By Robbie Dickson, Swimming World College Intern
The 2015-2016 season came to a close with the conclusion of the Paralympic Games last week. Now in the third week of September, with collegiate teams just starting their “20 hour weeks†and club teams dipping their toes into the water, the 2016-2017 season is officially underway. While the majority of swimmers are having their goal meetings about what times they want to go, or the next level cuts they want to achieve, a very select group of young athletes have their eyes set on making the United States Open Water National Team.
These select few realize that at this year’s nationals, a few of the “typical†big named athletes may be missing. The only male American representative at the 2012 Olympic Games for Open Water, Alex Meyer, put an end to his storied career after winning the Traversee internationale du Lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada this July.
Sean Ryan, one of the two male open water Olympians in Rio, also hang up his body suit and Vaseline after the Games. Ryan earned his spot on the Olympic Team by finishing in the top 10 at last year’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia. He is now working for Detroit Diesel, and helping them with their manufacturing. Along with Meyer and Ryan, long-time National team member and World Championship medalist, Andrew Gemmell, has started taking graduate classes at Georgetown University and it is unlikely that training is his priority at this time.
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