Collegiate Open Water Championship
The Collegiate Open Water Championship is hosted by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and included a 5 km solo and a 2 km relay competition held in Long Beach’s Marine Stadium. It is an NCAA Division I sanctioned event where masters swimmers and alumni of MPSF institutions can compete in separate 5 km races.
Contents
Championship schedule
- College men’s 5K
- College women’s 5K
- Masters/Open 5K
- College men’s 2K Relay
- College women’s 2K Relay
Qualification Race
The Top 3 Finishers in the men’s and women’s 5K events qualify for the Collegiate 5K National Championships and the USA National Championship.
Event director
Venue
Marine Stadium was built for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics rowing competition and used for the 1968 USA Olympic rowing trials, the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, and several triathlons in the 1980’s.
MPSF member institutions
Stanford University, Air Force Academy, UCLA, University of Southern California, University of California San Diego, University of California Berkeley, University of California Davis, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California Riverside, University of California Irvine, California State University Fullerton, California State University Northridge, California State University Long Beach State, California State University Bakersfield, California State University San Jose, University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, Indiana University, Portland, Oklahoma, University of San Francisco, California Polytechnic University, Hawaii Pacific University, Pepperdine University, Brigham Young University, Alaska-Anchorage, Sacramento State, Southern Utah University, Texas Woman’s University, University of the Incarnate Word, Wheaton College, Concordia University, Grand Canyon University, Augustana Austin College, Penn State Behrend, Washington & Jefferson
