GETTING OUT A MESSAGE: /Olympic swimming champion Jason Lezak was on hand to give out bracelets at the 6th Annual Swim for Life event in Corona Del Mar. This year

About 160 people showed up for the sixth annual “Swim for Life” event, where swimmers of all ages completed a 1-mile course in Corona del Mar.

Many participants were stoked that Irvine resident and Olympian Jason Lezak, who won two gold and one bronze medals in Beijing, was at the finish line to congratulate their accomplishments with a blue wristband that read “Drowning is Preventable.” Read more about the event here.

“It’s like, oh my God, Superman!” said swimmer Lynn Kubasek, 50. “He’s like, super human.”

Lezak, the oldest U.S. male swimmer at this year’s Olympics at 32, learned to swim at age 3 from the event’s organizer, Johnny Johnson. When he was announced at the event, the crowd cheered, some chanting “USA! USA!”

“It’s a great honor,” he said. “If I can make a difference in just one of their lives, it would be great.”

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