COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The U.S. Olympic swimming trials are still nearly a month away, but the American team already had two members.
Mark Warkentin and Chloe Sutton were the first two swimmers officially selected to the team, confirmed Wednesday to compete in the Olympic debut of open water swimming.
Warkentin, a 28-year-old from Santa Barbara, Calif., earned the men’s berth by finishing seventh in the 10-kilometer race at the open water world championships in Seville, Spain, last month.
The 16-year-old Sutton, of Roseville, Calif., claimed a spot in the women’s 10k by winning an Olympic test event in Beijing on Saturday.
Both Americans will be competing at their first Olympics.
In addition, USA Swimming hired John Dussliere and Bill Rose as the open water coaches.
