Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At Fort Myers Beach in Florida this weekend, USA Swimming will select its top athletes to compete at the 2021 FINA World Open Water Swimming Junior Championships and to be on its 2021-2022 Open Water Swimming National and Junior National Teams. The schedule is as follows: Friday, April 16th: 10 km
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. USA Swimming has held its national open water swimming championships all over: from the West Coast (Seal Beach and Newport Beach) to the Midwest (Indianapolis) to the East Coast (Fort Lauderdale). But one constant remains in the championships: the passion of the local organizers. The same will continue at
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While all kinds of Olympians and world championship medalists were fighting it out at the 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships a few weeks ago, there was one glaring no-show: defending 10 km national and world champion Jordan Wilimovsky of Malibu, California. With the goal of making
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The dislocated shoulder that Marcel Schouten experienced in the USA Swimming National Open Water Championships reminds us of the physicality that is rampant in the sport. The Dutch marathon swimmer must pulled back during the race so hard that he heard something pop in his shoulder and felt immediate pain.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Marc-Antoine Olivier of France has pushed the pace - fast - on today's 5 km race at the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida. Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli and America's Alex Meyer have anchored in at second and third positions, respectively. They can be seen on a
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aurélie Muller and Sharon Van Rouwendaal come from different countries (France and the Netherlands), but they train and race together. And their swimming styles appear - at least over the surface of the water - to be remarkably the same [shown above with right hands over the surface of the water]. The
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ashley Twichell being interviewed by Sam Kendricks at the 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida. Twichell will be competing against the same women in another extremely tough field in today's 5 km championship. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Sandpipers of Nevada are led by Ron Aitken. The powerhouse age-group swimming program is an unlikely force in American open water swimming, given its location in the American southwestern desert near Las Vegas. But Coach Aitken has been annually taking his best young swimmers to the USA Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After the controversial and thoroughly exciting 2016 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida, Olympian Ferry Weertman talks about competing against the best open water swimmers from Canada, USA, Poland, France, Japan, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Italy,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After a stellar career in competitive swimming where she won four medals at the 2007 Pan American Games and competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2011 FINA World Championships, and the 2012 London Olympics in butterfly, freestyle and individual medley events, Canada's Stephanie Horner has moved into open
