Randy Nutt
Open Water/ Endurance Swimmer
Race Director

       

Randy serves as the Vice Chair of the Open Water / Long Distance committee for the National Level of the USMS.  He is well known for his open water events put on by Aqua Moon Adventures. He has directed the “around Key West” swim for 15 years, the St. Croix swim for 10 years and the Bonaire open water race for 7 years. While Randy is mainly seen at open water events, he can also be found in the pool scoring points for his team or coaching one of Gold Coast Master’s satellite teams, Boca Meadows Masters. Randy Nutt is a behind the scenes helper making Masters swimming better for all of us.

Randy Nutt received the Dorothy Donnelly Service Award in 2008 recognizing his volunteer efforts and his untiring commitment to Masters Swimming. 

In 1996, Randy was second in his age group and seventh overall (with a time of) 7:38 (in the 15th Manhattan Island Marathon Swim). It was his best open water swim among an elite field. The winning time was 7:16.42. The water temperature was 69 degrees

Randy was the first person to swim around Miami Beach -- 21 miles - on Sept 16th, 1996. Randy, then 37 years old, completed the distance in 9:19 just four weeks after he completed the 28.5 mile Manhattan Island swim.

Randy served with the support crew that accompanied Scott Coleman in his successful swim across the English Channel. The 21 mile swim, from Dover, England to Cap Gris-Nez, France was completed in under ten hours.

Randy is a native Floridian. He was taught to swim at age eleven. Randy later went to Nova High School and swam sprint freestyle for Nova. Nova High was Florida State High School Champions all four years that Randy swam with them and Randy made High School All-American. He went on to Marshall University in West Virginia and returned to Florida after graduation.

Randy organizes monthly ocean swims from the beach in front of the Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale. Ocean and long distance swimming are his preference now, even though he was All-American as a free style sprinter. His proudest moment in swimming, he says, was finishing fourth in the Swim Around Key West in July, 1994. His time was 5 hours and 8 minutes for the 12 mile swim. That's a continual pace of 1:27 per 100 yards for five hours in spite of tides, jellyfish, boat wake, waves, and other distractions.

Randy, a married father of 2, lives in Coral Springs, FL.