Results - 2008 USA Swimming 5K Open Water National Championships
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Crippen, who finished second at last year’ s 5K National Championships, won this year’s race by a good margin, crossing the finish line almost 30 seconds ahead of Cody Kauffman (unattached). Kaufmann was second in 56:20.2, followed by Nicholas Caldwell (57:00.8), Tyler Harris (57:04.3) and Michael Daup (57:06.1).
Fabian finished more than a minute ahead of her next closest competitor, Colleen Gordon (1:03:46.1). Whitney Sprague of was third in 1:04:19.8, while Nicole Vernon (1:04:20.4) and Kassia Shishkoff (1:04:20.5) rounded out the top five.