Wisconsin was the place to be Saturday morning, as it hosted one of the biggest fundraiser events for the Bayfield community.

Swimmers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, across the United States, and internationally spent their Saturday morning in Bayfield participating in the 16th annual Point to La Pointe 2.1 mile open water swim event.

The event has three divisions in which people can sign up: women’s competitive, men’s competitive, and community/recreational swimmers.

The annual community event was started in 2006 by 24 people, and this year it sold out with a record 650 swimmers participating.

Fritz Grutzner, a member of the first community group, shares what he remembers from that day, “My sister and I were in the first swimmer group across the lake when we did it in 2006, and it was a while ago.”

The course starts in Bayfield, and swimmers will swim roughly 2 miles or longer until they reach the finish line on Madeline Island.

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