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5-17-06 IMPORTANT OPEN WATER NATIONALS UPDATE: Team USA athlete selection for two additional open water international competitions will take place from the results of the 10K event at the 2006 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships in Ft. Myers, FL In addition to the 2006 FINA Open Water World Championships the results of this competition will select athletes to compete in the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships and the 2007 FINA World Championships. All athletes desiring to compete for the USA in these international competitions must go to Ft. Myers to race for a position on one of these teams. Official
detailed selection criteria will be updated shortly on the USA Swimming Website:
Selection Criteria 2006
USA Swimming Open Water Nationals Team Selection: |
Description and Purpose:
Beginning in the late spring/ early summer of 2006, USA Swimming will sponsor
The National Open Water Select Camp. This camp replaced the Open Water
Developmental Camp. USA Swimming seeks to identify the best distance swimmers,
offering them a unique motivational and educational experience. The National
Open Water Camp is viewed as an integral step for athletes to move from the pool
to Open Water, then to the international scene.
Eligibility:
9 male and 9 female athletes will be selected off of the top times in the Swims
database in the 1500 meter freestyle.
Other criteria:
♦ Only Long Course times will be considered.
♦ Times must be achieved between May 1 and Spring Nationals.
♦ Athlete must be registered with USA Swimming.
♦ All athletes must be US citizens.
♦ Athletes who have ever attended a National Open Water Select Camp or been a
member of any USA Swimming National Open Water Team are not eligible for Camp.
Athletes can attend one National Open Water Select Camp. An athlete who turns
down the opportunity would be eligible the following year if he/she still meets
the time criteria. An athlete who accepts the invitation and does not attend is
not eligible the following year unless an alternate was able to attend in
his/her place.
Location:
The camp location will be solicited and selected by USA Swimming. First
preference
will be college campuses that can provide on campus housing and dining
accommodations. Private sites will be considered if college sites cannot be
secured.
Dates:
The preferred date for the camps is around the Open Water Nationals.
Costs:
All athlete expenses at the camps will be covered by USA Swimming. Home coaches
will be reimbursed up to $200.00 for travel to the camp. Once on site all
housing,
meals and ground transportation will be covered by USA Swimming.
Staff:
A USA Swimming committee composing of the National Team Director, Open Water
staff liaison and a small task force appointed by the staff liaison will select
a Head
Coach for each camp. Potential assistant coaches must complete an application. A
committee composed of the National Team Director, Head Coach for the camp and
the Open Water staff liaison in consultation with the Sport Development
Consultants
will select the three assistants. At least one male and one female assistant
must be
on the staff. In addition, one National Open Water Team athlete will attend the
camp
and at least one member of the USA Swimming National Headquarters staff will
attend to assist with educational sessions.
