On August 5th, 2018 USAT held the annual Youth and Junior National Championships in West Chester, Ohio and two members of the club participated to see what the event was like. It was a very hot and humid day but we saw kids from all over the country competing in the race. The open water swim was a mass start by age group and so was a good learning experience vs. the pool swims we are most used to. At the finish, they had inflatable pools filled with ice to cool off in as we

The Columbia race was really great, it took place on the 22nd of July, a Sunday. We only had 4 members from the team racing, but we represented pretty well. I placed 21st in my overall age group with a time of 33:58:8 overall. I managed to finish the race even though mid-race my bike chain fell off! After a downhill turn, there was an uphill climb and when I started to pedal on the climb I realized the chain had fallen off. I took my bike to the side of the road and cheered