Photos courtesy of Karina Toriz.
Last year, Ginger Kiefer, Kai Flanagan, Vivi Criscione, and Gabriela Robles took off right from the start and battled for 5,000 meters throughout the 2024 MPSF Open Water Swimming Championships.
Kiefer, a sophomore 10:09 1000-yard freestyler, Flanagan, a sophomore and former Waikiki Roughwater Swim winner, Criscione, a 4:56 500-yard freestyler, and Robles from Puebla, Mexico kept pushing the pace in the five-loop course, eventually separating themselves from the trailing packs in Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California under sunny skies, no wind, warm tranquil conditions, and 65°F (18.3°C) water.
At the onshore finish line, Kiefer edged Flanagan and Criscione to win her first major open water swimming championship and earn an automatic qualification to the USA National Open Water Swimming Championships as did second-place Flanagan and third-place Criscione.
In a few weeks, they will all return for a redux on October 18th – and will be joined by 4th-place Robles and 5th-place Bethany Rahn. The top 5 are ready for a rematch tht will be live streamed at Game On Live Studio.
Women’s 5 km Starters
- Riana Barrett, 21 Whittier College
- Bella Cabral, 20 Whittier College
- Victoria A Schreiber, 21 BYU
- Melissa Turlea, BYU
- Cher Patrick, BYU
- Natalia Zmierczak, 22 Utah Tech University
- Kaiya Lawson, 21 Utah Tech University
- Zofia Gorska, 20 Utah Tech University
- Cera Mallory, 20 Utah Tech University
- Addy Trinidad, 18 Utah Tech University
- Coco Riding, Coco 18 Utah Tech University
- Ella Dyson, Ella 21 Rice University
- Ava Hamblett, 21 Rice University
- Sami Johnson, 20 Rice University
- Ava Portello, 19 Rice University
- Mollie McAlorum, 20 Rice University
- Renee Tan, 18 Rice University
- Bethany Rahn, 21 Idaho University
- Ginger Kiefer, 20 Idaho University
- Ava Langston, 21 Idaho University
- Sienna Lefeber, 19 Idaho University
- Holly Lenarz, 19 Idaho University
- Marie Mason, 19 Idaho University
- Gabriella Stanton, 20 Idaho University
- Lora Konter, 20 University North Carolina
- Emma On-The-Hill, 20 University of North Carolina
- Kyra Rabess, 21 University of North Carolina
- Hlaa Diab, 18 University of North Carolina
- Chloe Eyrich, 18 UC Santa Barbara
- Lelia Symington, 18 UC Santa Barbara
- Natalia Florian, 18 New Mexico State University
- Estel Galo Nogueira, 21 New Mexico State University
- Jamie Puhalski, 21 New Mexico State University
- Katie Rink, 21 New Mexico State University
- Bella Schultz, 19 New Mexico State University
- Ansley Halbach, Pepperdine University
- Emma Guglielmello, 20 Pepperdine University
- Emma Bustamante, 21 Westmont College
- Willow Pezone, 20 Westmont College
- Grace McAnear, 20 Westmont College
- Kelly Neill, 20 Westmont College
- Emma Robinson, 20 Westmont College
- Kate Spraul, 19 Westmont College
- Lilli Nemetz, 19 Westmont College
- Izzy Garcia, 18 Westmont College
- Kimberly Greene, 18 Westmont College
- Alexis Anderson, Chapman University
- Jenna Kimborowicz, Chapman University
- Sara Talmaci, Chapman University
- Riley Baldwin, 20 Fresno State University
- Franzi Djatej, 19 Fresno State University
- Ava Elliott, 20 Fresno State University
- Caroline Grimsley, 18 Fresno State University
- Laura Kalmar, 22 Fresno State University
- Marissa Recio, 18 Fresno State University
- Opal Derr, 18 Occidental University
- Hayden Hoover, 18 Occidental University
- Krestrel Linehan, 18 Occidental University
- Kai Flanagan, 20 California Baptist University
- Gabriala Robles, 22 California Baptist University
- Abigail Skinder, 18 California Baptist University
- Anna Vermeulen, 21 University of San Diego
- Skylar Bruner, 20 University of San Diego
- Emma Welch, 18 University of San Diego
- Sydney Wilson, 19 University of San Diego
- Madison Scorgie, 19 Whittier College
- Emily Sheldon, 19 Biola University
- Coco Friedley, 21 Biola University
- Chloe Colvard, 20 Biola University
- Julia Lecrivain, 18 Biola University
- Rachel Munch, 21 Biola University
- Sophie Hay, Washington State University
- Tatum Janning, Tatum Washington State University
- Viven Nett, Washington State University
- Marta Guasp, 21 Grand Canyon University
- Vivi Criscione, 20 Grand Canyon University
- Summer Dean, 21 Grand Canyon University
- Elisa Corradi, 23 Grand Canyon University
- Kaitlyn Logue, 19 Grand Canyon University
- Kaitlynn Malarney, 19 Quincy University
The MPSF Open Water Swimming Championships will be held in a rectangular course in Marine Stadium, site of the rowing events at the 1932 and 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held nearby in Long Beach near the Belmont Plaza Pier in the Pacific Ocean.
For more information, visit here.
For information on the men’s 5 km race, visit here.
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