Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Welcome to Team Members Jim Bahrenburg and Galen Weiss

Name: Jim Bahrenburg

Age: 46

City: Long Beach, CA

Swimming background: Nothing formal (which explains why I am officially the slowest Matthews/Bahrenburg sibling on record)

Rough water experience: Enjoy doing the Alcatraz swim once a year since 2003 (thank you, Maggie, for the motivation)

Goal for this race: Finish safely with the entire RFTS team and achieve our team goals

Favorite sport: Anything my boys will play

Favorite sports team: UCLA Bruins, Bruins, Bruins!

Favorite shark species: Angel Shark

Favorite superhero: I’m going with Aquaman for swimming inspiration and his nifty ability to communicate with sea creatures


Name: Galen Weiss (no photo available)

Age: 46

City: Cambellsville, Kentucky

Swimming background: Had fun in the pool playing Marco Polo as a child

Rough water experience: Did some tubing in the Ohio River

Goal for this race: Finish the swim in time for the meal

Favorite sport: Squash, golf, eating

Favorite sports team: None that I don’t like

Favorite shark species: Hammerhead

Favorite superhero: Superman

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