Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Brazilian Olympians Fabiola Molina and Diogo Yabe Expecting First Child

Brazilian legend Fabiola Molina is expecting her first child – relevant to competitive swim fans as she cited the desire to have a child as a primary reason for her retirement in 2013.

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A Look Back: All 2014 Commonwealth Games medalists and times from Glasgow

See every medalist from each of the 44 swimming events contested at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the most competitive and entertaining Commonwealth Games meets in recent memory.

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Cielo Finishes Metropolitan Meet in Belo Horizonte With Quick 50 Free

Cesar Cielo finished his swimming at the Metropolitano in Belo Horizonte, Brazil with an impressive early-season swim in the short…

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Cesar Cielo Wins Two in Short Course Meters at Metropolitan Swimming Championships

Cesar Cielo began his reacclimation to the 25 meter pool on Friday in Belo Horizonte.

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Sarah Sjostrom Making Post World Record Appearance at Portuguese Open

Sarah Sjostrom will be back in the pool this week at the Portuguese Open Championships.

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24 make Mexico’s Central America & Caribbean Games squad, will compete at home

In the wake of Mexico’s national championships over the weekend, 12 men and 12 women have been named to the country’s squad for the Central America & Caribbean Games (CACG) including Fernanda Gonzalez.

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Le Clos, Hosszu Among Preliminary Announced Swimmers for Dubai World Cup Stop

Two-time World Cup series champion Chad Le Clos will be back in 2014.

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NCAA D2 Standout Augier, Rising Star Daniel to Rep St. Lucia at 2014 Commonwealth Games

As the Commonwealth world begins to descend upon the Glasgow athlete’s village ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games that kick…

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Mexican Nationals Day 5: Gonzalez wins again, two more make CACG roster

On the fifth day of Mexican Nationals, Fernanda Gonzalez won another event, taking the 200 IM and adding another event to her Central American & Caribbean Games (CACG) qualifications.

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Luna joins CACG squad, record count up to 92 after fourth day of Mexican Nats

Mexican Nationals continued Thursday, with Diana Luna becoming the thirteenth swimmer to make Mexico’s team for the Central America and Caribbean Games.

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Liliana Ibañez Wins Again on Day 3 of Mexican Nationals

After taking two events on day two, Liliana Ibañez was back for more at Mexican Nationals, winning the 100 meter freestyle

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Lili Ibanez Breaks 50 Butterfly Record On Day 2 Of Mexican Nationals

On day 2 of the Mexican National Championships in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Texas A&M swimmer Lili Ibanez won the…

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Four Mexican National Records, Four Tickets to CACG’s on Night One in Veracruz

A quartet of Mexican National Records were broken on the first night of the 2014 National Championships in Veracruz; further, four…

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Grenada to Send Four Swimmers to 2014 Commonwealth Games

The small island nation of Grenada (not to be confused with the similarly-named Granada, Spain) is sending a team of…

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Burch and Fletcher make up two-man Commonwealth Games squad for Bermuda

Bermuda has announced its Commonwealth Games entrants in the 6 sports it will compete in. Two swimmers are among them – national record-holder Roy-Allan Burch and recent SMU grad Julian Fletcher.

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