USA Swimming held its 2026 Open Water National and Junior National Championships in Sarasota, Florida this morning.
If there was one competitor who was kept his composure throughout the race, it was 2024 Olympian Ivan Puskovitch of Team Santa Monica. He was always in the lead pack until he decided in the latter stages of the race to move into the lead where he stayed. Dylan Gravley, formerly of Arizona State University and the Sandpipers of Nevada, was nipping at his feet towards the end, but Puskovitch won and revenged his loss to Gravley in last year’s championship by 0.03 seconds.
10 km Men’s Top 8 Results
- Ivan Puskovitch, 25, TSM Aquatics
- Dylan Gravley, 24
- Colin Jacobs, 18
- Joey Tepper, 24, University of Minnesota
- Joshua Brown, 23, Sandpipers of Nevada
- Aiden Hammer, 19, University of Texas
- Alexander Lyubavskiy, 22, Longhorn Aquatics
- Luke Brennan, 20, University of Minnesota
The remaining race results will follow after official confirmation of times and places. The remaining competitors included:
- Caden Askren, 18, Fishers Area Swimming Team
- Noah Bocalan, 16, San Ramon Valley Aquatics
- Zachary Bowie, 19, Canada
- 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
- Jaxon Griffen, 17, Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team
- Finn Holdredge, 20
- Jackson Irwin, 18, Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team
- Thomas Langlois, 22
- Nicholas Liberty, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
- 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
- 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
- Zach Tower, 19, TSM Aquatics
- Sean Tracy, 17, North Jeffco Swim Team
- Gabe Waggoner, 16, Jersey Wahoos
- Cooper Zakorchemny, 19, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
Watch Online
All remaining USA Swimming National Championship races (5 km and 3 km Knockout Sprints) will be live-streamed on the USA Swimming Network. Watch for free here with Mike Lewis as the race announcer.
Personal Commentary
“Michael Jordan has committed his third foul of the game.”
“Quinn Hughes has been sent off to the penalty box.”
“Alex Grimaldo is given a yellow card.”
“Jordan Mailata was called for holding.”
In every other sport, when there are rule infractions or fouls committed by athletes, the referees and announcers publicly explain the infraction or rule and what athlete committed the foul. This knowledge is deemed important to the athletes, their coaches, spectators in the stands, and fans online and watching on television. It is part of the game.
But in the world of open water swimming, officials do not share information on who committed rule infractions or who received a yellow card or red card. The reason that was given is because these rule infractions are considered to be highly confidential personal information and must never be disclosed publicly to anyone, including coaches, spectators, and fans.
This is strange and does not make sense in our contemporary sports world. Such confidentiality and non-disclosure does not seem right in modern-day athletics – especially in this information age. Other sports want to get officiating right. Basketball and football officials review video in real time to determine if a foul actually happened, if it was simply incidental, or if it was flagrant. Then their ruling is announced publicly and immediately. This builds transparency and trust in the sport.
But not in open water swimming.
Key decisions – that often have a direct impact on the race and medalists – are kept secret…forever.
It just not make any sense to me. I am hopeful that one day the governing bodies in open water swimming will determine that publicly announcing the recipients of yellow cards and red cards during a race will elevate the sport and will not interfere with any privacy laws.
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