35 am on 19 August and finished at 9:53 am on 19 August 2019.
• She finished 2nd in the 3.86 km Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu, Hawaii on 2 September 2019, finishing 4th overall.

Publications

Mann is the author of the The Stolen Dragon of Quanx, the first book in The Eyes Trilogy, a fantasy series aimed at tweens.

External links

• The History and Future of the Kaiwi Channel Association
• 752,000 Reasons To Be Thankful In Tampa Bay
• Impossible? Done Repeatedly By Sarah Thomas
• Becca Mann Describes The Maui Nui On WOWSA Live
• Becca Mann Describes Her Maui Nui Triangle Swim
• Let Equality Ring, Cashing In On A College Scholarship
• The State of Female Opportunities In Sport In The U.S.
• A Possible Future For American Female Collegiate Athletic Opportunities
• 2019 WOWSA Award Winners Announced
• Travesía Interminable Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
• Gulf Of Finland Relay Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
• Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
• Mariel Hawley Dávila Is 2019 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
• What Started With Harry Huffaker, Accomplished By Becca Mann, Is Now Open To Challengers
• Maui Nui Swim
• Beautiful Becca. Mann Masters Maui Nui
• Becca Mann 2 Channels Down, 1 To Go
• Becca Mann, 1 Channel Down + 2 To Go
• Mann Up, Maui Nui Is A Go
• From Lima To Lanai, Becca Mann To Attempt The Maui Nui Triangle
• 30 Year Déjà Yu, Becca Mann To Attempt Maui Nui
• Michael Twigg-Smith, Becca Mann On The Maui Nui Triangle Swim
• Becca Mann Describes Her Maui Nui Triangle Swim
• Waikiki Roughwater Swim Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary
• The Yes Trilogy
• Becca Mann On The Move
• Mann Up Between Ashley Twichell and Christine Jennings
• Mann Rhys To The Occasion
• Mann Enough To Beat The Aussie In Hawaii
• Working The Dream At USA Swimming Open Water Championships
• USA Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• I Got Stung website
• American Women Heading To Another 5K Battle
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Working The Dream At USA Swimming Open Water Championships
• Chip Carrigan Protects Athletes' Interests At All Times
• Castaic Lake Welcomes The Best America Has To Offer
• Castic Lake Will Be The Survival Of The Fittest
• Becca Mann Breaks Through
• Déjà Vu With A Twist In The USA Women's 5K Championships
• Mann Whatta Race, The Greatest Swim In American History
• Becca Mann Keeps Getting Better And Better
• Short Or Long? USA Swimming Stars Go Long
• Roughest, Toughest Race On The Planet, Women's 10K
• Anderson vs Grimaldi Duel Kicks Off World Championships
• The Closest Open Water Race In History
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Tristin Baxter, A Sun Devil Doing Open Water
• Friday The 14th, Bad News For Some Swimmers
• There's A Mann Amongst The Women
• Becca Mann Moves To The American Front
• 2014 USA Swimming 10 km Championship Results (Women)
• Will Youth Be Served At Pan Pacific Swimming 10K?
• Juniors And Seniors Mix In Maui
• Mann Up. Will Mainstone Rhys To The Occasion Again?
• The Majesty Of The Tampa Bay Frogman Swim
• The Eyes Trilogy
• Becca Mann Is Precocious On Land And In Water
• The Stolen Dragon of Quanx on Amazon
• The Stolen Dragon of Quanx on Barnes & Noble
• The Stolen Dragon of Quanx on Kindle
• The Stolen Dragon of Quanx on Nooks
• The Stolen Dragon of Quanx on iTunes/iBooks
• Sharon Van Rouwendaal, Swift Savvy In Swim The Swan
• All-time Winners of the Waikiki Roughwater Swim
• Racing Across Waikiki Beach Time After Time
• Waikiki Roughwater Swim
• World Open Water Series
• Glen S Hummer Award Renamed By USA Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Let Equality Ring, Cashing In On A College Scholarship
• After 10, There Will Be Only 2
• Will The Big 2 Finish 1-2 At USA Swimming National Championships
• Becca Mann, Haley Anderson Go 1-2 At Nationals
• Where Is Becca Mann? What About Stephanie Peacock?
• Open Water Swimmers Head To The Pool
• 2016 CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships
• Statistics Of The Waikiki Roughwater Swim
• Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 9th World Championship Medal
• Great Memories Of Fran Crippen, Great Decision By USA
• Japan Is Right On, But What Were Others Thinking?!?
• Commentary on 25K FINA World Championships
• Canada, Netherlands, Japan, USA Avoid Hot Water
• Team Wins Stands Up And Gets Out To Win Honors
• Sean Doolittle Wins 9th Annual Tampa Bay Frogman Swim
• Like Father, Like Son: John And Ryan Doolittle
• Frog Grog Pilsner Honors Terry Tomalin
• Open Water Festival Precursor To USA Nationals
• Ashley Twichell Wins Waikiki Roughwater Swim
• The People Behind The Feeding Sticks
• Stars Swimming Down The Stretch: Ashley + Haley Are In
• Brazil, Italy Go 2-for-2 At USA National Championships
• When Race Officials Are Ignored, Fair Is Fair
• Stars Swimming Down The Stretch: Ashley + Haley Are In