Canada

Canadian Noemie Thomas Chats About Her Commitment to the Cal Golden Bears

“I’ve always liked training with people that are faster than me,” Thomas said. “They’ll push me every day, and that’s the way to get better.”

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Sjoestroem Collects Three Wins On The First Night In Moscow

Women’s 100 breaststroke Lithuanian superstar Ruta Meilutyte once again showed that she is the best 100 breaststroker to have ever…

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2019 Pan American Games Awarded to Lima, Peru

Lima, Peru has been selected as the host of the 2019 Pan American Games.

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FINA Moves Dates of 2015 World Aquatics Championships to Accommodate Pan Am Games

A rendering of the pool under construction to be the primary aquatics venue at the 2015 Pan Am Games.

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Strike Leaves Windsor Essex Swim Team Without Their Pool

Swimmers are again without a pool in Ontario as the University of Windsor pool: the St. Denis Centre has been closed due to the CUPE 1393 strike.

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Dominique Bouchard Joins The Oakville Aquatic Club

One of Canada’s top backstrokers will be joining an already strong group of athletes at the Oakville Aquatic Club. Head Coach Sean Baker has told SwimSwam that Dominique Bouchard, who currently ranks 20th in the world in the 200 backstroke, has joined his team.

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Canada’s Bryce Kwiecien-Delaney Verbally Commits to Michigan

The Michgian Wolverines have gotten a verbal commitment from Canadian Bryce Kwiecien-Delaney of the Oakville Aquatic Club. Kwiecien-Delaney is a top-level short-distance…

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Wright State Hires Canadian Coach Sean Dwyer as New Assistant

Sean Dwyer is leaving the Trent Swim Club in Ontario to take an NCAA coaching job.

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Swimming Canada Restructures High Performance Centres

After a period of review Swimming Canada has decided to reduce the number of high performance centres that are being funded largely by the national organization and redirect their funding to four high performances centres rather than five.

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Florida State Snags Canadian Sprinter Lyons

Florida State’s brilliant outdoor scenery will be the home of Canadian sprinter Anthony Lyons for at least the next four years.

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Swimming Canada’s 104th AGM

This weekend Ottawa’s playing host to Swimming Canada’s 104th AGM (annual general meeting)…

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Swimming Canada Honours Organizers of Lac-Megantic Event

At the Swimming Canada AGM the organization honoured the organizers of the Lac-Megantic Open Water event with the President’s award,…

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Indiana Hosting ‘Relay Rally’ to Challenge FINA World Records

Indiana has a chance to set 8 new World Records on Thursday. Not just the “Guinness Book of” off the wall World Records. Serious, FINA World Records.

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Cochrane and Caldwell Honoured; Reimer Inducted into Hall of Fame

The British Columbia Swim Coaches Association and Swim BC held a joint awards banquet on September 21st in Whistler. The…

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