Passing The Baton In The Open Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. USA Swimming is in a major period of transition from its most recent illustrative past to an even more competitive future.
The current crop is led by world champions Jordan Wilimovsky and Haley Anderson, both in their early 20s.
But there are many others coming up through the ranks.
With former FINA 10K Marathon Swim World Cup title champion Emily Brunemann, former FINA world champion Alex Meyer, former FINA World Cup event champion Christine Jennings winding down their careers, USA Swimming has an increasingly large stable of highly motivated and competitive swimmers to take their place over the next several Olympic quadrennials.
USA Swimming will send 11 young swimmers to the upcoming 2016 FINA World Junior Open Water Championships on July 16th-18th in Hoorn, Netherlands. Swimmers ages 14-15 will compete in the 5 km race, while 16-17 year olds will race in the 7.5 km course and those in the 18-19 age group will compete in the 10 km marathon.
The USA Swimming team includes the following members:
* Hayler Pike – 5 km
* Eliot Kennedy – 5 km
* Taylor Pike – 7.5 km
* Kensey McMahon – 7.5km
* Kendall Brent – 10 km
* Chenoa Devine – 10 km
* Ivan Puskovitch – 5 km
* Simon Lamar – 7.5 km
* Michael Brinegar – 7.5 km
* Taylor Abbott – 10 km
* Riley Molina – 10 km
* Ron Aitken – head coach
* Todd Mann – assistant coach
Photo of Taylor_Abbott by Aniko Kovacs.
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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