AAU Indoor Open Water Nationals
Channel: Rich Rogers
Date: 2012-10-31

Indoor Open Water Swimming www.indooropenwater.com - The swimming (r)evolution. 

This video highlights the 1st Annual AAU Indoor Open Water National Championship.  The event, sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) http://aausports.org/ was hosted by the Clearwater And Tampa Area Aquatics swim team in Clearwater Florida. 

Open Water Swimming is a healthy sport that many children and adults enjoy. Unfortunately, swimming in the elements can be unpredictable at best. We have taken the best of open water swimming and created a climate controlled environment, in which, the sport can be offerred to a wider audience. Get out of the elements and into your swim.

Indoor Open Water Swimming (IOWS) uses a standard Olympic-sized swimming pool (50 meters x 25 yards) as the basis for the course. Large buoys are place 15 feet out from each corner to create a rectangular course. Participants navigate around the buoys to complete the four different distances (1 lap Sprint, 1/4, 1/2 and full mile.

Indoor Open Water www.indooropenwater.com