Anna Olasz Wins Great North Swim 5K

Steven Munatones June 16, 2014 Open Water Swimming No Comment

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

Anna Olasz of Hungary who trains at Arizona State University in America where she is studying traveled to England to compete in the elite division of the 5 km Great North Swim in Windermere.

The race was qualifier for British athletes to qualify for the European Championships.

But the young Olasz was the class of the field as she started fast and never let down. She has been on a tear working out in the desert in her newly adopted Arizona and on the FINA professional marathon swimming circuit.

The final results of the Great North Swim 5 km:

1. Anna Olasz 57:59
2. Alice Dearing 58:41
3. Lauren Walton 58:51
4. Ellena Jones 58:51
5. Sophia Evans 59:24
6. Philippa Shuttleworth 59:26
7. Lucy Campbell 59:28
8. Hollie Hibbitt 59:29
9. Harriett Rothwell 1:00:44
10. Rebella Smith 1:00:49
11. Victoria Pritchard 1:00:50
12. Megan Rowen 1:00:50
13. Fern Davies 1:00:51
14. Rebella Dutfield 1:00:51
15. Megan Carline 1:00:58
16. Nicole Ryan 1:00:59
17. Lexie Kelly 1:01:12
18. Rosie Rudin 1:01:13
19. Erin Nabney 1:01:13
20. Swann Oberson 1:01:15
21. Georgia Darwest 1:01:18
22. Olivia Gardner 1:03:43
23. Amber Hughes 1:04:26
24. Charlotte Hill 1:04:33

Tags: Anna Olasz, Great North Swim, Lexie Kelly, Windermere

Steven Munatones

Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor – Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming’s Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University’s John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.