Rebecca Smith

2017 Canadian Trials: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Katerine Savard carries the top seed in the women’s 200 free into day one of the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, BC.

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2017 Canadian Trials Preview: Women Stacked, Men Looking Thin

Take a look at an in-depth preview of the 2017 Canadian Swimming Trials.

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Swimming Canada Junior Team Leading World Rankings – Progression Evident

It’s early in the year, but the Canadians already have four junior swimmers who are ranked first worldwide this season for 17&under females spanning across a total of eight events.

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2017 Arena PSS Analysis: Canadian Women Shine in Austin

The Canadian women really stood out at this weekend’s 2017 Arena Pro Swim at Austin.

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Canada’s Penny Oleksiak Scratches Out of Arena Pro Swim – Austin

A representative from Swimming Canada has confirmed that Oleksiak, who was listed on the psych sheets for the 2017 Arena Pro Swim at Austin, will be sitting this one out.

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Sarah Gibson Posts World’s First Sub-59 100m Fly of 2017 in Austin

Texas A&M senior Sarah Gibson looked to have a clear win in the women’s 100 fly A final in Austin tonight, although the scoreboard showed a tie between her and Canadian 16-year-old Rebecca Smith at 59.24.

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Rebecca Smith Fitting Right In With Rising Canadian Stars

Rebecca Smith has been one of the top age group talents in Canada over the last few years producing several age group national records under former coach Mandi Smith.

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2016 Ontario Junior International: Day Two Finals Recap

It took a senior Canadian national record for 17-year-old Mary-Sophie Harvey to win the women’s 400m freestyle, dropping a total of 13-seconds off her entry time.

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The Swim Meet Crisis Action Plan

The Swim Meet Crisis Action Plan: Your Child is in Tears on the Pool Deck.  Here’s What to do.  

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5 Things To Never Say To Your Child After A Meet

By Rebecca Smith 5 things to never say to your child after a meet (Hint: These are some of the…

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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Day Three: Finals

Li Bingjie of China took her third gold of the competition winning the women’s 400 freestyle on the third night of competition in Maui…

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2016 Jr Pan Pacs Day 3 Prelims: Nordmann Clocks 2:09 For 200 Back Meet Record

On day 3 of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs, Team USA’s Lucie Nordmann swam to a new Meet Record in the women’s 200 back prelims. Nordman was just off her personal best time, posting a 2:09.59 to clear the old record of 2:09.68.

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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships: Day One Finals

American Cassidy Bayer dominated the women’s 200 butterfly winning the event by almost four seconds on the first evening of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships…

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2016 Canadian Championships: Day 3 Finals Recap

Recap of finals from day 3 at the Canadian Championships in Edmonton.

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2016 Canadian Swimming Championships: Day 2 Finals Recap

Jeremy Bagshaw of Island Swimming won the men’s 200 freestyle on the second night of the Canadian Championships…

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