{"id":203547,"date":"2015-06-05T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=203547"},"modified":"2015-06-05T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:00:13","slug":"ssc-starts-open-water-series-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ssc-starts-open-water-series-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC starts open water series Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saipan Swim Club will kick off the 2nd Annual Summer Open Water Series this Saturday at Paupau Beach.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203548\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a attid=\"203548\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SSC-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SSC-pix-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Swimmers listen during the race briefing for one of Saipan Swim Club\u2019s open water swims at Paupau Beach last year. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-203548\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swimmers listen during the race briefing for one of Saipan Swim Club\u2019s open water swims at Paupau Beach last year.<br \/>(Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Registration will run from 7am to 7:45am, while the swim will start at 8am. Participants can enter one of the three courses: 3.5 kilometer, 1.5K, and 50 meters. Entrance fee is only $5, while SSC members and lifeguards (with proof of certification) can join free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be a very short course for those new to open water swimming,\u201d SSC president and series organizer Emma Perez said in an email to Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>After this Saturday\u2019s event, SSC will hold two more open water swims. The second one is set for July 18 with participants swimming from Paupau Beach to Tanapag or a distance of 3.7 kilometers. Signup for the second swim will be earlier at 6am to 6:45am, while go time is at 7am.<\/p>\n<p>For the third and final series on Aug. 2, swimmers have three options: 2.5K, 1.5K, and 50m. Registration is from 6am to 6:45am, while the race will begin at 7am.<\/p>\n<p>SSC is bringing back the open water series after a successful launching last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the events went very well last summer.  I\u2019m hoping to continue expanding the opportunity for open water swims during the year,\u201d Perez added.<\/p>\n<p>To register or for more information, call 322-4268.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saipan Swim Club will kick off the 2nd Annual Summer Open Water Series this Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":203548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5120,5121,38,168],"class_list":["post-203547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-emma-perez","tag-paupau-beach","tag-saipan-tribune","tag-ssc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}