Canada

Ottesen Records World’s Top Time In The 50 Butterfly

Jeanette Ottesen took the women’s 50 butterfly in Barcelona in a time of 25.27…

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Swim Job: Swim Saskatchewan Seeks Provincial Coach / Provincial High Performance Program Coordinator

Swim Saskatchewan is seeking an individual with a demonstrated history of coaching success and high performance experience in competitive swimming to join our organization.

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Rising Swim Star Yuri Kisil joins High Performance Centre

“I really like the swim team at the Vancouver Centre and UBC,’’ said the 6’7” Kisil. “I thought about going to the U.S. but in the end it was important for me to stay in Canada and be close to home.”

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Swimming Canada Selects Venue For 2016 Olympic/Paralympic Team Trials

Swimming Canada has awarded the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Team Trials to the city of Toronto. The meet will be…

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First annual Pan American Sports Festival scheduled for late September in Mexico City

Canada will be in attendance, and Brazil has the event listed on its official federation calendar, though the U.S. has said it will not field a team for the event.

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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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