Kenna Smallegange Touches Out Elizabeth Fort At UANA Championships
Kenna Smallegange Touches Out Elizabeth Fort At UANA Championships
Photo courtesy of Ian MacNicol of Swimming Canada, Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA.
The UANA Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin kicked off with a great race.
16-year-old Kenna Smallegange touched out Cadence Fort of the USA in the 14-17 year-old 7.5 km race in 1:38:24.37.
Canadian head coach Mark Perry lauded Smallegange, “Kenna Smallegange swam a very mature race, slowly working her way through to first position and using the race tactics that she has been taught to great effect. It took the judges a long time to confirm the result because it was so close.”
Women’s 14-17 Year Old 7.5 km Race:
1. Kenna Smallegange (16, Canada) 1:38:24.37
2. Cadence Fort (14, USA) 1:38:41.69
3. Carlie Rose (17, USA) 1:39:00.11
4. Paige Kuwata (15, USA) x1:39:01.37
5. Candela Giordanino (15, Argentina) 1:39:15.83
6. Alicia Davie (17, USA) 1:39:25.53
7. Kate Sullivan (16, Canada) 1:39:29.25
8. Lola Mull (17, USA) 1:39:55.63
9. Victoria Culotta (16, USA) 1:39:56.16
10. Maggie Graves (16, USA) 1:41:13.55
11. Leslie Cabezas Morocho (16, Ecuador) 1:43:51.54
12. MaryGrace King (14, USA) 1:44:53.87
13. Julia Johnson (17, USA) 1:48:06.65
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.
