Mighty Mac Swim to Award $40,000 on Labor Day

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(Byron Center, Michigan) – This Labor Day’s Mighty Mac Swim will award $20,000 to BOTH the male and female Gold Medalists of the annual swim race across the often turbulent Straits of Mackinac.  The swim, now designated as the Michigan Open Water Championship, is a 4.34-statute mile swim across the straits that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Thirty-Four swimmers will compete for pride, prestige and prizes, as they swim from Michigan’s upper peninsula to the lower peninsula, swimming parallel to the Mackinac Bridge.

While the Gold medalists will win cash, the male and female Silver and Bronze Medalists will also be awarded unique trophies on the podium.  “Now sanctioned as part of both the World Open Water Swimming Series and the Global Swim Series for 2016, we are on the world stage,” said Jim Dreyer, the Mighty Mac Swim Event Director.  “Competitors will accumulate points for overall world recognition. We felt the need to increase the prizes relative to the status of the race.”  “We are proud to be drawing some of the world’s finest swimmers,” Dreyer added, “such as former American Olympic medalists Chris Thompson, Amanda Schneider (formerly Amanda Adkins), and multiple World Champion triathlete, Amanda Stevens. There are also a number of former All-American collegiate swimmers as well as other highly competitive triathletes on the race roster we refer to as Team Dire Straits. We expect a highly-charged race to the finish, and this could be anyone’s game in both the male and female divisions.”

“Where else can you compete in the open water in front of 40,000 – 65,000 spectators, in the natural beauty of the Straits of Mackinac, near the architectural landmark that represents Michigan?”

The Mighty Mac Swim supports Habitat for Humanity of Michigan. The funds raised for the cause, currently stand at over $193,000, but are expected to exceed $200,000. The swimmer who raises the most funds will win a week-long luxury vacation in Costa Rica, compliments of Pfeiffer Lincoln.  “Where else can you compete in the open water in front of 40,000 – 65,000 spectators, in the natural beauty of the Straits of Mackinac, near the architectural landmark that represents Michigan?” Dreyer is referring to the Mackinac Bridge and the crowd that walks across it, led by Michigan’s Governor every Labor Day. “The Mighty Mac Swim has become quite a spectacle for the bridge-walkers, and that has been taken to a much higher level now,” said Dreyer.  For more information on the annual Mighty Mac Swim and swimmer profiles, please go online to www.MightyMacSwim.com, and follow links. To follow along during the event, if you are not going to attend, please check in on the event’s Facebook page … www.Facebook.com/MightyMacSwim.  For more information on the Mighty Mac Swim’s beneficiary, Habitat for Humanity of Michigan, please go online to www.HabitatMichigan.org.
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