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Belmonte Puts Spain On Top of the Medal Table

With her told wins Mireia Belmonte has Spain sitting on top of the medal table…

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Calgary’s Bogdan Knezevic Named 2015 Rhodes Scholar

A second Rhodes Scholar has ties to the world’s swim community: University of Calgary’s Bogdan Knezevic now joins former Michigan Swimmer, David Moore, on the list of 2015 recipients.

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Aurelie Rivard Named Canadian Female Para-swimmer of the Year

Swimming Canada has named Aurelie Rivard the 2014 Team Aquatic Supplies Female Para-swimmer of the Year after winning 7 gold medals…

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Brittany MacLean Wins Canadian Female Swimmer of the Year

Brittany MacLean has been named the 2014 Canadian Female Swimmer of the Year.

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Ryan Cochrane Wins Canadian Swimmer of the Year for 7th-Straight Year

Distance swimmer Ryan Cochrane has been Canada’s best male swimmer for more than half-a-decade.

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B.C. Para-swimmer wins first Big Splash Award

Swimming Canada’s Big Splash Awards Week is underway as Nathan Stein of Maple Ridge, B.C., was named the Team Aquatic Supplies Male Para-swimmer of the Year today.

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Canada West Championships: UBC Men And Women Repeat As Champions

The UBC men cleaned up the men’s 100m freestyle final with a 1-2-3 podium sweep led by up-and-coming sprinter Yuri Kisil. Kisil rocketed to a 48.73 to win the event followed by Stefan Milosevic who touched in at 49.58. Luke Peddie came in fast as well throwing down a 49.94. The three leaders were the only ones under the 50 second barrier, pointing the UBC 4x100m freestyle relay in a very good direction.

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Canada West Championships: UBC Takes Lead After Day Two

After two days of competition, UBC led in both the men’s and women’s categories.

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Canada West Championships: Coaches Comments And What To Expect

Tera Van Beilen will use this meet as her final prep competition going into SC World Champs. If everyone swims up to their capabilities we feel we will be in good shape heading into the new year.

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Canadian National Team Member Will Brothers To Join UBC For Winter Semester

“I am super excited to come represent UBC both on the varsity stage and hopefully internationally”

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UBC Picks Up First Commitment With Canadian Jr National Team Member Heather Lam

Canadian Jr national team member Heather Lam of the Vancouver Pacific Swim Club gave her commitment to swim for the…

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Video: Exclusive Look Inside The New Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre

On Thursday October 30, Swimswam got an exclusive tour of the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre courtesy of high…

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Jaring Timmerman, The Oldest Masters Swimmer, Passes Away At 105

Jaring Timmerman, the worlds oldest masters swimmer, passed away Wednesday night in his hometown of Winnipeg at the age of 105.

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Canadian Jr Pan Pac Team Member James Guest Verbally Commits To Georgia

James Guest, one of the top breaststroke recruits out of Canada, gave his verbal commitment to swim for the University of Georgia Bulldogs starting next fall where he’ll fit in with their 2014-2015 freshman class which is full of breaststroke and IM swimmers.

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UBC Thunderbirds Hold Off Calgary Dinos To Secure Home Pool Win

The Thunderbirds beat the UofC Dinos by 516 points, putting forth a great effort and producing a grand total of 1674 points to take the win. Calgary finished second with 1158 points over the Lower Mainland High School All-Stars – a group of stellar high school swimmers – who finished third with 1124 points.

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