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We wish to thank Hugh Culverhouse Jr and the Culverhouse Foundation for their generous donation of $25,000 to this year’s Tampa Bay Frogman Swim. On behalf of the Navy SEAL Foundation and the families it supports, we are humbled and honored by this contribution. Hugh Culverhouse Jr. has also challenged other local businesses to join forces to match his contribution.
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Excerpts from an email by a 2012 participant…
The third annual Tampa Bay Frogman swim was held yesterday. I have to admit that it took being here to fully appreciate what the event was really about. It was easy to get caught up in the swimming part of the event – some swimming superstars participated. I was fortunate to meet Olympian Brooke Bennett and Craig Lenning, who has accomplished the Swimming Triple Crown. But the day and event wasn’t about the swimming.
I know that I can’t express what the event was really about. Somewhere between the Opening Ceremony, where they read aloud the names of SEALs who died in service to our country, and the Closing Ceremony, where they talked about the incredible sacrifices made by some SEALs and the hope of those over coming serious injury, I lost count of the number of times my eyes welled up and I realized the event had nothing to do with swimming.
Anthony McCarley
2012 TB Frogman finisher and English Channel Swim qualifier
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2012 Tampa Bay Frogman Swim
5k Open Water Swim and Fundraiser
January 13, 2013
On January 3rd, 2010 with less than 3 weeks notice, over 100 people gathered at Gandy Beach to swim and support raising over $30,000 for a severely injured active duty Navy SEAL. The swim has been formally named the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim and is supported by the Navy SEAL Foundation.
OUR MISSION
Our goal is to build national awareness of the Naval Special Warfare community and become a key fundraiser of the Navy SEAL Foundation by building a premier annual event that challenges athletes with weather conditions similar to SEAL training.
Come swim with the Navy SEALs and help us “never leave a man behind”
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rory O’Connor (SEAL) – Race Director
Kurt Ott – Assistant Race Director
Terry Tomalin (St Pete Times) – Founder, Ambassador-at-Large
Annie Okerlin – Community Relations, Personnel/Volunteers
Doug Santo (SEAL) – Medical Support
CDR Dan O’Shea, USNR (SEAL) – Founder
