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Erica Rose
Swimming Background
Erica Rose developed a passion for swimming as a young child when her parents enrolled her in learn-to-swim lessons. By the age of 6, she was competing for her local summer club, the Forest Hills Swim Club in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. At age 7, she began swimming year round for the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins, one of the most prominent age group swim teams in the country. Erica progressed through the various levels of competition, starting at the Zone Championships and working her way to Junior Nationals and then on to the Senior National level. She represented Hawken School in the Ohio High School State Championships, winning several individual and team state titles over the course of her four years. In 1997, she qualified for the USA National Junior Team and was ranked 3rd in the world in the 1500-meter freestyle.
Swimming Background
Erica Rose developed a passion for swimming as a young child when her parents enrolled her in learn-to-swim lessons. By the age of 6, she was competing for her local summer club, the Forest Hills Swim Club in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. At age 7, she began swimming year round for the Lake Erie Silver Dolphins, one of the most prominent age group swim teams in the country. Erica progressed through the various levels of competition, starting at the Zone Championships and working her way to Junior Nationals and then on to the Senior National level. She represented Hawken School in the Ohio High School State Championships, winning several individual and team state titles over the course of her four years. In 1997, she qualified for the USA National Junior Team and was ranked 3rd in the world in the 1500-meter freestyle.
Erica Rose entered her first open water race in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Jerry Holtrey, her Hawken and LESD coach, had been an open water swimmer and encouraged his swimmers to try the ocean race. Erica placed second and instantly loved the freedom of the sport, the lack of lane lines and the challenge of ever changing conditions. One year later, at age 15, Erica became the first ever World Champion in the Open Water 5K!
Accomplishments:
International Medals:
World Championships:
Gold, 5K, 1998
Pan American Championships:
Gold, 5K, 2006
Gold, 10K, 2006
Gold, 5K, 2004
Gold, 10K, 2004
Pan Pacific Championships:
Gold, 5K, 1999
National Titles:
25K (3): 2007, 2006, 2005
10K (4): 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
5K (3): 1999, 1998, 1997
International Medals:
World Championships:
Gold, 5K, 1998
Pan American Championships:
Gold, 5K, 2006
Gold, 10K, 2006
Gold, 5K, 2004
Gold, 10K, 2004
Pan Pacific Championships:
Gold, 5K, 1999
National Titles:
25K (3): 2007, 2006, 2005
10K (4): 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
5K (3): 1999, 1998, 1997
Erica continued to race in both the pool and open water venues, focusing on pool swimming in the fall and winter seasons and open water swimming in the spring and summer. Erica was recruited to Northwestern University where she competed for four years in the distance and individual medley events and became a Big Ten Conference finalist and an NCAA Championship qualifier. After her final collegiate season, Erica retired from pool swimming in order to focus on her true passion – open water swimming.
Erica’s Open Water Swimming Accomplishments
2008
2008
- 14th, World Championships, 25K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 25K
- 1st place, Chicago Big Shoulders, Chicago, USA, 5K
- 2nd place, Rosario Swim, Rosario, Argentina, 9K
- 2nd place, Lac Memphremagog FINA Grand Prix, Magog, Canada, 34K
- 2nd place, Rosario Swim, Rosario, Argentina, 9K
- 3rd place, Hernandarias-Parana FINA Grand Prix, Parana, Argentina, 88K
- 3rd place, Santa Fe-Coronda FINA Grand Prix, Santa Fe, Argentina, 57K
- 3rd place, Viedma Swim, Viedma, Argentina, 10K
- 3rd place, FINA Grand Prix Series
- 3rd place, Hernandarias-Parana FINA Grand Prix, Parana, Argentina, 88K
- 3rd place, Santa Fe-Coronda FINA Grand Prix, Santa Fe, Argentina, 57K
- 3rd place, Viedma Swim, Viedma, Argentina, 10K
- 4th place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 10K
- 4th place, Lac St. Jean FINAGrand Prix, Roberval, Canada, 32K
- 4th place, Capri-Napoli FINA Grand Prix, Capri, Italy, 36K
- 1st place, Pan American Championships, Salinas, Ecuador, 10K
- 1st place, Pan American Championships, Salinas, Ecuador, 5K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 25K
- 1st place, Lac St. Jean FINA World Cup, Roberval, Canada, 32K
- 2nd place, Seville FINA World Cup, Seville, Spain, 10K
- 3rd place, Tiburon Mile Swim, Tiburon, California, 1.5K
- 4th place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 10K
- 4th place, World Championships, Naples, Italy, 25K
- 4th place, Capri-Napoli FINA World Cup, Naples, Italy, 36K
- 10th place, World Championships, Naples, Italy, 10K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 25K
- 2nd place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 10K
- 4th place, Around the Island FINA World Cup, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 37K
- 4th place, Lac Magog FINA World Cup, Magog, Canada, 36K
- 6th place, Lac St. Jean FINA World Cup, Roberval, Canada, 32K
- 6th place, Hernandarias-Parana FINA World Cup, Parana, Argentina, 88K
- 7th place, Santa Fe-Coronda FINA World Cup, Santa Fe, Argentina, 57K
- 7th place, Rosario FINA World Cup, Rosario, Argentina, 21K
- 8th place, Sumierdo Canyon FINA World Cup, Chiapas, Mexico, 15K
- 9th place, World Championships, Montreal, Canada, 25K
- 9th place, World Championships, Montreal, Canada, 10K
2004
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 10K
- 1st place, Pan American Championships, Playa Blanca, Panama, 5K
- 1st place, Pan American Championships, Playa Blanca, Panama, 10K
- 2nd place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 25K
- 3rd place, Tiburon Mile Swim, Tiburon, California, 1.5K
- 8th place, Lac Magog FINA World Cup, Magog, Canada, 36K
- 9th place, 10K for the USA, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 10K
- 11th place, World Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25K
- 16th place, World Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Ft. Myers, Florida, 10K
- 1st place, Alcatraz Shark Fest, San Francisco, California, 2.5K
- 2nd place, USA Nationals, Clemson, South Carolina, 25K
- 9th place, Tiburon Mile Swim, Tiburon, California, 1.5K
- 11th place, World Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 10K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Huntington Beach, California, 10K
- 1st place, 10K for the USA, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 10K
- 1st place, Yangtzee River Crossing, Wuhan, China, 2K
- 3rd place, Cayman Island Event, Grand Cayman, 5K
- 4th place, USA Nationals, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 5K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Daytona Beach, Florida, 10K
- 7th place, World Championship, Fukuoka, Japan, 5K
- 14th place, World Championships, Fukuoka, Japan, 10K
- 3rd place, USA Nationals, Indianapolis, Indiana, 5K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 5K
- 1st place, Pan Pacific Championships, Melbourne, Australia, 5K
- 1st place, Pre-World Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii, 5K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Clovis, California, 5K
- 1st place, World Championships, Perth, Australia, 5K
- 1st place, USA Nationals, Nashville, Tennessee, 5K
- 1st place, Pre-World Championships, Perth, Australia, 5K
- 2nd place, USA Nationals, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 5K
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