Swimming Canada launches Distance Swim Program To Develop 2020 Olympic Hopefuls
Swimming Canada has launched its Female Endurance/Distance Swimming Program with the objective to develop contenders in the longer distance pool events for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Over 400 swimmers to compete at Canadian Swimming Championships
More than 400 swimmers from nine provinces will be competing at the Canadian Swimming Championships through Sunday, with national titles on the line in 40 events.
Lencoe To Attempt 12 Hour Swim To Raise Money For The MS Society of Canada
Former Canadian national team member Taryn Lencoe will attempt to swim for 12 hours to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis…
Commonwealth Games Preview – Women’s Butterfly
Australian star Alicia Coutts looks to add two more gold to the five she collected in Delhi…
Swimming Canada Seeks applications for 2014-2015 Select Coaches Group program
‘’The talent in our Canadian swimming coaches ranks is critical to our continued success on the international stage and developing our talented Canadian athletes,’’ said Swimming Canada High Performance Director John Atkinson.
Kingston Y Penguins Plan To Swim Length Of Lake Ontario
The Y Penguins aquatic club have set up a plan to do what some might think is impossible; swim the…
UBC promotes Olympian and assistant coach Brian Johns to full-time position
The University of British Columbia announced this week that it has promoted part-time assistant coach Brian Johns to a full-time coaching position.
Commonwealth Games Preview – Women’s Breaststroke
50 breaststroke Event Details: Heats – Thursday July 24th – 10:30 am local (5:30 am EST) Semi-finals – Thursday July 24th –…
University of Calgary, Calgary Swim Club team up with innovative program to support dreams of Olympic swimmers
The University of Calgary’s Faculty of Kinesiology has teamed up with the University of Calgary Swim Club to offer an innovative program designed to push swimmers to new heights on the international stage.
Alec Page Removed from 2014 Pan Pacs, Commonwealth Games Rosters
The one month suspension handed out to Canadian Olympian Alec Page after a doping violation at the 2014 Canadian national championship…
Canadian Alec Page Receives One-Month Doping Suspension
Canadian Commonwealth Games swimmer Alec Page was suspended from May 26th-June 26th, though it was only announced by FINA on Monday.
Canadian Sam Cheverton Breaks Two Minutes To Win The 200 Freestyle In Ohio
We are seeing a handful of impressive swims coming from the 2014 Peppe / Bruce Memorial Invitational in Columbus, Ohio….
Commonwealth Games Preview – Women’s Sprint Freestyle
Since her Olympic disappointment Cate Campbell has returned to the water with a vengeance and has her sights set on Commonwealth gold in Glasgow…
Men’s 50 and 100 Meter Freestyle – Commonwealth Games Preview – Australian Sprinters Unbeatable?
There’s been no denying that Australian sprinting is well on the rise and the Australians contain some of the fastest swimmers in the world on their roster. Five swimmers have been under 22 seconds this year in the 50m freestyle according to the TYR world rankings; all but one have been Australian.
Canada Names Junior Open Water Squad – Jr. Pan Pacs and FINA Jr. Worlds
Swimming Canada used the beautiful Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands to select their Junior FINA Open Water and…