Swim With Mike

⛳️ Registration is officially OPEN for the 3rd Annual Golf with Jake! ⛳️

Grab your foursome, call your friends, rally your colleagues, and help us fill the course for an incredible day of golf and impact.

This year we’re excited to be at South Hills Country Club, creating an even bigger opportunity to raise meaningful funds for the Swim With Mike Foundation through the Jake Olson and 1880 Capital Endowed Scholarship.

We can’t wait to see you there and make this our biggest event yet!

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. If your company or organization would like to get involved, please reach out to [email protected]

Link to event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-golf-with-jake-tickets-1990794217094?aff=oddtdtcreator

“I feel very fortunate to have the Foundation’s support. School has always been something that I have found pleasure in as I enjoy the challenges of learning new things and applying those to life. I am looking forward to achieving my academic goals and helping other newly injured athletes along this journey.” - Alex Uppenkamp

Alex graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Environmental Engineering. We can’t wait to see all that you do next, Alex!

“I can’t not thank you enough for always supporting my journey these past years. Swim With Mike impact is truly admirable and will continue on for generations to come. I will never stop thanking and spreading the word.” - Jake Thibeault

Congratulations, Jake — your story will keep inspiring others far beyond today.

Across the country we celebrate the incredible graduating class of Swim With Mike scholars this week. Every degree earned represents years of hard work, perseverance, and a community that believes in breaking barriers and creating opportunities. We can’t wait to see the impact you’ll make in the world next!

Congratulations, graduates! Your Swim With Mike family is so proud of you 🏊‍♂️✨

Athletics may evolve, but the competitive spirit never leaves.
Olivia Northcutt-Wyly’s journey is a powerful reminder of resilience, passion, and purpose. Thank you Swim With Mike for helping athletes rediscover what’s possible. Thank you for making a difference! ❤️

From cancer survivor… to D1 athlete… to father.
Jake Olson was just a kid when cancer took his sight. Years later, he became a Swim With Mike recipient at USC. This community believed in his future and helped him chase his dreams.

Now, Jake’s story comes full circle. He’s back in the same hospital where he was treated for retinoblastoma, but this time with his 8 month son who has the same diagnosis.

This is more than a moment. It’s a legacy of resilience, love, and showing up for one another when it matters most.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2026-04-24/jake-olson-usc-blind-long-snapper-son-cancer-eyes-childrens-hospital-los-angeles

As you are cruising LA keep a lookout for the Swim With Mike billboards. Hope to see you at the Uytengsu Aquatic Center at USC on April 11.

Billboards can be found at:

– Wilshire Blvd. at Wilton, facing east

– San Bernardino 10 Freeway at Soto St., facing south

– La Brea Avenue south of the Santa Monica 10 Freeway

– Rosemead Blvd. at Foothill Blvd., facing north

– Rosemead Blvd. north of Garvey, facing north

Swim With Mike Masters Workout will be a happening.

www.spmasterswim.org

Swim With Mike Alum Cole Sydnor and his lovely wife Charisma featured in People Magazine.

A Swimming Accident Left Him Paralyzed. Then an Unexpected Encounter with a Therapist Changed His Love Story Forever (Exclusive) Cole Sydnor became paralyzed from the chest down at age 16. He met his now-wife, Charisma Jamison, at a rehab facility where she was working in 2017. They married nearly three years in November 2020.