Chloe Sutton is going to Rome, baby!

Congratulations to Chloe Sutton who placed second yesterday in the 400-free at USA Nationals; (I know I am a loser for being a day late). What makes this so cool is that she is a Mission Viejo Nadadore and she wears TYR.

She was just 0.43 off the winning time.

To see real time results of the US Nationals here is the link tot he Omega site: [Link]

mark Savage took the photos above of Chloe Sutton at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions held last month. Here is a link to one of his sites: [Link]

2009 TYR Swim Meet of Champions: My favorite race of the day, Chloe Sutton in the 1500-meter Free

Yes, Chloe Sutton is that beautiful, she is that strong and she is that gracious in victory.

Watching Chloe Sutton swim the 1500-meter free is a very unique experience. She is extraordinarily smooth and has a kick pattern that intrigued me. I did not notice it till she was 200 meters into the race. Here is what she does:

When she she is 15-to-20-meters from the wall, she begins a 6-beat kick; off her turn she continues kicking for the same 15-to-20-meters till he legs go soft and she adopts a two beat kick for the middle 10-to-20-meters of the pool. Then when she is 15-to-20-meters from the wall, the 6-beat kick turns on. That middle section is almost like a "rest-period."

She did this lap-after-lap.

Chloe was well received by the crowd.

Mark Savage took the photos above and I thank him very much. If you want to to post these photos on your blog, you may on the condition that you link to his sites:

[Link] MarkSavage.com

[Link] 95dollarheadshots.com

Steve Munatones is on the line from '10kswim.com' and he has links for us...

Here is his email from Beijing:

Tony,

NBC Open Water Coverage: [Link]

Chloe Sutton [Link]

More Chloe Sutton [Link]

Please feel free to provide this information to your community. I need to get the word out, [...] that I am pretty sure most people have no idea that Chloe and Mark’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be covered live online at www.NBCOlympics.com. I will answer people’s questions live during the race.

Lots of yellow flags and "20 other guys fighting for the Olympics"

Steve Munatones has the play-by-play of the men's 10k open water qualifier in Beijing. If you go to his Twitter page, start from the bottom of the page and read the posts in consecutive order. It makes it more exciting. [Link]

Here is the Swimming World recap for the Men's race" [Link]

He also has a recap article with some quotes from Chloe Sutton regarding her 10k win yesterday at Swimming World here: [Link]

I am off to a swim meet this morning in Mission Viejo so more posts will come tonight.

Swimming World - Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics

Chloe Sutton of the left after scoring a gold medal in 10k open water test event. From Swimming World: "... BEIJING, China, May 30. ACCORDING to unofficial on site reports from Steven Munatones, Swimming World's special correspondent in Beijing, Chloe Sutton of the United States has won the 10K test event and the Olympic roster spot that goes along with it.

After faltering at the initial World Championships Trials in the U.S. and not qualifying for a shot to make the Olympics while in Seville, Spain, Sutton made the most of her second chance, available because neither Kirsten Groome nor Micha Burden qualified in Spain. ..."

FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup results

FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup was held this weekend in Sevilla, Spain. Germany and Russia apparently own open water swimming. See top ten results at Lane 9 News: [Link]

OFFICIAL RESULTS 10 KM. MEN

1. THOMAS LURZ - GERMANY 1:51:49,10
2. VLADIMIR DYATCHIN - RUSSIA 1:51:50,71
3. MAARTEN VAN DER EIJDEN - NETHERLANDS 1:51:52,12
4. FRAN CRIPPEN - USA 1:51:54,00
5. CHARLES PETERSON - USA 1:52:03,08

OFFICIAL RESULTS 10 KM. WOMEN

1. ANGELA MAURER - GERMANY 2:00:00,89
2. CHLOE SUTTON USA 2:00:05,12
3. POLIANA OKIMOTO - BRAZIL 2:00:06,78
4. KERI-ANNE PAYNE - GREAT BRITAIN 2:00:21,19
5. CASSANDRA PATTEN - GREAT BRITAIN 2:00:21,41