Island Swimming Club

Canadian Brooke Lamoureux Signs NLI with University of Akron

Brooke Lamoureux, from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in Canada, recently signed a National Letter of Intent with the University of Akron for 2017-18.

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Gamecocks Score Yet Another Int’l Verbal: Venezuela’s Rafael Dávila

Rafael Dávila, who represents Venezuela internationally but trains in British Columbia, Canada, has given a verbal commitment to the University of South Carolina for 2017-18.

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Canada’s Mackenzie Padington is 1st Verbal for Minnesota Class of ’21

Mackenzie Padington, who attends Claremont Secondary School in Victoria, British Columbia, and swims for Island Swimming, has made a verbal commitment to swim for Minnesota beginning in the 2017-18 season.

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Video: Island Swimming Athletes Tape Head Coach To Wall

Ever wanted to tape your coach to a wall in the middle of a practice or competition? That’s exactly what Island Swimming got to do with head coach Ben Keast.

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Randy Bennett Celebration of Life

A celebration of the life of Randy Bennett will be held on May 9th at Saanich Commonwealth Place…

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Island Swimming Head Coach Randy Bennett Undergoing Cancer Treatments in Canada

Randy Bennett, the head coach of Island Swimming and the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre in Victoria, has been admitted to a hospital with serious health concerns.

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Trials Prep: Victoria Academy of Swimming Photo Vault

Coach Randy Bennett knows how to prepare swimmers to swim fast – he was the Canadian Olympic Team Coach in…

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Cochrane, Caldwell, Bennett and Nelson Up For Sport BC Awards

Ryan Cochrane, Hilary Caldwell, Randy Bennett and Brianna Nelson have all been nominated for this year’s Sport BC awards…

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Three Island Swimmers go under world best in the 1500 freestyle on the final day of Canadian World Championship Trials

The final night of the Canadian World Championship Trials started out with an amazing race in the women’s 800 freestyle….

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Canadian World Championship Trials – Day two Prelims

Women’s 100 freestyle The women’s 100 freestyle should be a great race with only nine tenths of a second between…

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Swimming Canada Names New BOD, Announces ‘Big Splash’ Nominees

Brittany MacLean is one of three nominees for Canada’s Swimmer of the Year award. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Vancouver Dolphins Snap 15-17 Canadian NAG Relay Record

The Americans aren’t the only ones breaking National Age Group Records this weekend. North of the border, in Edmonton, the…

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Swimming Canada Puts 31 On the Bus to London

Swimming/Natation Canada has released the full roster for the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team, complete with 13 men and 18 women. The…

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McCabe, Van Beilen in; Pierse Out on Day 5 at Canadian Trials

Martha McCabe both positioned themselves for Olympic medals; but who took gold in Montreal? (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Tyler Takes Top Seed in 100 Breast Prelims (Day 3)

Jillian Tyler raced to the front of an unbelievable 100 breaststroke field on day 3 prelims.

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