USA swimming trials at Miromar Lakes
Contestants vying for spot on US Olympic team
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY

The USA Swimming Open Water World Championship Trials will be held at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club on Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday Oct. 21, 2007. This is the final North American event in a fouryear qualifying cycle. Forty USA swimmers will be vying for four available spots at an Olympic selection meet to be held April 29-May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The top ten swimmers in the event, (maximum of two per nation), will participate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where the 10K open water race will debut as an Olympic event.

Miromar Lakes was chosen to host the USA Swimming Open Water World Championship Trials due to its ideal climate and lake conditions that parallel the open water competition settings in Seville and Beijing.

The athletes will traverse a 6.2-mile course in Lake Como, one of two large recreational lakes at Miromar Lakes. The USA Women's Race begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. The USA Men's Race begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, followed by the twenty Canadian swimmers in a separate Trials event. The Canadian Men's Race beginning at noon and the Canadian Women's Race beginning at 12:10 p.m.