2024 Open Water National and Junior National Championships Info

Jim Skirboll

2024 Open Water National and Junior National Championships


 

RACE START TIMES

  • 10K National Championships (Open + 19&U*)

    • Friday, May 3, 2024

      • Women’s Race 8:00 am ET

      • Men’s Race 10:30 am ET

  • 5K Junior National Championships (15-U Age Group*) 

    • Saturday, May 4, 2024

      • Men’s Race 2:00 pm ET

      • Women’s Race 2:05 pm ET 

  • 5K National Championships (Open)

    • Sunday, May 5, 2024

      • Men’s Race 7:30 am ET

      • Women’s Race 7:35 am ET

  • 7.5K Junior National Championships (16-17 Age Group*)

    • Sunday, May 5, 2024

      • Men’s Race 9:30 am ET

      • Women’s Race 9:35 am ET

*as per World Aquatics standards, age is determined as of 12/31/24




 

  • Friday May 3

  • Pool Warm up 

 

  • Saturday MAY 4

  • Warm up

  • Be there at  8:00 am Nathan Benderson Park Warm up Stretch?

  • REGISTRATION HOURS & TATTOO PICK-UP

  • Saturday, May 4: 12:30 - 1:45 pm

  • Be there at 12:15 

  • 1:45 pm Pre-race Briefing 

  • 2:01 pm Women’s Inspection and Roll Call

  • Women’s Race 2:05 pm ET

  • The 5K course will be approximately 1.66km loops with 3 loops for the 5K. 

 

REGISTRATION HOURS & TATTOO PICK-UP

  • Athletes will be asked to show an ID (state, federal, or school) to receive their race numbers at Registration.

  • Thursday, May 2, tattoo pick up will be at Nathan Benderson Park from 3:00 - 5:00 pm ET.

  • Friday, May 3: 6:30 - 7:15 am, 8:00 – 10:15 am

  • Saturday, May 4: 12:30 - 1:45 pm

  • Sunday, May 5: 6:00 - 7:15 am, 7:45 - 9:00 am

 

 

 

POOL TRAINING – SELBY AQUATIC CENTER

  • Pool practice availability: 8501 Potter Park Dr, Sarasota, FL 34238  

  • Monday, April 29: 11:00-1:00 pm (SCY setup)

  • Tuesday. April 30: 11:00-1:00 pm (SCY setup)

  • Wednesday, May 1: 10:00-2:00 pm (SCY setup)

  • Thursday, May 2: 10:00-2:00 pm (SCY setup)

  • Friday, May 3: 10:00-2:00 pm (SCY setup)

  • Saturday, May 4: 11:00-3:00 pm (LCM setup)

 

OPEN WATER TRAINING – NATHAN BENDERSON PARK

  • Open water training will be available on Thursday, May 2 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.

  • There will be a designated area for swimmers warming up for later races.

 

PARKING

  • There will be free parking available at Nathan Benderson Park.

PARTICIPANT WAIVERS

  • The USA Swimming Open Water Waiver will be emailed out next week.

2024 Open Water World Junior Selection Procedures

Awards  Individual champions shall be determined and awarded in women’s and men’s competitions. Medals shall be awarded to all first through eighth place finishers in each individual event.  The male and female swimmers 18 years of age or younger attaining the highest finish position in the National Championships shall be designated as the USA Swimming 18 and under OW Champion in each contested event and shall receive the appropriate USA Swimming Championship medals.  Team awards for the National Championships will combine the 10k and 5k races. Team awards shall be given to the top three teams: men’s, women’s and combined where the following criteria are met; Men’s or Women’s – in order for awards to be given within a specific gender, that gender shall have a minimum of 16 competitors from at least three clubs starting the race. Combined – To be eligible for this award, a club must have scored in both men’s and women’s races, and there must have been a minimum of three clubs participating in each gender’s race. Team awards will be shipped from USA Swimming headquarters following the event. Scoring of individual events will be on a sixteen (16) place basis: 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Wear Racer X Apparel all the time. Always have a water bottle stay hydrated at all times. Wear sunscreen at all times. 

Race day:

Double Racer X  White Caps.

ARENA  POWERSKIN R-EVO+ OPEN WATER SUIT - OPEN BACK

Body Glide