Crossing Over Between The Pool And Open Water
Chloe Sutton led a group of cross-over swimmers (open water + pool) in the pool at the recent USA Swimming National Championships in the 800-meter freestyle. Chloe won the event in 8:24.77 only behind Great Britain’s Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington (8:21.15) by a few seconds.
World 25K championship fourth-place swimmer Haley Anderson was third in 8:32.80 while her USA Swimming open water swim teammate Emily Brunemann was fourth in 8:34.25.
The speed that many of the top American open water swimmers are showing in the pool is quite impressive which should prove beneficial at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10K race against the top Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Brazilians.
“I want to do everything I can to be the best pool and open-water swimmer I can be and I’m excited to be a part of it,” said Chloe. “But it’s going to be difficult to continue this taper [for another two weeks before the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. It’s going to be really challenging, but if I stay focused and block everything out and do whatever I need to do, then I’m going to shoot for an 8:20 (in the 800 free).”
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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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