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Mark Warkentin, Kirsten Groome Claim Indianapolis Open Water Grand Prix 10K Titles -- August 6, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 6. MARK Warkentin and Kirsten Groome surfaced from a pair of close races to win the Indianapolis Open Water Grand Prix 10K titles held in conjunction with the USA Swimming National Championships.
Warkentin, representing Santa Barbara Swim Club, touched out Mission Viejo's Fran Crippen, 2:00:48.3 to 2:00:48.6, in a photo finish at the finish line. Kamehameha Swim Club's John Flanagan placed third in 2:00:58.4.
Groome, swimming for First Colony Swim Team, knocked off Mission Viejo's Chloe Sutton, 2:06:20.6 to 2:06:28.4, to earn the women's title. Minnesota Aquatics' Christine Jennings finished third in 2:08:32.7. Notably, 1500 free world-record holder Kate Ziegler snared seventh with a time of 2:14:32.2 in her first, and possibly last, foray into open water swimming.
Click here as SwimmingWorld.TV presents parts of the race as well as interviews with the winners and Ziegler.
Click here to view event results PDF file.
The following top 15 swimmers will be invited to compete at the open water World Championship Trials to take place in Fort Myers, Fla., in late October. That event will serve as the selection meet for the 2008 Open Water 10K World Championships held in Spain, which will be the selection meet for the United States open water team to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Men's Top 15
1 Warkentin, Mark D 27 Santa Barbara Swim Club 2:00:48.3
2 Crippen, Fran E 23 Mission Viejo Nadadores 2:00:48.6
3 Flanagan, John E 32 Kamehameha Swim Club 2:00:58.4
4 Sakamoto, Noa K 21 Kamehameha Swim Club 2:03:24.7
5 Roof, Steve R 23 Canton City Schools 2:03:27.8
6 Pursley, David C 20 Mission Viejo Nadadores 2:03:28.0
7 Gemmell, Andrew D 16 Delaware Swim Team 2:03:30.0
8 Koehler, John K 21 Indiana University Club Paradise 2:03:39.2
9 Kaufmann, Scott J 24 Reno Aquatic Club-PC 2:03:43.1
10 Young, Kyle A 21 Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club 2:06:45.7
11 Owen, Philip L 21 North Carolina Aquatic Club 2:07:52.0
12 Cullom, Deni D 16 Mission Viejo Nadadores 2:07:58.1
13 Stephenson, Harry C 15 Gulf Coast Swim Team 2:08:03.5
14 Rimkus, Charlie N 16 Mission Viejo Nadadores 2:08:41.0
15 Daup, Michael R 18 Blackline Aquatics 2:08:43.1
Women's Top 15
1 Groome, Kirsten A 17 First Colony Swim Team, Inc. 2:06:20.6
2 Sutton, Chloe E 15 Unattached Mvn 2:06:28.4
3 Jennings, Christine E 20 Minnesota Aquatics 2:08:32.7
4 Heckman, Dawn M 30 Swim Pasadena 2:08:49.4
5 Bailey, Lauren L 22 Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics 2:13:22.2
6 Massengale, Brittany D 21 Rice Aquatics 2:13:25.4
7 Ziegler, Kate M 19 The Fish-Va 2:14:32.2
8 Fabian, Eva M 14 Greenwood Memorial Swim Club 2:14:50.7
9 Burden, Micha 26 Mission Viejo Nadadores 2:15:44.4
10 Stowe, Elizabeth 20 Unattached 2:18:54.8
11 Vernon, Nicole E 14 Delaware Swim Team 2:18:59.0
12 Witt, Jessica N 20 Nova of Virginia Aquatics, Inc 2:19:17.1
13 Vanden Berge, Samantha L 18 Swim Pasadena 2:23:52.7
14 Hazen, Lisa A 43 Unattached 2:24:25.0
15 Weigand, Courtney Q 17 North Coast Aquatics-Si 2:26:41.9
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Reaction Time Comments
August 6, 2007 Is placing in the top 15 the ONLY way to get an invite to the World Championship Trials in October? I noticed that Open Water champion Chip Peterson wasn't competing in the race, so surely he'll be a favorite for the '08 team in Spain and Bejing...Am I missing something?
Submitted by: kcswimjk
August 7, 2007 "The Top 15 finishers in the men's and women's divisions qualified to compete at the World Championship Trials in Fort Myers, Fla., October 20-21 where they will have a chance to qualify for the 2008 10K Open Water World Championships in Seville, Spain."
This is straight from USA Swimming's recap of the event. Not sure what they will do about Chip, unless they work out something special. I'll look into it a little deeper.
Thanks for the comment. Submitted by: Jason Marsteller
August 7, 2007 From USA Swimming:
"a. To qualify for the Qualifying Competition an athlete must compete in 10K race at the Trials, (2007 USA Swimming Open Water World Championship Trials October, 20- 21, 2007 in Ft. Myers, FL). In order to qualify for the Trials athletes must participate in at least one of the following races:
i. 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Nationals (10K race only), May 19, 2007, in Fort Myers, FL.
ii. 2007 Open Water 10K Grand Prix, August 5, 2007, in Indianapolis, IN. A time standard must be achieved to compete in this competition. The time standards may be found at usaswimming.org.
iii. The athlete must finish in the top 15 in one of the two qualifying meets above to be accepted to compete in the Trials."
Since Chip competed in May, he is qualified for Trials.
Thanks for the question. Submitted by: Jason Marsteller
August 7, 2007 Thanks for checking, Jason -- I appreciate it. Looks like the October race will be exciting.
Submitted by: kcswimjk
August 7, 2007 Not a problem. Anytime. I'm looking forward to October as well. Submitted by: Jason Marsteller
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