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U.S. Open Water World Championships Trials: Mark Warkentin, Chip Peterson Qualify for World Championships in Men's 10K; Complete Results Included -- October 21, 2007
FORT MYERS, Florida, October 21. AFTER an exciting day of swimming yesterday in which Micha Burden (Mission Viejo) and Kirsten Groome (First Colony) earned spots in the women's 10K at the FINA Open Water World Championships to be held in Seville, Spain next April, the men took center stage in another 10K battle.
Mark Warkentin (Santa Barbara Swim Club) and Chip Peterson (North Carolina) gave the fans something to cheer as the duo took it down to the wire before Warkentin surfaced triumphant in 1:57:01.84. Peterson, meanwhile, wound up in second place in 1:57:03.64 while WSY Swimming's Josef Kinderwater placed third. As times are reported, this article will be updated. Both Warkentin and Peterson now move on to Worlds in hopes of grabbing a top 10 spot to transfer over to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The men's race provided much more opportunity for anyone from the field to win compared to the women's race yesterday.
Initially, the men's field still remained in one pack at the first turn (2.5K), while the women had already broken into three packs at that point with the top four of Burden, Groome, Chloe Sutton (Mission Viejo) and Kalyn Keller (Club Wolverine) already breaking apart into the lead pack.
The men still hung together at the halfway mark (5K), although the pack had drifted out to about 10-meters wide at that point of the race. After everyone fed, the field formed back up with Fran Crippen (Mission Viejo) and Peterson out in front.
The pack still remained fairly tight at the last turn (7.5K) as only four swimmers had fallen out of contention. At the 8.75K mark, Warkentin jumped out to the lead, as a lead pack of seven swimmers emerged including Crippen, Peterson and Kinderwater.
With 500 meters to go, Warkentin and Peterson were in the lead with Crippen just behind. Warkentin and Peterson then broke away with about 100 meters to go en route to a head-to-head sprint to the line.
"I have never won an important race in my life," Warkentin told USA Swimming. "At 27 and at the end of my career, this probably would have been the last race."
Kinderwater and Mission Viejo's Chad La Tourette, who finished fourth, will serve as alternates in the 10K at Worlds and will be entered in the 5K event in Spain.
Men's Results
1. Mark Warkentin, Santa Barbara, 1:57:01.840
2. Chip Peterson, North Carolina, 1:57:03.640
3. Josef Kinderwater, WSY Swimming, 1:57:14.140
4. Chad La Tourette, Mission Viejo, 1:57:15.110
5. Noa Sakamoto, Unattached, 1:57:19.570
6. Scott Kaufmann, Reno Aquatics, 1:57:19.660
7. Steve Roof, Canton City, 1:57:20.650
8. John Flanagan, Kamehameha, 1:57:21.560
9. Fran Crippen, Mission Viejo, 1:57:31.650
10. Cody Kaufmann, Gator, 1:57:33.540
11. Michael Daup, Blackline, 1:58:01.500
12. John Kenny, Germantown, 1:58:12.160
13. Charlie Rimkus, Mission Viejo, 1:58:38.850
14. Andrew Gemmell, Delaware, 1:58:43.490
15. John Kevin Koehler, Indiana, 2:00:13.370
16. Phillip Owen, North Carolina, 2:02:21.420
17. Deni Cullom, Mission Viejo, 2:02:47.820
18. Vincent Donnelly, Tampa Bay Community, 2:02:54.320
19. Harry Stephenson, Gulf Coast, 2:02:54.590
20. Tommy O'Neill, Long Island, 2:16:23.530
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October 21, 2007 Way to go Chip!!! Submitted by: swiminfo
October 21, 2007 How about a Search More About: Chip Peterson article!!! Submitted by: swiminfo
October 21, 2007 We can only use one search term in that part of the article, so I decided to go with the winner. From our on scene contributors, it sounds like it was a bloody battle. Heard something about Chip's suit being half torn off by the time he finished. Submitted by: Jason Marsteller
October 21, 2007 Wow, sounds like a great race! And the UNC distance team must be as good as hyped if they can get second/third in a race like this. Congrats to Warketin, Peterson, and Kinderwater! Submitted by: swim26
October 21, 2007 Editor's note: The following item was posted from someone that did not have cookies turned on in their browser. Whoever did so, please turn cookies on to let us know who you are.
"Jason,
Thanks for the update on the battle in the water. The event sounds a lot like cycling, where they go for hours and then sprint the last short segment of the race to determine the winner. Chip's performance is especially satisfying since he had to overcome some serious health problems after pool nationals at IUPUI. When will you have the times?"
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October 21, 2007 It does seem very much like cycling. I think the sport is pretty much part water polo, part swimming and part cycling. You have the physical contact of water polo, the need for solid swimming technique and the ability to draft off each other like cycling.
Times are still coming out from USA Swimming. I can tell you that the top 10 all finished within about 30 seconds of each other. Also, I've heard there was actually a yellow card issued during the men's race.
The Canadian Open Water championships are starting in Fort Myers shortly. We'll have an overall recap of that event at the completion of it. Submitted by: Jason Marsteller
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What does a "yellow card" mean? Are the results official or not? Submitted by:
October 21, 2007 The results are official Just waiting to get an electronic version of the times.
As for yellow card, it's based on an infraction in the water. Submitted by: Jason Marsteller
October 21, 2007 I swam with Mark for 12 years, and he's the biggest-hearted, hardest-working athlete I've ever known. After so many years struggling for an elusive breakthrough in the pool (he finaled in the 400 free Trials back in '96), he's finally found his stride in the open water jungle. His story is an inspiration in and out of the water.
Mark, we salute you!
In other news, Mark is a nominee for the USA Swimming Golden Goggle Perseverance Award! Vote for Mark at www.goldengoggles.com ! Submitted by: grumper22
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