Fast Freestyling Forecasted For Florida On Friday
Courtesy of Colin Hill, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The top three women at the latest FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup (Aurélie Muller, Poliana Okimoto, and Ana Marcela Cunha) will race against the top American woman tomorrow in Fort Myers, Florida at the 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships.
World champions Eva Fabian (USA, 5 km, 2010), Aurélie Muller (France, 10 km, 2015), Haley Anderson (USA, 5 km, 2013 & 2015), Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil, 25 km, 2011 & 2015), Poliana Okimoto (Brazil, 10 km, 2013), abd Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands, 10 km, 2014) will go head-to-head in the Fort Myers, Florida warm flat-water course.
Additionally, FINA World Cup champions Emily Brunemann of USA and Rachele Bruni of Italy, 2-time Canadian Olympian Stephanie Horner, 2012 Olympian Yumi Kida of Japan, and world championship medalist Ashley Twichell of USA will also undoubtedly fight for position in the lead pack.
It will be quite a race on Miromar Lakes on April 8th – even without defending champion Becca Mann participating. The entry list includes:
Haley Anderson (USA)
Angelica Andre (POR)
Jessie Arnold (USA)
Mary Margaret Banick (USA)
Sarah Bosslet (GER)
Kendall Brent (USA)
Emily Brunemann (USA)
Rachele Bruni (ITA)
Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
Caitlin Daday (USA)
Chenoa Devine (USA)
Jade Dusablon (CAN)
Eva Fabian (USA)
Joy Magnolia Field (USA)
Samantha Harding (CAN)
Jessica Hespeler (USA)
Stephanie Horner (CAN)
Hailey Houck (USA)
Yumi Kida (JPN)
Kensey McMahon (USA)
Aurélie Muller (FRA)
Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
Stephanie Peacock (USA) [shown above]
Taylor Pike (USA)
Ana Pozder (USA)
Erica Sullivan (USA)
Brooke Travis (USA)
Chase Travis (USA)
Ashley Twichell (USA)
Sharon Van Rouwendaal (NED)
Libby Walker (USA)
Natalie Ward USA
Kahra Williams (USA)
The USA Swimming Open Water National Championships are held in conjunction with the 2016 Open Water Festival which features a series of clinics and races, including the Fran Crippen Sunset Mile and the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships.
For the Americans competing in the 5 km and 10 km races, the National Championships serve as the selection meet for the 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships, as well as the 2016-17 USA Swimming Open Water National Team.
Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association 
The top three women at the latest FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup (Aurélie Muller, Poliana Okimoto, and Ana Marcela Cunha) will race against the top American woman tomorrow in Fort Myers, Florida at the 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships.
World champions Eva Fabian (USA, 5 km, 2010), Aurélie Muller (France, 10 km, 2015), Haley Anderson (USA, 5 km, 2013 & 2015), Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil, 25 km, 2011 & 2015), Poliana Okimoto (Brazil, 10 km, 2013), abd Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands, 10 km, 2014) will go head-to-head in the Fort Myers, Florida warm flat-water course.
Additionally, FINA World Cup champions Emily Brunemann of USA and Rachele Bruni of Italy, 2-time Canadian Olympian Stephanie Horner, 2012 Olympian Yumi Kida of Japan, and world championship medalist Ashley Twichell of USA will also undoubtedly fight for position in the lead pack.
It will be quite a race on Miromar Lakes on April 8th – even without defending champion Becca Mann participating. The entry list includes:
Haley Anderson (USA)
Angelica Andre (POR)
Jessie Arnold (USA)
Mary Margaret Banick (USA)
Sarah Bosslet (GER)
Kendall Brent (USA)
Emily Brunemann (USA)
Rachele Bruni (ITA)
Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
Caitlin Daday (USA)
Chenoa Devine (USA)
Jade Dusablon (CAN)
Eva Fabian (USA)
Joy Magnolia Field (USA)
Samantha Harding (CAN)
Jessica Hespeler (USA)
Stephanie Horner (CAN)
Hailey Houck (USA)
Yumi Kida (JPN)
Kensey McMahon (USA)
Aurélie Muller (FRA)
Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
Stephanie Peacock (USA) [shown above]
Taylor Pike (USA)
Ana Pozder (USA)
Erica Sullivan (USA)
Brooke Travis (USA)
Chase Travis (USA)
Ashley Twichell (USA)
Sharon Van Rouwendaal (NED)
Libby Walker (USA)
Natalie Ward USA
Kahra Williams (USA)
The USA Swimming Open Water National Championships are held in conjunction with the 2016 Open Water Festival which features a series of clinics and races, including the Fran Crippen Sunset Mile and the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships.
For the Americans competing in the 5 km and 10 km races, the National Championships serve as the selection meet for the 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships, as well as the 2016-17 USA Swimming Open Water National Team.
Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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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