Olympian Bella Sims Wins Senior 5K Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup

Steven Munatones 10/10/2021 open water swimming No Comment

With an silver medal won at the Tokyo Olympics over the summer, 16-year-old Bella Sims is back training and racing locally with her teammates at the Sandpipers of Nevada. Over the weekend, she comfortably won the 5 km race at this weekend’s Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup in Lake Las Vegas.

5 km Senior Women’s Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup Results:

1. Bella Sims (16) 1:02:55.58
2. Viviana Criscione (16) 1:03:36.92
3. Lexi Alexen (17) 1:03:41.85
4. Ashley Scott (17) 1:05:28.69
5. Mary Grace King (16) 1:05:29.75
6. Olivia Porter (18) 1:05:31.46
7. Tatiana Dorrestein (15) 1:05:34.80
8. Riley Renaud (18) 1:05:36.61
9. Eleanor Leeming (16) 1:06:17.41
10. Kristina Glavas (17) 1:07:52.45
11. Riana Barrett (17) 1:11:10.90
12. Andrea Wagner (17) 1:15:18.08

Boys 11-16 2.5 km Junior Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup Top 10 Results:
1. Riley Clinton (16) 29:48.72
2. Dillon Wright (16) 29:56.31
3. Rylan Anselm (16) 30:05.33
4. Zakary Guenther (14) 30:55.06
5. Mcclellan Clark (14) 30:57.91
6. Gabriel Manteufel (14) 30:59.87
7. Mikhail Machavariani (14) 31:10.75
8. William Delio (14) 31:13.66
9. Jesse Malmquist (15) 31:17.75
10. Shivansh Singhal (16) 31:44.8

Girls 11-16 2.5 km Junior Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup Top 10 Results:
1. Sianna Savarda (15) 32:10.19
2. Abigail Miller (14) 32:13.88
3. Lucy Warnick (15) 32:50.24
4. Michelle Grabowski (15) 33:29.36
5. Kali Rankin Zelada (13) 33:30.28
6. Abigail Hill (13) 33:30.75
7. Jordan Evans (15) 33:40.43
8. Keira Duband (16) 33:42.51
9. Nicole Christensen (14) 33:52.61
10. Caroline Powell (16) 33:54.23

For more information about the event and additional race results, visit here.

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