Open water action concluded on Saturday as Team USA took 10th and 11th in the women's 25k, and earned an 11th place finish in the men's 25K at the 2009 FINA Swimming World Championships. When the splashing stopped at the Open Water World Championships, the points are tallied and the team champions are awarded the Championship Team Trophy. At the 2009 FINA Swimming World Championships, host nation…
When the splashing stops at Open Water World Championships, the points are tallied and the team champions are awarded the Championship Team Trophy. At the 2009 FINA Swimming World Championships, host nation Italy came out on top with 84 points, followed by Russia (82.5 points), Germany (69 points), and the USA (57 points).
Andrew Gemmell and Fran Crippen officially earned the silver and bronze medal, respectively, in the men's 10K open water race at the FINA World Championships. The race took place on Wednesday, July 22, however, results were not finalized until today, following the decision made by the Jury D'Appel represented by the FINA Bureau.
Andrew Gemmell won a silver medal in the men's 10K open water race at the FINA World Championships on Wednesday. Gemmell, who was swimming near the back of the pack at the last buoy, surged in the final 650 meters, overtaking all but eventual champion Thomas Lurz of Germany. The medal was the first at a senior-level meet for the 18-year-old.
Three USA Swimming Open water competitors earned top-10 finishes as the Open water races got underway Tuesday in Ostia, Italy at the 2009 World Championships. First-time World Championship team member Andrew Gemmell (Wilmington, Del.) earned the highest finish, taking fifth in the men's 5K race with a time of 56:44.9.
Results - 2009 World Swimming Championships Open Water Swimming
Chloe Sutton was the top American finisher on the first day of open water swimming at the FINA World Championships Sunday in Melbourne, finishing 12th in the women’s 5K with a time of 1 hour, 51.9 seconds. Swimming in her first open water race ever, teammate Leah Gingrich crossed the finish line at St. Kilda’s Beach in 17th place (1:00:58.5).
Pan American champion Fran Crippen and 2008 NCAA champion Emily Brunemann
qualified for the 2009 World Swimming Championships 10k Marathon Swim in Rome, Italy this summer as
the top US finishers in the men's and women's 10K USA Swimming Open
Water National Championships. Andrew Gemmell and Eva Fabian also qualified to compete at Worlds this summer with second-place finishes in the event.
USA Swimming named Catherine Vogt as the head USA Swimming open water coach for the 2009 FINA World Championships. Vogt will join coaches Bob Bowman and Sean Hutchison in Rome, who will serve as the men's and women's head coach for USA swimmers, respectively.
The 2008 Open Water World Championships are in Seville, Spain 3-8 May. Thirty-nine countries are represented by 55 men and 55 women swimmers. The swimmers will race in 5km, 10km, and 25km events. The top 10 men and women swimmers in the 10km races will qualify for the 2008 Olympic 10km open water event.
Before swimmer Mark Warkentin, 27 of Santa Barbara Swim Club, out-dueled Chip Peterson of North Carolina, to win the 2007 World Championship Open Water Swimming Trials in Miromar Lake today, he had to overcome his natural instincts to take the lead until the very end. Like Micha Burden, the women's 10K winner yesterday, Mark settled himself comfortably behind his competitors throughout the majority of the race, using positioning to his optimal advantage.
USA Swimmers Mark Warkentin and Chip Peterson secured spots to the 2008 FINA Open Water World Swimming Championships at the 2007 10K Open Water Swimming World Championships Trials in Fort Myers, Fla., when they garnered first and second-place finishes, respectively. The Top 10 finishers at the 2008 World Championships, held April 29-May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain, will automatically qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Micha Burden, originally from Alaska and currently training in Mission Viejo, California, upset a stellar field of open water stars to win the USA Swimming 2007 Open Water World Championship Trials on Saturday, October 20 in Miromar Lakes, Florida. Kirsten Groome, 17 of First Colony Swim Team, just edged out Chloe Sutton, also of Mission Viejo Nadadores, to take second.
Despite having been in very competitive situations – past World Championships, Pan Pacific Championships and U.S. Open Water National Championships, for instance – Chip Peterson is quite aware that this weekend’s Open Water World Championship Trials in Fort Myers, Fla., carry a heavy price tag. He and the rest of his American compatriots must finish among the top two in the 10K race or they can kiss their shot at competing in the first open water competition in the history of the Olympics.
The nation's top open water swimmers will continue their bid for Olympic selection in the final domestic qualifying event of the quad, the USA Swimming Open Water World Championship Trials. The Trials will be held Oct. 20-21, 2007, at Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club in Fort Myers, Fla. There, a field of 60 swimmers will vie for four available spots in next spring's Olympic selection meet in Seville, Spain.
Olympian Kalyn Keller notched a top-10 finish for the Americans in the women’s open water 10K Tuesday, finishing ninth in the Olympic distance at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Keller posted a time of 2 hours, 4 minutes, 10.0 seconds in her third career 10K race.
Mark Warkentin (Santa Barbara, Calif. / Santa Barbara Swim Club) was the top American finisher in the men’s open water 10K Wednesday at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, placing 20th in the Olympic-distance race. American teammate Scott Kaufmann (Sparks, Nev. / Reno Aquatic Club) crossed the finish line in 33rd.
USA Swimming named the open water swimmers that will compete at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy and the FINA Open Water 10K World Cup in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. Swimmers were selected to the two teams based upon their performance at the 10K USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in Fort Myers, FL, on June 14 2009. The open water events in Rome will take place July 19 - …
Kalyn Keller (Phoenix, Ariz. / Club Wolverine) has spent much of her life swimming in the ocean, but never in the kind of weather conditions she faced in the women’s open water 25K Saturday at the 12th FINA World Championships at St. Kilda beach. Winds gusting upwards to 45 miles per hour and driving rains made for a challenging swim in the waters of Port Phillip Bay.
Call it "extreme swimming," if you wish. The women's open water 25k had a little bit of everything - from intense weather, to tough competition, to a re-start a day later, and a swimmer who made a last minute decision to swim the longest of all open water races at the FINA World Championships. And that decisison paid off for Kalyn Keller (Phoenix, Ariz.) when she won Team USA's first open water medal - a silver in the women’s 25k at St. Kilda beach today.
The 2007 FINA World Championships are in Melbourne from 17 March through 1 April 2007. Follow the ocean action as open water swimmers go for the gold, silver, and bronze medals during the biggest aquatic competition prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Olympian Mark Warkentin (10km Open Water Swimming Qualifier for the Beijing Olympics) concluded the 5th FINA Open Water World Championships with a silver medal in the men's 25K open water race. Warkentin, who qualified for his first Olympics earlier in the championships, swam the race in 5:04:01.6. Team USA finished fourth with 48 points in the overall team standings.
Two-time National Champion Chloe Sutton collected Team USA's first medal of the Open Water World Championships when she finished third in the 5K open water event in a time of 1:00:09.9. Only one day remains left in the four-day competition at Open Water Worlds.
Mark Warkentin qualified for his first Olympics at the age of 28 today at the 2008 FINA Open Water
World Swimming Championships in the 10K open water race. The National Champion earned his spot at the Olympics after finishing 7th in a time of 1:53:37.1. The top 10 finishers in the race automatically qualified for the Olympics where the 10K marathon swimming event will make its first appearance at the Olympic Games.
The 2008 FINA Open Water World Swimming Championships (3-8 May, 2008) kicked off today with the 10K open water race in Seville, Spain. The event served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Games, with the top 10 finishers automatically qualifying to compete at the Olympics. This year will mark the first year the 10K race is swum at the Olympics.
The nation's top open water swimmers will bid for a spot at the 2008 Olympic Games when they head to Seville, Spain for the 5th FINA Open Water World Championship Games. The event will be held May 3-8, 2008, in the Guadalquivir River and will feature races in the 5K, 10K, and 25K open water swims. Swimmers competing in the 10K race will have the opportunity to qualify for the 10K marathon swimming event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
