Hurrell-Zitelman and Johnson record top finishes in 2017 Cap 2K Open Water Race

Jacob Hurrell-Zitelman was the top overall 

finisher in the 2017 Cap 2K Open Water Race.

Photo by Darla S Tamulitis, 

La Vita Loca Photography

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By Robert H Kelly
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AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 1, 2017) Nineteen-year-old Jacob Hurrell-Zitelman and 17-year-old Morgan Johnson were the top male and female finishers in the 15th Annual Cap 2K Open Water Race in Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 30, 2017. Hurrell-Zitelman finished the two-kilometer course in 23 minutes, 43.88 seconds, which was eight seconds ahead of second place finisher Clark Wakeman. Jacob Hurrell-Zitelman swims collegiately for Trinity University in San Antonio and was a triple gold medalist in the 2017 Southern Collegiate Atlantic Conference Championships in the 500-yard freestyle (4:36.25), 400-yard individual medley (4:04.764) and 1,650-yard freestyle (15:54.58). The 2016 graduate of San Antonio Taft High School also competed in the 2017 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in the 500-yard, 100-yard, and 1.650-yard freestyle along with the 400-yard individual medley. Wakeman's second place time was 23 minutes, 51.82 second with 27-year-old Nolan Slesnick placing third (24:02.15).

Morgan Johnson was the top overall female

finisher in the 2017 Cap 2K Open Water Race.

Photo by Darla S Tamulitis, 

La Vita Loca Photography

Copyright 2017, All Rights Reserved

In the female division, 17-year-old Morgan Johnson was the top finisher with the time of 25 minutes, 2.37 seconds. Her performance was also the fourth overall best time in the race. Fisishing in second place in the female division was 16-year-old Halle Gordon (27:34.52) with 14-year-old Erin Lin (27:48.02) taking third. In the First Responder division, William Hanson placed first with the time of 37 minutes, 57.19 seconds. Sybil Hay was second with the time of 47 minutes, 54,60 seconds.

Cap 2K co-race organizer and founder Keith Bell was second in the men's 65-69-year-old division with the time of 31 minutes, 49.74 seconds. His performance was also 30th overall in the field of 185 competitors. He is the only swimmer to have competed in all 15 Cap 2K Races, whom he runs and organizes with his wife, Sandy Neilson-Bell. Neilson-Bell was a triple gold medalist (100-meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle relay, 400-meter medley relay) in the 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich.

The 16th edition of the Cap 2K is scheduled for Sunday, April 29, 2018.