Kurtis Baron

Kurt Baron swimming alongside the Pacific Monarch in the Ventura Deep Six relay en route on a 202-mile course together with Jim Neitz, Mike Shaffer, John Chung, Tom Ball, and Jim McConica far off the coast of California in 2010 from Ventura to La Jolla

World record setting relay Ventura Deep Six with Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and Mike Shaffer

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year by the Ventura Deep Six with Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and Mike Shaffer

Kurtis Bacon is a member of the Ventura Deep Six, the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year awarded annually by the World Open Water Swimming Association.

Ventura Deep Six

Ventura Deep Six are six men from the Ventura County Masters Swim Club including Tom Ball, Kurtis Baron, John Chung, Jim McConica, Jim Neitz and Mike Shaffer set the longest non-stop ocean relay record when they swam 202 miles from Ventura to San Diego along the California coast in 2010. The effort took 4 days 5 hours 39.53 minutes and was a logistical extravaganza and open water swimming operational milestone.

External links

• Catherine Is A Special Breed, Swimming Beyond The Black Line Down the Coast of California
• A Marathon Swimming Inflection Point: New York City, June 2011
• U.S. Masters Swimming SWIMMER Magazine
• U.S. Masters Swimming Fan Page
• U.S. Masters Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Lexie Kelly Changes From High Heels To Flip Flops
• Record-setting Relays Rock 'N Roll
• Offshore Odysseys On The Increase