Who's Racing in Long Beach?

Who's Racing?

1. Yumi Kida, Japan 2. Cara Baker, New Zealand 3. Melissa Gorman, Australia 4. Danielle Defrancesco, Australia 5. Stacey Hansford, Australia 6. Samantha Hoschke-Edwards, Australia 7. Poliana Okimoto, Brazil 8. Zsofia Balazs, Canada 9. Nadine Williams, Canada 10. Haley Anderson, USA 11. Emily Brunemann, USA 12. Christine Jennings, USA 13. Chloe Sutton, USA 14. Eva Fabian, USA	1. George O'Brien, Australia 2. Christopher Ashwood, Australia 3. Rhys Mainstone, Australia 4. David Browne, Australia 5. Ivan Enderica, Ecuador 6. Allan Do Carmo, Brazil 7. Ous Mellouli, Tunisia 8. Aimeson King, Canada 9. Richard Weinberger, Canada 10. Fran Crippen, USA 11. Andrew Gemmell, USA 12. Alex Meyer, USA 13. Sean Ryan, USA 14. Chad La Tourette, USA 15. Arthur Frayler, USA 16. Chip Peterson, USA

	Name: Chloe Sutton Age: 18 Team: Mission Viejo Nadadores Home Town: Mission Viejo, California School: University of Nebraska Independent Study Program Bio: Multi-time national open water swimming champion. 2008 Olympian Why Open Water? "I was invited to a USA Swimming Open Water camp for swimmers who had never tried it before. We were expected to participate in the USA Swimming national championships in Ft. Myers, Florida - and I won my first 10K there."

	Name: Emily Brunemann Team: University of Michigan Bio: 2008 NCAA champion in 1650-yard Freestyle, five-time NCAA All-American, 2009 USA Swimming Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year, represented the USA in the 5K and 10K at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome and 2007 USA Swimming national 1500-meter champion.

	Name: Haley Anderson Age: 18 Team: USC Home Town: Granite Bay, California School: USC Why Open Water? "I have never really tried it. I never had real long open water competition. The max I have done is a mile open water. I thought it would be interesting to see how I do. I have had some success with distance in the pool so might as well try open water."

	Name: Fran Crippen Team: Germantown Academy Aquatic Club Home Town: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania School: University of Virginia Bio: A six-time USA Swimming national open water swimming champion, Fran has won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Swimming Championships, a silver medal in the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships 10K, two national pool titles in the 800-meter freestyle, a gold medal in the 2007 Pan American Games 10K, two silver medals in the 2003 Pan American Games 400- and 1500-meter freestyles and was an 11-time NCAA All-American.

	Name: Andrew Gemmell Age: 19 Team: Delaware Swim Team Home Town: Wilmington, Delaware School: Georgia University Bio: Member of the 2009-2010 USA Swimming National Swim Team and a silver medalist in the 2009 World Swimming Championships 10K. He finished fifth in the 2009 World Swimming Championships 5K and was named the 2009 USA Swimming Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year. He won the 400 individual medley at the 2008 World Youth Championships and was a three-time high school Academic All-American.

	Name: Alex Meyer Team: Harvard University Home Town: Ithaca, New York School: Harvard University Bio: Harvard University swim team co-captain. U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in the 1500-meter freestyle and NCAA qualifier in the 500-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle who represented USA Swimming at the 2009 World Swimming Championships in the 25K race.

	Name: Charles "Chip" Peterson Age: 18 Home Town: Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina School: University of North CarolinaHome Town: Palm Springs, California Bio: 2005 world 10K open water swimming champion. 2005 world 5K open water swimming silver medalist. Member of the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Team in 2005 - 2008. Qualified for the U.S. Olympics Swim Trials in the 200-, 400- and 1500-meter freestyles and the 400-meter individual medley. 2007 Pan American Games 10K silver medalist. 2006 World Open Water Swimming Championships 5K silver medalist and sixth-place finisher in the 10K. 2005 USA Swimming Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year.

	Name: Eva Fabian Age: 16 Team: Greenwood Memorial Swim Club Home Town: Keene, New Hampshire School: Oak Meadow Bio: Tenth at the 2009 FINA World Swimming Championships 25K, second at the 2009 USA Swimming National 10K Open Water Swimming Championnships, 27th at the 10K 2009 FINA World Swimming Championships 10K, won the 2009 USA Swimming National 5K Open Water Swimming Championships, fourth in the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming championships 10K


	Name: Sean Ryan School: The McCallie School (incoming freshman at University of Michigan in 2010) Home Town: Hixson, Tennessee Bio: Member of the USA Swimming Junior National Team and member of the 2009 USA Swimming National Open Water Swim Team. Placed 11th at the 2009 World Swimming Championships 25K.