The 2014 USA Swimming open water nationals will kick off this Friday at Lake Castaic in Southern California. This is the second year in a row that Canyons Aquatic Club has hosted the open water swimming nationals. Here’s some of the numbers as we look toward the weekend
58 – the number of men on the start list of the 10k. This is over twice the size of the field in the Olympics (25).
47 – the number of women on the start list for the 10K
14 – the age of the youngest swimmers in the event: Taylor Pike (Razorback Aquatic Club), Isabella Rongione (Nation’s Capital Swim Club) and Simon Larmar (FAST Swim Team)
1.66 – the distance in kilometers for one lap of the course (6 loops for the 10K)
38 – the age of the oldest woman in the race – Heidi George (Great Wolf Swim Team)
6 – the largest number of entries from a single team – Nation’s Capital Swim Club & Club Wolverine
85 – forecasted air temperature on Friday
73 – expected water temperature on the course
8 – women’s race will start at 8:00AM and men’s race will start at 10:30
4 – the number of spots for each gender on the Pan Pacific Championship roster
