American teammates, roommates, friends and rivals Ashley Twichell and Haley Anderson will see a lot more of each other throughout their entire careers, especially in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Swimming shoulder-to-shoulder has become as commonplace as looking for the turn buoys among these two leading American open water swimmers.

But yesterday it was Twichell’s turn to stand higher on the podium as she won comfortably to capture the women’s division of the 10 km Swim The Swan event at the BHP Aquatic Super Series in Perth’s Swan River yesterday. The results are as follows:

1. Ashley Twichell 2:03:51.27
2. Haley Anderson 2:04:17.41
3. Chelsea Gubecka 2:04:18.94
4. Yumi Kida 2:04:20.07
5. Emily Brunemann 2:04:21.21
6. Kareena Lee 2:04:43.85
7. Jessica Walker 2:04:47.61
8. Charlotte Webby 2:06:03.95
9. Sacha Downing 2:08:07.03
10. Alice Whiley 2:09:50.85
11. Emily Seymour 2:11:53.78
12. Grace Sommerville 2:12:21.75
13. Zoe Elkerton 2:12:27.73
14. Samatha Watts 2:12:30.77
15. Laura Crockart 2:12:35.14
16. Yura Taniguchi 2:12:51.08
17. Kyna Periera 2:14:26.33
18. Jessica Errington 2:21:35.19
19. Nerice Smith 2:28:51.33

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