Articles by Ben Dornan

2020 ISL Match 2 – Day 1 Live Recap

With the first meet of the International Swimming League’s second season out of the way, four new teams are slated to face off for Match 2.

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2020 ISL Match 2 – Day 1 Entry Lists

Iron star Katinka Hosszu will make her Season 2 debut here, racing two of her signature events; the 200 backstroke and IM.

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2020 ISL Match 1 – Day 1 Live Recap (Updated With Times)

The very first meet of the International Swimming League season 2 will get underway this morning at 10 am Eastern in Budapest, Hungary.

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USports Announces Cancelation Of All 2021 Winter Championships

It was announced today that Canada’s national collegiate system; USports, has canceled all 2021 national championships for winter sports.

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Canadian Sport Institute Announces Closure Of TPASC Strength & Conditioning Lab

The Canadian Sport Institute Ontario announced that they would be closing their Strength & Conditioning and Sport Lab at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

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Claire Weinstein Swims Second Fastest Ever Girls 13-Year-Old 500 Freestyle

Claire Weinstein’s 4:44 in the 500 yard free ranks her as the 2nd-best 13-year old in the history of the event, behind only Claire Tuggle.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: The 12 Year Old Coming For The Phelps Crown

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

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2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Penny Oleksiak Signs With ‘Phelps’ Brand

2016 Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak has signed with the ‘Phelps’ brand – Michael Phelps’ swimwear and swimming product brand.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Featuring Not One, But Two Posts About Nathan Adrian

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. Featured Instagram Post of the…

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Swimming Canada Continues To Push For Re-Opening Of Pools

In an October 2, 2020 press release, Swimming Canada has announced that they will soon be releasing Version 3 of their Return to Swimming Resource Document.

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DC Trident Fill Final Roster Spot With Russian Sprinter Rozaliya Nasretdinova

Russian sprinter Rozaliya Nasretdinova has been announced as the most recent addition to DC Trident’s roster for season two of the ISL.

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Acadia University Announces Indefinite Closure Of Swimming Pool

Acadia University located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia has announced that they will be keeping their pool closed indefinitely.

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ISL Teams Name 33 to Coaching Staffs for 2020 Season in Budapest

Matteo Giunta returns as the head coach of Aqua Centurions for the 2nd season of the ISL, set to get underway on October 16th in Budapest, Hungary. (Abo

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Japanese PM Suga Says Japan Is Determined To Proceed With 2021 Games

Newly elected Japanese Prime Miniter Yoshihide Suga has confirmed that the Japanese government still plans on hosting the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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NL Government Announces $600k In Funding To Reopen The Aquarena Swimming Pool

The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Andrew Furey, announced today $600,000 to help reopen the Aquarena swimming pool in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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