Open Water Experience

Open Water is biggest trend in swimming right now!  The Stowe Swimmers are right there out in front with 3 Friday's available this summer to give it a try.  Our USS registered swimmers are motivated to conquer the open water, ready to over come any anxiety about being out in the lake, and some are taking on a race!

Best of luck to Reade Lawson, Heidi Brynn, & Seychelle Duckworth who are taking on the 1 mile, at The Kingdom Swim, on Lake Memphremagog in Vermont.


FACT: 2012 Olympics in London will host the first 10K open water event!  US Swimmers are expected to do very well!
Here are some great pictures from our 1st outing at the Waterbury Reservoir on 6/22.  It wouldn't be a fun open water practice if we didn't get to cover someone in the sand!

post swim play!

poor Tanis... it looks like she's enjoying it!

Grace & Seychelle

Yvain, preparing a mud pie for Reade

Reade ready to launch one at Yvain

The gang!

We swam our the far shore behind them!

They got Coach Cara out the boat for this shot!

Olympic Trials - Last Night!

Tonight we can watch the men in the longest race, 1500 meter free & the women in the shortest race, 50 meter free!  Check out all the results here!

We have an exciting team going to London this year, some returning veterines who keep getting stronger and some 1st time olympians who just blow your mind with thier pace of improvment!

Stowe's Tasija Karosas, swimming for her High School & USS team, St. Andrews Swimming of Boca Raton, Florida, had a great first Olympic trails!  Her family said it was the most exciting sporting event they have ever attended!  Tasija finished 156th in her 200 Back, 2:21.52 & 86th in her 100 back, 1:04.16

Tasija on the deck at Olympic Trials 2012