2019 Open Water Nationals and Junior Nationals - (Tag)

2016 Olympian Jordan Wilimovsky was the highest finishing American in the 10K on Friday at the 2019 US Open Water Nationals in Miami as he punched his ticket for the 2019 World Championships later this summer in South Korea. Wilimovsky actually finished second overall behind 1500 free Olympic Champi...

Mission Viejo's David Heron was the second highest finishing American in the 10K on Friday at the 2019 Open Water Nationals in Miami. Heron finished fourth overall in the race behind Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri and Mario Sanzullo but was the second American behind Jordan Wilimovsky. Heron and Wilim...

Two-time Olympian Haley Anderson qualified for her seventh World Championships team on Saturday at the 2019 Open Water National Championships in Miami as she was the second place American on the results. She finished third overall in the race behind Ana Marcela Cunha and Ashley Twichell but the form...

29-year-old Ashley Twichell finished in second in the 10K on Friday at the 2019 Open Water Nationals and was the top finishing American at the event. She punched her ticket to the World Championships with her swim on Friday in Miami and also has a chance to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games. The to...

1500 Free Olympic Champion Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy talked about his win in the 10K at the 2019 Open Water Nationals in Miami on Friday. Paltrinieri won the final by over a minute as he is in the middle of a training camp in the United States. Paltrinieri talked about if he prefers swimming the...

By Kate Santilena, Swimming World College Intern. Imagine swimming without staring down a black line on the bottom of the pool for hours on end and obstacles are constantly fighting against you, such as a powerful ocean current or repeated collisions with a competitor, and races that last grueling l...

When NC State graduate Hannah Moore finished the 10K on Friday at the 2019 Open Water Nationals in Miami, she was excited thinking she just punched a ticket to the World Championships. Although she did not finish in the top two, she was able to pick up a spot for the 25K thanks to her third-place fi...

The first step in qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games took place this week, with the selections for the U.S. Open Water World Championship team in Miami, Florida. Jordan Wilimovsky and Ashley Twichell were among those who made it one step closer to qualifying for Tokyo in 2020 and the top 5 most n...

Junior World Champion and Virginia Tech commit Chase Travis of the Nation's Capital Swim Club was the USA Junior National Champion in the women's 5K race at the 2019 Open Water National Championships. She later placed twelfth in the senior race, becoming the only swimmer to finish atop the ranks in ...

At the 2019 Open Water Nationals in Miami, Florida, USA Swimming teamed with Swiss Timing to use Omega's state of the art timing system for the first time at the Nationals. In year's past USA Swimming has just used a banner at the finish line that swimmers would touch. In 2019, the swimmers touched ...

Ashley Twichell and Haley Anderson have qualified for the 2019 World Championships in the 10K. Twichell finished first among U.S. swimmers in the 10K at the 2019 USA Open Water National Championships in Miami on Friday. Anderson finished second among U.S. athletes and also qualified for worlds. Braz...

The start lists for the 2019 US Open Water Nationals have been released with many of the world's biggest names in open water swimming set to attend. Italian Olympic Champion Gregorio Paltrinieri is among the international names that will be in attendance at three day meet in Miami, Florida. The meet...

Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri won his second title at the 2019 US Open Water National Championships in Miami with a win in the 5K on Sunday. Paltrinieri previously won the 10K on Friday and doubled up in the shorter distance as he led a 1-2-3 finish with Italian teammates Dominico Acerenza and Mario ...

Brennan Gravley of Sandpipers was the second American to finish in the men's 5K at the 2019 US Open Water Nationals, earning himself a spot on the 2019 World Championships roster in Gwangju this summer. Gravley also earned himself a spot in the 25K at Worlds. 5K RACE RECAP RESULTS Brennan Gravley fi...

Ashley Twichell and Brazilian World Champion Ana Marcela were involved in a tight finish at the end of the women's 5K at the 2019 US Open Water Nationals in Miami. Twichell came out on top in a photo finish over Marcela as Twichell qualified for World Championships in the 5K with her swim. Twichell ...

Chase Travis of NCAP Swim Club and Dylan Becker of Sandpipers of Nevada won the 5K junior national titles on Saturday at the 2019 US Open Water Nationals in Miami, Florida. Travis won the 5K women's race and was hardly challenged during the hour-long race. Women's 5K Junior Results Men's 5K Junior R...

Jordan Wilimovsky and David Heron qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on Friday at the 2019 USA Open Water National Championships. They were the top two U.S. finishers during Friday's 10K in Miami. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy won the race overall (1:49:25.37), follo...

This week’s ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to NC State’s Hannah Moore for her Worlds-qualifying performance in the women’s 5K at the 2019 US Open Water Nationals. RESULTS And while Moore’s swim itself was significant (it is her first ever-Worlds team and just one year into her open water swimmin...

American-Record Holder Zane Grothe finished as the top American competitor in the 5K race at USA's 2019 Open Water National Championships. He placed fourth overall in the race behind Italians Gregorio Paltrinieri, Domenico Acerenza and Mario Sanzullo. Men's Senior 5K Results His efforts still qualif...

Dylan Becker of Sandpipers of Nevada won the 5K Junior National titles on Saturday at the 2019 US Open Water Nationals in Miami, Florida. MEN'S 5K JUNIOR RESULTS JUNIORS RECAP In his post-race interview Becker discusses how he recovered after the 10K a day earlier and how it helped to prepare him fo...