By Mark Gill<\/p>\n
FORT MYERS, Fla., June 7. NO walls, no pads, no blocks ~ just water. <\/p>\n
That was the motto of the 2004 USA Swimming National Open Water Camp held last week in Fort Meyers, FL. Sixteen swimmers from around the country were invited to participate in the camp coached by Randy Nutt, Jeremy Vail and me. <\/p>\n
Training consisted of both pool session and ocean swims totaling five hours each day. At the end of the week of training, the athletes competed in the Open Water National Championships held as part of the Estero Island Open Water Festival.<\/p>\n
In the 5K Nationals, camp participants dominated the awards stand, winning 10 of a possible 16 medals. In the women\u2019s competition, Katie Swensen took second, Megan Loehndorf was third, Caren Guyett was fourth, Jamie Keily was sixth, Justine Schluntz, was seventh, Aleksa Akerfelds was ninth and Jenn Flaherty was 13th. <\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 5K
\n1 Byrum, Beth \t18 \tKA-GU \t1:06:44.00
\n2 Swensen, Katie \t16 \tPS \t1:07:59.00
\n3 Loehndorf, Megan \t20 \tGSC 1:09:12.00
\n4 Guyett, Caren \t14 \tBGCNW-MR \t1:09:24.00
\n5 Turnadzic, Maida \t14 \tSwim Florida-FL 1:09:25.00
\n6 Keily, Jaime \t16 \tCFSC-GU 1:09:42.00
\n7 Schluntz, Justine \t17 \tDUKE-NM 1:10:13.00
\n8 Trefzger, Eleanor \t18 \tYS 1:11:21.00 <\/p>\n
The men camp participants did almost as well. Sweeping places third through seventh plus was Jeremy Gregory, Brooks Stovall, Mack LeBlanc, Robert and Kyle Young. Drew Seasea finished in tenth place. <\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 5K
\n 1 DeMarco, Dan \t23 \tLIAC-MR \t 58:13.00
\n 2 Peterson, Charles \t16 \tCCS 1:00:28.00
\n 3 Gregory, Jeremy \t16 \tTSC-PN \t1:01:15.00
\n 4 Stovall, Brooks \t16 \tMTS-SE \t1:03:48.00
\n 5 LeBlanc, Mackenzie 16 \tCPSC-NT \t1:04:02.00
\n 6 Looney, Robert \t15 \tCSST \t1:05:11.00
\n 7 Young, Kyle \t17 \tYTO-FL \t1:05:48.00
\n 8 McLeod, Steven \t25 \tMVN-CA \t1:05:49.00 <\/p>\n
With every swimmer from camp placing in the top 15 in the 5K, excitement built as the 10K approached. In this race, only four camp attendees raced, all of them reaching the medal podium. For the women, Laura Pacheco was third and Jaime Keily was fifth. In the men\u2019s race, Kyle Young was fourth and Robert Looney was sixth. <\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 10K
\n1 Rose, Erica \t21 \tUN-LE-LE \t2:04:56.00
\n2 Bergen, Briley \t20 \tUN-FL-FL \t2:05:17.00
\n3 Pacheco, Laura M \t16 \tSwim Florida-FL \t2:08:06.00
\n4 Smiddy, Rebecca \t15 \tMiami Metro-FG \t2:10:11.00
\n5 Keily, Jaime \t16 \tCFSC-GU \t2:16:38.00
\n6 Rice, Rose \t30 \tUnattached \t2:17:48.00
\n7 Mathery, Megan \t17 \tYTO-FL \t2:18:13.00
\n8 Kirsch (Widden), Lisa \t24 \tYTO-FL \t2:18:20.00 <\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 10K
\n1 DeMarco, Dan \t23 \tLIAC-MR \t1:53:17.00
\n2 Kenny, John \t23 \tUN-MA-MA \t1:58:26.00
\n3 Langsett, Robert \t20 \tFLST-FG \t2:01:03.00
\n4 Young, Kyle \t17 \tYTO-FL \t2:01:38.00
\n5 Rice, Michael \t19 \tFLST-FG \t2:04:59.00
\n6 Looney, Robert \t15 \tCSST \t2:06:57.00
\n7 Drury, Elliott \t23 \tUN-MV-MV \t2:07:13.00
\n8 Buslepp, Brandon \t22 \tFLST-FG \t2:08:15.00 <\/p>\n
The 25K will take place on Tuesday with Sean Seaver as the only camp participant racing. <\/p>\n
Jacque Grossman, the camp organizer indicated the selection for next year\u2019s camp will be based on performance at sectional meets. For more information, check the USA Swimming website at www.usaswimming.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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