Alisee Pisane (23, Belgium, World Aquatics bio here, USC bio here, @pisanealisee) played her cards just right at the 2026 MPSF 5 km Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California.

Pisane took over the lead with 600 meters to go over Vivien Nett (Hungary, Washington State University bio here, @nettv43978) who had led the lead pack from the start. Kyra Rabess (Cayman Islands, University of Northern Colorado bio here, @ky.ra_swim) gave chase and collided with Pisane around the last turn buoys, but the USC Trojan had enough in her tank to hold off Rabess.

Each of the podium winners has both open water and international experience. Pisane with World Cup competitions, Nett at the European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships, and Rabess at the Flowers Sea Swim and third at the 2025 MPSF Championships.

The water was flat and 71.2°F under cloudy skies and warm Southern California temperatures.

The event was live streamed on Game On Live Studio.

“We were very excited to host the fourth MPSF Open Water Swimming Championship,” said MPSF Associate Commissioner for Championships Kaia Hedlund. “We have 16 schools participating from seven different states with 133 athletes competing. We have over 50 volunteers and expect a lot of spectators with Long Beach being the Aquatic Capital of America.”

The University of Northern Colorado relay team of Kyra Rabess, Emma On-The-Hill, Ellyson Lombardi, and Audrey Varet [shown above on left] won the collegiate relay race and the overall team title. “I am extremely proud of our girls racing to become the 2026 MPSF Open Water Relay and Overall Team Champions,” assistant coach Kyle Ponsler said. “The preparation we have put into training and progressing as a program this fall makes this a tremendous accomplishment to start this season.“

2026 MPSF Open Water Swimming Championship Results

1st Alisee Pisane 1:01:50.4
2nd Kyra Rabess 1:01:52.8
3rd Vivien Nett 1:01:53.0
4th Emma On-The-Hill 1:01:55.9
5th Lilli Perner 1:02:55.6
6th Sydney Wilson 1:03:07.3
7th Tatum Janning 1:03:07.3
8th Rylee Hutchinson 1:03:10.1
9th Abigail Skinder 1:03:57.5
10th Avery Bulkley 1:04:00.6
11th Ellyson Lombardi 1:04:02.9
12th Vivi Criscione 1:04:04.2
13th Holly Lenarz 1:04:08.8
14th Kona Flanagan 1:04:35.3
15th Audrey Varet 1:04:43.7
16th Melissa Turlea 1:05:10.7
17th Kai Flanagan 1:05:44.7
18th Melina Seider 1:06:24.9
19th Kaitlyn Logue 1:06:40.1
20th Summer Dean 1:06:40.6
21st Jeanne-Lise Gauthier 1:06:41.7
22nd Gaby Stanton 1:06:42.1
23rd Marie Mason 1:06:49.7
24th Sloan Zallen 1:06:54.6
25th Chesney Bonner 1:06:54.7
26th Addy McCullough 1:07:02.2
27th Ally Diehl 1:07:05.5
28th Amelie Ogilby 1:07:54.7
29th Rachel Munch 1:08:34.0
30th Chloe Eyrich 1:09:22.8
31st Lillia Barlow 1:09:39.7
32nd Simei van Staden 1:09:47.7
33rd Gabi Midgett 1:10:03.3
34th Merin Schmidt 1:10:04.9
35th Emma Welch 1:10:05.2
36th Audrey Phelps 1:10:14.9
37th Lauren Nielsen 1:10:41.8
38th Mallory Paine 1:10:45.4
39th Charlotte Ames 1:10:50.8
40th Sophie Phillips 1:11:10.7
41st Lea Benhamou 1:11:37.0
42nd Arianna Hoff 1:11:44.6
43rd Lise Puissant 1:11:48.2
44th Savannah Shapley 1:11:53.4
45th Angie Ahmadi-Kashani 1:12:05.7
46th Helena Huettemeyer 1:12:19.3
47th Laleeta Pal 1:13:11.7
48th Madison Scorgie 1:13:37.9
49th Bella Cabral 1:13:55.6
50th Harper McGuire 1:14:02.1
51st Giselle Koonce 1:14:19.7
52nd Willow Pezone 1:14:26.5
53rd Tiffany Ball 1:14:43.2
54th Elle Ramos 1:14:59.0
55th Noelle Landon 1:16:34.2
56th Phoenix Word 1:17:02.7
56th Kailey Flesner 1:17:02.7
58th Tessa Halleen 1:17:06.3
59th Lilli Dempewolf 1:17:41.3
60th Rachael Pellegrini 1:17:52.0
61st Ella Kingsland 1:18:21.2
DSQ Julia Hill

Women’s 2 km Relay Results

1. University of Northern Colorado 26:00.7
2. Brigham Young University 26:05.4
3. Washington State University 26:06.5
4. University of California Santa Barbara 26:44.4
5. Grand Canyon University 27:05.2

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