USA Swimming will hold its Open Water National and Junior National Championships in Sarasota, Florida, starting with the 10 km race on April 2nd.
The race is expected to be tight throughout the flat, calm-water course. There will be a slew of collegiate swimmers including Charlie Clark of Ohio State University, Luke Brennan and Joey Tepper of University of Minnesota, Joshua Brown of the University of Michigan, Aiden Hammer and Alexander Lyubavskiy of the University of Texas, Dylan Gravley of Arizona State University, 2024 Olympian Ivan Puskovitch, and Jacob Pishko of Louisiana State University, among others, who will figure into the mix. They have long competed against each other in the pool … separated by lane lines. Next week they will all have the opportunity to showcase their speed, stamina, and physicality in the 4-loop 10 km course at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
Flat Will Be Fast
The tranquil course is the polar opposite of the highly technically challenging 10 km river course at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but during this Olympic quadrennial, major open water swimming competitions will often take place in flat, no-waves, no-currents waters. For example, the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships on August 10th will be held in a calm rowing course in Long Beach [see Marine Stadium on the left below] and the LA28 Olympic course will – perhaps – be held somewhere within the calm waters of the Long Beach Breakwater [see Belmont Shore on the right below].
Similar to the women’s race, will the collegiate veterans be able to hold off their hungry, younger teenage competitors?
Watch online.
All races (10 km, 5 km, 3 km Knockout Sprints) will be live-streamed on the USA Swimming Network (watch for free here).
10 km Men’s Starters
- Caden Askren, 18, Fishers Area Swimming Team
- Noah Bocalan, 16, San Ramon Valley Aquatics
- Zachary Bowie, 19, Canada
- Luke Brennan, 20, University of Minnesota
- Joshua Brown, 23, Sandpipers of Nevada
- Corbin Bye, 18, Corvalis Aquatic Team
- Colt Chaires, 18, North Carolina Aquatic Club
- Charlie Clark, 24, Ohio State University
- Kannen Crossland, 18, Premier Aquatic Club of Klein
- James Darcy, 18, Long Island Aquatic Club
- Nicholas Diaconescu, 17, Sandpipers of Nevada
- Trevor Donley, 17, Rockville Montgomery Swim Clu
- Luke Dunn, 16, Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club
- Joey Eaddy, 16, Revolution Aquatic Club
- Luke Ellis, 20, Indiana University
- Dylan Fisk, 18, Bellingham Bay Swim Team
- Simon Fonsesca Florez, 18, Canada
- Dylan Gravley, 24
- Jaxon Griffen, 17, Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team
- Aiden Hammer, 19, University of Texas
- Finn Holdredge, 20
- Jackson Irwin, 18, Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team
- Colin Jacobs, 18
- Thomas Langlois, 22
- Nicholas Liberty, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
- Alexander Lyubavskiy, 22, Longhorn Aquatics
- Gabriel Manteufel, 19 Sandpipers of Nevada
- Gage Mealey, 16, Jersey Wahoos
- Turner Mitten, 18, Sarasota Sharks
- Paul Mullen, 19, Nation’s Capital Swim Club
- Eli Nelson, 19, TAC Titans
- Grant O’Mara, 17, Irvine Novaquatics
- Sebastian Paulins, 28, Canada
- Hunter Payne, 20, Canada
- Jacob Pishko, 23, Louisiana State University
- Cono Pesti, 19, Northern Kentucky Clippers Swimming
- Ivan Puskovitch, 25, TSM Aquatics
- Eli Rolfsen, 19
- Grant Sanders, 29, St Petersburg Aquatics
- Levi Sandidge, 22, Kentucky Aquatics
- Jackson Scheiber, 20, University of Minnesota
- Charles Schreiner, 20, Egg Harbor Twp Seahawks
- William Siegel, 19, Long Island Aquatic Club
- Max Spory, 19, American Energy Swim Club
- Parker Sterlitz, 22, West Virginia University
- Max Stewart, 18, Irvine Novaquatics
- DJ Stupak, 18, Irvine Novaquatics
- Joey Tepper, 24, University of Minnesota
- Zach Tower, 19, TSM Aquatics
- Sean Tracy, 17, North Jeffco Swim Team
- Gabe Waggoner, 16, Jersey Wahoos
- Cooper Zakorchemny, 19, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
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