Booth Lake Memorial Swim

Visit our website:    https://boothlakeswim.com/

We hope you take this opportunity to kick your summer off with a great open water swim.   

The 2nd Annual Booth Lake Memorial Swim will take place on May 31st, 2025.  The swim includes options of a 0.1.25 kilometer (0.75 mile), 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mile) and 5 kilometers (3.1 miles).  Start the summer off with an open water swim in the clear waters of Booth Lake.  Booth Lake is a smaller, clean water lake (204 acres) within the beautiful Kettle Moraine region of Southeastern Wisconsin.   Booth Lake is very well protected for the best swim conditions possible.   Water temperatures expected to be between 68-75 degrees.  Wetsuits and open water swim buoys are preferred and encouraged in all Divisions.  

This swim coincides with "Memorial Day" celebrations.  We ask each swimmer completing the Booth Lake Memorial Swim to swim in memory or honor of that "special person" you wish to remember for Memorial Day. During the registration process, you are asked to dedicate your swim in "Memory of Anyone of your choice".

Registration will include a swim cap, timed results, beach towel, finishing award, food and drink, age group awards and overall awards for each distance.  

Swim course:  The swim course is a 1.25 km lap within Booth lake.  Therefore, the 1.25 km race is one lab, the 2.5 km race is two laps and the 5.0 km race is four laps.  The 5.0 km four person relay will be four laps with each individual swimming one lap.  The 5.0 km race starts at 8 am and has a two-hour and 15 minute cut off time.  The 2.5 km Race starts at 8:30 am and has a one-hour and 45 minute cut off time.   One nutrition aid station will be on course near the start of each lap.  Swim is supported with life guards and kayakers, swimmers are not required to provide their own personal support.  If you wish to have your own kayak as personal support, please contact the race director at boothlakeswim@gmail.com.

Swim Requirements:  All swimmers should have some open water swimming experience and be able to swim a mile under 60 minutes in a pool.  Swimmers must pick-up their race packet in person the morning of the race (Saturday, May 31st, 2025).  All swimmers must sign a waiver the morning of packet pick-up.  No swimmers under the age of 18 years of age are allowed.  

Schedule:  Saturday, May 31st, 2025 (Race day)

5 km race                                                                                                     

6:30-7:20 am:  Race package pick-up                                                          

7:25-7:35 am Mandatory Safety Briefing and Race Instructions.              

7:40-7:45 am:  National Anthem

7:45-7:55 am:  In water warm-up                                                                   

8 am: Start of 5 km race                                                                                 

10:15 am Cut off time for race.                                                                     

2.5 km race

6:30-7:40 am:  2.5 km race package pick-up

8:05-8:15 am Mandatory Safety Briefing and Race Instructions.  

8:15-8:25 am:  In water warm-up

8:30 am: Start of 2.5 km race

10:15  am Cut off time for race.

1.25 km race

6:30-7:40 am:  2.5 km race package pick-up

8:35-8:45 am Mandatory Safety Briefing and Race Instructions.  

8:45-8:55 am:  In water warm-up  

9:00 am: Start of 1.25 km race

10:15 am Cut off time for race.

Awards:  11:00 am

Age Divisions:  

1.25, 2.5 and 5.0 km

Men and Women:

ages 18-34, 35-49, 50-64, 65 and over

Awards for 1st in each division.  

Pricing                                                          1.25 km                2.5 km                 5.0 km                 

January 9th 2025 to February 16th 2025         $60                     $65                       $75

February 17th 2025 to April 27th 2025             $70                      $75                       $85                       

April 28th 2025 to May 11th 2025                     $80                      $85                       $95   

May 12th 2025 to May 18th 2025                     $90                      $95                       $105      

Interested in volunteering? Sign up to be a volunteer!!!!!  You can register to be a volunteer by signing up on this site!!! Volunteers needed for on land, on water (kayakers, paddle boarders), and individuals with jet skis/boats.  All volunteers with receive a towel and food the day of the race.  Click on the link below to register to volunteer.  

https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/WI/EastTroy/BoothLakeMemorialSwim