LAWRENCE, Kan. – Out of all the numbers – 72 total athletes from schools spanning five different time zones and three different NCAA divisions – the smallest of digits, one, looms largest. Kansas swimming will be part of a historical event when it hosts the first ever College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Collegiate Open Water Championship at Lone Star Lake outside Lawrence Saturday.
Another significant number is the distance covered during two races, a 5,000-meter swim (roughly 3.1 miles) by the women at 8:30 a.m., and by the men at 10 a.m. One individual from each race will be crowned a CSCAA national champion and teams of three will compete for a team title. Saturday’s event will be the culmination of hard work by Kansas Athletics, the CSCAA and Douglas County to turn an idea to introduce open water swimming to the collegiate ranks into a national event.
“Getting open water swimming into collegiate competition has always been a goal. Now is an opportunity to act on it,” said Kansas head coach and event organizer Clark Campbell. “The 72 athletes here will make history; the first ever collegiate open water championship. To see it go from just an idea to seeing all those athletes cross that finish line will be a dream come true for me.”
The championship field consists of 38 females and 34 males coming from a diverse group of colleges and universities spanning across the entire United States. Participating schools include the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Albion College, Carson-Newman University, University of Cincinnati, Colorado School of Mines, Emmanuel College (Georgia), University of Kansas, University of North Florida, Ohio Wesleyan University, Oklahoma Baptist University, Rice University and Saint Louis University.
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