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Psych Sheets Released For The Mel Zejac International – Kevin Cordes And Noemie Thomas Set Up For Sweeps

Cordes is entered in the three breaststroke events and is the top seed in all of them. He’s favoured to win at the meet, and will have the chance to down some of the meet records. All three breaststroke records are held by Canadian Olympian Scott Dickens.

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Whittall to be Inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Posthumously

Beth Whittall passed away at the age of 78 only a few days after being notified of the honour of being inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame…

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UBC Thunderbirds Sign Seven For 2015-2016 Season

On the men’s side, UBC welcomes Colby Evans (West Vancouver, B.C.), Hau-Li Fan (Burnaby, B.C), Darian Fry (Surrey, B.C.), Ryder McGinnis (Edmonton) and Carson Olafson (Chilliwack, B.C.) to the Thunderbirds family.

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Kevin Cordes To Highlight Star-Studded Field At The Mel Zajac International In Vancouver

Kevin Cordes is the biggest name heading to the meet and likely the top seed in the breaststroke events. With the psych sheets not yet released, Cordes’ exact schedule isn’t available, however, he’s likely swimming the three breaststroke events.

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Ryan Mallette Takes Over High Performance Center – Victoria After Bennett Passing

Ryan Mallette will assume the position that had been held by Randy Bennett before he passed away two weeks ago. Among the swimmers that currently train there is two-time Olympic medalist Ryan Cochrane.

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McMaster Marauders Sign Five For 2015-2016 Season

The McMaster Marauders finished last season sixth overall in the men’s rankings at the CIS Championships, and took a big…

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Randy Bennett Celebration Of Life Video Tribute

Swimming Canada produced a touching video to celebrate the life of Canadian Olympic Team Coach, Randy Bennett. Yesterday, May 9th,…

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Commonwealth Games Medalist Emily Overholt signs with Speedo

Speedo Canada, the world’s leading swimwear brand, and a division of PVH Canada, Inc. is proud to announce the signing…

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Canada Announces Open Water World Champs Roster Highlighted By Richard Weinberger

The Canadian Open Water team for this year’s World Championships was named following the completion of the 10k race at the fourth stop on the FINA Open Water Swimming World Cup.

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Randy Bennett Celebration of Life

A celebration of the life of Randy Bennett will be held on May 9th at Saanich Commonwealth Place…

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Osvald Nitski Will Join The University of Toronto Roster In The Fall

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues singed Osvald Nitski, who can arguably be described as the top recruit coming out of Ontario for the 2015-2016 season.

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Randy Bennett Much More Than an Olympic Team Coach

Randy Bennett was an inspiration and a mentor too many and most importantly he was an incredible friend, father and husband…

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Kierra Smith to swim 200 breast, not 100, at Pan Am Games for Team Canada

After a tumultuous Canadian National meet, Kierra Smith will get to contest her signature event in front of the home crowd at this summer’s Pan American Games.

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Emily Overholt To Defer UBC Commitment Until After 2016 Olympics

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt has decided to defer her acceptance to the University of British Columbia and their varsity swim team in order to focus on the 2016 Olympic Games.

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University Of Calgary Sign Six For 2015-2016 Season

With a large portion of their team swimming at their last CIS Championships this past February, the University of Calgary…

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