Coleman Allen

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U Sports Champs Day 2: Toronto Women Cut Into UBC’s Lead in Tight Team Battle

Full Name:	Coleman Allen
Born:	February 09th, 1993
	Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:	Canada
Status:	Active

Born in Barrie, Ont., Coleman Allen grew up in Spokane, Washington. As an age grouper Allen swam with coach Todd Marsh at Spokane Area Swimming. University He attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2011-12 where he swam with coach Jim Reitz. As a freshman Allen placed third at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships and was part of the 400 freestyle and 400 medley teams that on the championships that year. In 2012 Allen joined the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre - Vancouver and the UBC Thunderbirds varsity team. Since that time he has had great success at the CIS Swimming Championships winning a total of eight individual gold and four individual silver medals. International Allen has competed at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, the Summer 2013 Universiade in Kazan, Russia, and the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Allen currently holds the Canadian record in the short course 100-m butterfly which he set in 2013 at the World Cup event in Eindhoven. He qualified for both the Pan Pacific Championships and Commonwealth Games by winning the 100 butterfly and finishing third in the 200 freestyle at the 2014 Canadian Swimming Trials. Interesting Facts (courtesy of Swimming Canada) He is a former national champion snowboard racer …

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