Parks Wesson
Parks Wesson (born April 1 in Dallas, Texas) is a personable and accomplished waterman in Long Beach, California who works in the oil industry. The former Texas A&M swimming star is now an oil company executive at Occidental Petroleum Corp.
He was part of the Long Beach Swim Focus Catalina Relay in October 2011 that set the overall Catalina Channel record of 6 hours 53 minutes 4 seconds.
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Long Beach Swim Focus Catalina Relay
The Long Beach Swim Focus Catalina Relay is from Long Beach, California that set the world record across the Catalina Channel on 7 October 2011 from the California mainland to Catalina Island in 6 hours 53 minutes. The relay swim was performed to raise money for the charity - Habitat for Humanity - and included Hank Wise, Lyle Nalli, Ted Bramble, Matty Mitchell, Parks Wesson, and Lexie Kelly together with Pace swimmer Samantha Sears, Paddlers Benjamin Landis and Matt Landis, and escort boat Captain Greg Wise aboard the El Goofy.
Open Water Accomplishments
- Naples Island Swim & SUP
- Slam the Dam
- Maui Channel Swim
- Flowers Sea Swim
- Trans Tahoe Relay
- Long Beach Swim Focus Catalina Relay
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- La Jolla Rough Water Swim (Gatorman)
- Naples Island Swim
- Seal Beach Rough Water Swim
- Semana Nautica Santa Barbara - (6 mile)
- Don Burns - Corona Del Mar
- Newport Pier-Pier
- Manhattan to Hermosa
- Board Short Mile
Video
WOWSA Live Interview
with Hank Wise, Lyle Nalli, Ted Bramble and Benjamin Landis on WOWSA Live
External links
- Naples Island Swims
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Alex Kostich Honored As The ACOA Masters Athlete of the Year
- Greg Shea Selected as the Dick Miller Waterman of the Year
- Naples Island Swims Selected as ACOA Organization of the Year
- Solo versus Relay Records in the Channels
- When The Speedos Come Off, Ted Bramble Gets Creative
- Long Beach Swim Focus Catalina Relay On WOWSA Live
- Catalina Channel Relay Record
- SPMS OW Series
- Fred Schiel Taking Helm In The Open Water
- Margalis Duo Wins Don Burns Swim In Corona del Mar
- What'SUP Around Naples Island In Long Beach
- Are Lead Swimmers Negatively Affected By Draftees?
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Alex Kostich Wins Another Naples Islands 3-Miler
- Drafting By Veterans
- From Samurai To Sarah, The Open Water Swimming World
- Revealing Results Of Drafting Research
