Friday The 13th, Bad News For Some Swimmers
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Castaic Lake will be the site to watch next Friday, the 13th.
The always competitive 10 km USA Swimming Open Water National Championship race will serve as the 2014 U.S. Trials for the American teams at the Open Water Pan Pacific Championships, the Open Water Junior Pan Pacific Championships, the FINA World Junior Open Water Championships, and for the USA Swimming Open Water National Team and USA Swimming Open Water National Junior Team.
In other words, there is a whole lotta national team trips and many international opportunities available to those fast athletes who qualify on Friday the 13th in Castaic Lake.
But it is, unfortunately, a zero-sum game.
Haley Anderson, Ashley Twichell, Christine Jennings, Eva Fabian, Emily Brunemann, Becca Mann, and Tristin Baxter…are just some of the expected top women in an increasingly experienced and talented field at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Southern California.
The women’s races are going to start fast and remain extraordinarily competitive through a finish that will undoubtedly be too close to call. It will be a fascinating race to watch.
Photo shows silver medalist Haley Anderson at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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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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