Canada

Arbitration rules that Evan White’s National Age Group records will stand after ratification holdup

An arbitrator ruled this week that the 5 Canadian National Age Group records set by Evan White and his teammates last fall will stand, ending a legal battle waged since Swimming Canada chose not to ratify the records in January.

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Canadian Male Junior Relay Initative: The Key To Canadian Relay Success

Swimming Canada has recently established a program to target future success in their international relays by putting together the “Male…

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FINA announces schedule for 2015 World Junior Championships in Singapore

The meet will take place from September 1st to September 6th of 2015. See the full event schedule here.

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Missy Franklin Wins Three On Final Night Of Mel Zajac International

Missy Franklin kicked off the final night of competition at the Mel Zajac International with a win in the 100m…

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Missy Franklin And Noemie Thomas Go In As Top Seeeds After Prelims Of Mel Zajac International

Missy Franklin has been nothing but spectacular this weekend at the Mel Zajac International and she continued to impress by…

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Brittany MacLean Tops Missy Franklin On Night Three Of Mel Zajac International

Noemie Thomas kicked off night three of the Mel Zajac International with a vengeance, winning the 100m fly over rivals…

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Mel Zajac Jr International; Day Two Prelims

The first event of the prelims on day three at the Mel Zajac Jr International at the UBC Aquatic Centre went according to plan to three top women butterfliers in Canadian swimming…

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Missy Franklin Wins Two On Night Two Of Mel Zajac International

Day two finals at the Mel Zajac International started off with a big win for Missy Franklin. Franklin swam a…

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Day Two Prelims Of Mel Zajac International: Missy Franklin Takes Top Seed In 200 Back

Missy Franklin stole the show in the 200m backstroke throwing down a 2:11.75 to take the top seed over teammate Elizabeth Pelton. Pelton touched in at 2:13.11 to take the second seed. The two Cal teammates really separated themselves from the rest of the field; third seed Melanie Klaren who’s also a Cal swimmer was over two seconds behind Pelton in 2:15.22

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Canadian Paralympic star Donovan Tildesley to retire, won’t compete at Para Pan Pacs

Para World Record-holder Donovan Tildesley has announced his retirement from the competitive swimming at the age of 29.

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Cal Girls Dominate On Day One of Mel Zajac International

The 50m backstroke was dominated by Cal’s golden girls as Rachel Bootsma, Missy Franklin, and Elizabeth Pelton took the top three spots.

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American, Canadian Stars Come Out for 2014 Mel Zajac Cup

Liz Pelton (left) and Missy Franklin (right) will lead a strong Cal group north of the border for the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup this weekend.

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RBC Insurance announces multi-year partnership with Swimming Canada

To raise awareness about the importance of swimming as a lifelong skill, Swimming Canada and RBC Insurance announced a new multi-year partnership Tuesday…

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Olympians Tewksbury and McCabe kick off program to teach 70,000 kids to swim

RBC Insurance partners with Swimming Canada to ensure more than 700,000 Canadian children can swim 25 metres to safety.

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Official Pan American Games qualifying procedures released

UANA, the Swimming Union of the Americas, has released the official qualifying procedures for the 2015 Pan American Games, to be held in Toronto, Canada one year from this July.

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