Don Burns 1-mile Scholarship Swim
The Don Burns 1-mile Scholarship Swim (or the Don Burns Mile or the Corona Del Mar Don Burns One Mile Open Water Swim) is an annual ocean swim held annually in Corona del Mar, California in August. The charity swim, also known as the Don Burns Mile or the Corona del Mar 1 Mile Don Burns Swim is organized by the Newport Beach lifeguards and is a summertime classic in Southern California that annually draw a large field of participants from newcomers to Olympians.
Its namesake is Don Burns and it is part of the Newport Beach Ocean Swims and part of the Southern Pacific Masters Open Water Series.
Contents
Don Burns
Don Burns was a high school teacher and coach in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District for 31 years, and he was a Newport Beach lifeguard for 47 years. Burns is a member of Millennium Hall of Fame (inducted 2000) and was well-known for being an easygoing gentleman with great dignity who left a legacy of Nice Guys Finish First.
Swim Course
The Don Burns 1-mile Scholarship Swim is held at Big Corona Beach at Corona del Mar State Beach. Check-In is at Lifeguard Tower #3 – next to the jetty.
The course starts from the beach next to the Corona del Mar jetty. Athletes swim to buoy 100 yards offshore and down coast past spectacular cliffside homes and beautiful rocky coastline to the secluded cove of Little Corona. The swimmers round buoys on their right shoulder, return upcoast to the first buoy, and swim to an onshore finish at the starting line.
Directions to Corona del Mar State Beach
Directions: From the 405 Freeway of the San Joaquin Tollway (the 73) in Orange County, take the MacArthur exit and follow it towards the ocean to Pacific Coast Highway. Turn left (south) and follow the streets in alphabetical order to Marguerite. (Bonus if you notice that the streets are named after flowers!) Starbucks and Brueggers are on your right at Goldenrod. Turn right at Marguerite and right again at Ocean Blvd. Drive down the large driveway to the City parking lot, $15, or park on the streets above and walk down.
Entry Fees
Registration with a T-Shirt is US$25 (or US$45 for both swims). Souvenir T-Shirts are US$10.
Donations are accepted for the Don Burns Scholarship.
Sanctioning
All swimmers must have a current U.S. Masters Swimming registration card. U.S. Masters Swimming rules govern both races. The race is organized and promoted by Nadine Turner. It is part of the Southern Pacific Masters Open Water Series held along the Southern California coast.
2019 SPMS Open Water Series Events
June 22nd: 50th Annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim in Seal Beach
June 29th: Semana Nautica One Mile Open Water Swim in Santa Barbara
June 30th: Semana Nautica Three Mile Open Water Swim in Santa Barbara
July 13th: Newport Beach Pier to Pier Two Mile Open Water Swim in Newport Beach
August 3rd: Corona Del Mar Don Burns One Mile Open Water Swim in Corona del Mar
September 22nd: Mission Mile and Southwest Zone Open Water Championship in Mission Viejo
November 28th: Turkey Brine Pier Swim in Huntington Beach
External links
- Don Burns 1-mile Scholarship Swim
- Legendary Don Burns
- In Memory Of Legacies In The Open Water
- Newport Pier-2-Pier Swim
- Margalis Duo Wins Don Burns Swim In Corona del Mar
- Inequality In The Open Water, Part 1
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- 2016 SPMS Open Water Series Winners
- 2019 Southern California Open Water Swimming Series
