American Open Water Stars Prepare In The Pool
Becca Mann, Haley Anderson, Seal Ryan, and Andrew Gemmell have qualified for the USA Swimming national open water team that will compete in Barcelona, Spain at the upcoming World Championships.This week, trio will have a heavy schedule in the pool at the 2013 USA Swimming National Championships through June 29th in Indianapolis, Indiana. The open water stars will also try to qualify to represent America in the butterfly, individual medley, and distance freestyle events at the USA Swimming’s World Championships trials.
Results from the meet are available here.
On the first day, Mann finished fourth in the 200m butterfly in 2:10.46, Anderson finished fourth in the 800m freestyle in 8:29.82, Ryan finished third in the 1500m freestyle in 15:04.60, and Gemmell finished sixth in the 1500m freestyle in 15:17.65.
Haley Anderson is shown above doing part of her taper in the Cayman Islands.
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