Canada

IPC Launches Review Of Para-Swimming Classifications

Maddison Elliott is one of thousands of para-swimmers who will be affected by the formal review of the para classification system.

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Newfoundland & Labrador Club Swimmer Dies In Car Accident

The swimming community has learned of the passing of athlete Alyssa Davis, a Canadian swimmer who represented the Swimming Newfoundland and Labrador club.

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Aquatics Canada Awards Ryan Cochrane Male Athlete of the Year

The late Randy Bennett was named to the President’s Honour Roll, while Ryan Cochrane took home the Male Athlete of the Year, and Genevieve Saumur won the Spirit of Aquatics Canada award.

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2015 Swammy Awards: International Coaches of the Year

David Marsh is the coach of the year in the US- but what about the rest of the world?

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2015 Swammy Awards: Emily Overholt, Canadian Female Swimmer of the Year

Just 17 at the time, Overholt earned three Pan Ams medals, tied for the most among Canadian women and second on the entire Canadian team behind Santo Condorelli.

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Team Aquatic Supplies signs Pan American Games Medalist Overholt

Team Aquatic Supplies is proud to announce the signing of Canadian record-holder, World Championship bronze medalist, and Pan American Games gold medalist Emily Overholt.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Condorelli Named Canada’s Male Swimmer Of The Year

Santo Condorelli had a breakout year that resulted in a narrow podium miss at the 2015 World Championships.

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Swimmer Honoured With Medal After Lake Ontario Swim

After becoming the first female swimmer with a physical disability to swim across Lake Ontario back in 2006, Jenna Lambert was recently awarded a Meritorious Service Medal from Gov. Gen David Johnston.

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Can data make you faster?

It’s mid-way in the swim season: Are you on track to hit your goals this year? What did you do to push yourself closer to that goal today? Do you remember what your goals are?

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Two National, Three Provincial Records Fall At Ontario Championships

Penny Oleksiak, who’s working her way to becoming one of the top sprinters in Canada, pushed her way to a 53.22 performance in the 100m freestyle.

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Tammy Cunnington Takes Down World Record

Tammy Cunnington lowered her own world record in the S4 class women’s 50m butterfly Saturday at the 2015 US Paralympics Swimming Open .

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Penny Oleksiak Talks 200m Butterfly Canadian Record

Penny Oleksiak is on the rise to becoming one of the top butterfly and freestyle swimmers in Canada, breaking provincial and national age group records almost every time she dives in for a race.

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McMaster Varsity Team To Undergo Revised Structure For Next Season

Following a complete review of the athletics department, McMaster University is in talks about changing the way the varsity swim program is run in order to, “increase efficiency.”

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Video: Kelsey Wog On New Canadian Record

Kelsey Wog was one of the top performers at the second annual Ontario Junior International. Wog came away with two new Canadian records, a win in the 200m IM, and managed to sweep all three breaststroke events.

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Paige Miller Re-breaks 50m Backstroke Canadian Record

In one of the quickest back-and-forth exchanges Canadian records have ever seen, the short course 50m backstroke Canadian record is back in the hands of Paige Miller.

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