Photos from the Sumidero Canyon 15K

We previously reported on the pro Sumidero Canyon 15K; Omar Díaz González provided us with a variety of great shots from the race. The photo on left shows the men lining in front of their escort boats: Peter Stoychev, Diego Nogueira, Iván López, Michael Dimitrev, Saleh Mohammad, Damián Blaum, Gabriel Villagoys, Arseniy Larentyev, Manuel Chiu and Rodolfo Valenti.

The next photos show the 15K course down the scenic canyon.



Both the men and women went at each other for hours, constantly jockeying for position...until the very end...


...when Petar Stoychev and Britta Kamrau emerged with down-to-the-wire victories.

When it comes to marathon swimming, these two 2009 inductees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame live up to their well-deserving reputations.

Mexican Trials for the World Championships

Omar Díaz González informed us of the Mexican Swimming Federation's (Federacion Mexicana de Natacion) 3-part plan to select the top Mexican open water swimmers who will compete at the World Swimming Championships in Rome this coming July.


The Mexican 5K trials for the World Swimming Championships will be held this weekend in the beautiful sea off of Cancun. The world championship trials for the 10K will be on March 28 in Chiapas. The 25K trials will be held concurrently with the 15K FINA Open Water Swimming World Cup on April 18th in the beautiful Sumidero Canyon.

From tropical seas to scenic rivers, Mexico is challenging its athletes in a variety of open water settings in preparation for Rome.

Photo of Sumidero Canyon by Dr. Jim Miller.