USA Swimming will hold its Open Water National and Junior National Championships in Sarasota, Florida, starting with the women’s 10 km race, followed by the men’s 10 km race on April 2nd.
New Guard versus Old Guard
On one side of the equation, the Old Guard is represented by 2020 Tokyo Olympian Ashley Twichell (37, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @atwall616, shown above on left), and long-time USA National Team members Becca Mann (29, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @becca__mann, shown above on right) and Brooke Travis (26, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @_btrav). Meanwhile, the New Guard is represented by 2024 Olympians Emma Finlin (21, World Aquatics bio here, @emma.finlin) and Mariah Denigan (23, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @mariahdenigan), and fellow national teammate Brinkleigh Hansen (17, World Aquatics bio here, @brinkleigh_hansen).
Can the wily veterans hold off their hungry, younger 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 Women’s Starters
- Emma Finlin, 21, Canada
- Laila Oravsky, 19, Canada
- Delphine Piatera-Mercier, 18, Canada
- Zoe Tomory, 17, Canada
- Taira Vroom, 19, Canada
- Katherine Warkentin, 17, Canada
- Kaiya Weaver, 17, Canada
- Elleigh Brennan, 18, Peddie Aquatics
- Riley Christensen, 18, Sandpipers of Nevada
- Sadie Davidoff, 18, Long Island Aquatic Club
- Mariah Denigan, 23, Ohio State University
- Isabella Descent, 17, St Petersburg Aquatics
- Paige Downey, 18, Gold Medal Swim Club
- Maddie Fox, 17, TAC Titans
- Gracie Gregory, 20
- Brinkleigh Hansen, 17, St Petersburg Aquatics
- Karrington Hansen, 18, St Petersburg Aquatics
- Clare Herfel, 16, Northern Kentucky Clippers Swimming
- Paige Housman, 22, Kentucky Aquatics
- Sasha Karafin, 17, Long Island Aquatic Club
- Becca Mann, 29, TAC Titans
- Katie McCarthy, 22, University of Minnesota
- Zayda Miehl, 16, Corvalis Aquatic Team
- Mazie Moberly, 17, Gator Swim Club
- Mila Nikanorov, 21, Ohio State University
- Caroline Riggs, 22, Club Mountaineer Aquatics
- Emma Rudowsky, 19, Aquajets Swim Team
- Violet Rutter, 16, Santa Clara Swim Team
- Alex Siegel, 16, Long Island Aquatic Club
- Casey Stephens, 21
- Maddie Stuemke, 17, Kamehameha Swim Club
- Chloe Teger, 17, Orange County Gold
- Brooke Travis, 26, TAC Titans
- Ashley Twichell, 37, TAC Titans
- Karolina Valko, 16, Dallas Mustangs
- Maddie Waggoner, 22, Jersey Wahoos
- Isabella Zarkos, 17, Sandpipers of Nevada
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