Courtesy of Aqua Knuckles, a SwimSwam partner.
The inaugural Aqua Knuckles SCM Fall Classic hosted by the Spartans Masters, will be Saturday, November 15th and Sunday, November 16th in La Canada, California. This is going to be a fun and fast 25-meter masters swim meet!!
U.S. Olympian Natalie Hinds will be in La Canada for the meet courtesy of deboer, a company emerging quickly as an important innovator in high-performance swimwear. In addition to Natalie Hinds, deboer has recently been establishing partnerships with several Olympic swimmers, including Torri Huske, Caeleb Dressel, Brooks Curry, and Hunter Armstrong.
Aquatic Sports Performance (“ASP”) will have a presence at the meet to showcase their group’s offerings, including discussing their individualized training programs tailored for aquatic swimmers. Some ASP masters swimmers will be competing at the meet as well.
Southern California swim meet staple The Swim Guy will be in attendance at the meet with a booth full of competitive swimming necessities. Triswim will provide the product and will pass out samples at the meet. Triswim is a company of hair and skin care products specifically designed to remove chlorine, saltwater, and hard water minerals from the body and hair after swimming.
American Paralympic swimmer and advocate Jamal Hill is expected to swim at the Aqua Knuckles SCM Fall Classic. Hill swam at both the 2024 Paris Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Hill is the Founder of Swim Up Hill Foundation, which provides swimming instruction to low- to middle-income people of color who haven’t learned to swim and are at risk of drowning.
The 2025 Aqua Knuckles SCM Fall Classic will award cash prizes for masters world records.
Eligibility for this meet will be any swimmer 18+ who is registered with US Masters.
Registration for the 2025 Aqua Knuckles SCM Fall Classic can be found here.
Aqua Knuckles are training aids worn during swim practice for competitive swimmers and anyone who wants to move through the water faster. Aqua Knuckles are double silicone bands slipped over the ring and middle fingers of each hand. They are sold in pairs and follow ring finger sizing, though many swimmers prefer a snug fit. You can read about Aqua Knuckles here.
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John O’Grady – Founder, Aqua Knuckles
John has been a competitive swimmer for more than 40 years and continues to learn and innovate. His love of the water has seen him through age-group swimming, high school teams, Divisions I and II college teams and masters swimming. He has competed in open water competitions in the Atlantic Ocean and has practiced in the English Channel. It is hard to find this guy out of the water! John resides in Southern California and coaches the Spartans of La Canada club swim team in La Canada, California: www.spartanswim.com. When he is not in the water or on a pool deck, John runs a boutique media services company focused on creative projects of all kinds for both large and small entities. He enjoys cooking, surfing, travel, photography and spending time with his wife and children, all of whom are competitive swimmers.
