OPEN WATER

OPEN WATER TIME STANDARDS

• Time Standards for both Central Zones & Illinois State OW

2025 OPEN WATER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - August 5, 2025

• Meet information & Details 
  • ​Location:  Lake Manteno, Manteno, IL
  • Officials Sign-Up Sheet (open)

2025 ILLINOIS SWIMMING OPEN WATER EVENTS

• Central Zones: June 12 (Clinic) & 13 (Event)
  • ​Location:  Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, WI
  • Registration is OPEN on the Team Illinois Zone Site
  • Deadline for athletes to enter is Sunday June 8th by 5:00p
  • Officials Sign-Up Sheet (live)
  • Site Landing Page
• ​Illinois Swimming Open Water Camp: June 23rd
  • ​Location: Lake Manteno, IL
  • Featuring John Dussliere, 2008 Olympic Head Open Water Coach
  • Invitations to be sent in waves mid-late April
  • Information can be found on the camp page
• Great Lakes Open Water Championships (Multi-LSC Event): June 26th
  • ​Location:  Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, WI
  • Illinois Swimming participates at this meet as Exhibition, uses it as a prep meet. ​
  • Officials Sign-Up Sheet (not open yet)
  • Site Landing Page
  • Time Standards

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PREVIOUS OPEN WATER INFORMATION

​2024 OPEN WATER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - August 6, 2024

• Meet information & Details
  • ​Location:  Lake Manteno, Manteno, IL
  • Officials Sign-Up Sheet

2024 ILLINOIS SWIMMING OPEN WATER EVENTS

• Central Zones: June 13 (Clinic) & 14 (Event)
  • ​Location:  Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, WI
  • Registration is OPEN on the Team Illinois Zone Site - CLOSED
  • Officials Sign-Up Sheet
• Great Lakes Open Water Championships (Multi-LSC Event): June 27th
  • ​Location:  Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie, WI
  • Illinois Swimming participates at this meet as Exhibition, uses it as a prep meet. ​
  • Officials Sign-Up Sheet

2023 OPEN WATER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - August 8, 2023

​Location:  Lake Manteno, Manteno, IL

Meet Packet	Parking Map	Safety Information	Video of Lake Manteno	Results Men's Open 5K Women's Open 5K Boys 13-14 3K Girls 13-14 3k Boys 11-12 2K Girls 11-12 2K Boys 10 & U 1K Girls 10 & U 1K
Event File	Course Layouts	Officials Sign-Up Form	Team Entries
Abandonment Plan	Time Standards	Lifeguard Sign-Up Form	Psych Sheet
ISO Report 8/2/23	ISO Report 8/6/23	ISO Report Post Event	Team Results	Full Indv Results PDF

PREVIOUS OPEN WATER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - August 15, 2022

• Meet Packet
• Meet Entry File
• Meet Results PDF Format
• Meet Results File
   

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Apply for an Open Water Sanction
• Time Standards
• Open Water Travel Support
• Open Water National Team Hub
• Additional Safety Tips on Open Water Workouts
• Safety Management for Open Water Workouts
   

TAKE THE PLUNGE (2020 Event)

Coaches looking for something to spice up the holiday training and challenge your swimmers? Take the Pool Plunge! Challenge your swimmers to a 1K, 1650, 3K or 5K for time and submit your results. It is a great chance for swimmers that might think about an open water event in the summer to test out the distance in a familiar environment. Event dates are December 1, 2019 through January 15, 2020. Swims can be done in pracitce. Coaches there's something for you, too! Coaches that have the largest percentage of their team participate over all the events will win a $50 gift card.

• Program Details & Form

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