Chris Labianco Wins U.S. Masters 6K Championship
Chris Labianco won the U.S. Masters Swimming 6K Open Water National Championships in Windsor, Colorado. The two-time masters national champion won the four-loop race in in Lake Water Valley in 1:16.33 that followed up his third-place overall finish in the U.S. Masters Swimming 1-mile National Championship in North Carolina in May.“Good race today, little bit of everything on the course and some pretty strong Colorado winds that changed the race dynamics just about every lap of the four laps.”
“As the wind kicked up, parts of the course felt down right uphill. Personally, the race came at a good time for me fresh off attending the open water conference in Long Beach; the need to have multiple strategies in a race at any given time was important for me today as were a number of other lessons I learned.”
The longer he goes and the higher he swims, the more comfortable is the former distance star from Auburn University.
Results are here.
Photo by Rob Dumouchel of RobAquatics.
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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. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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