CALGARY – In the long and short of it, Christey Liang of Edmonton starred in the girls 13-14 age group on Sunday with victories in the 50-m freestyle and 400-m freestyle to conclude the pool portion of the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships. In the 50 free, Liang clocked 26.50 with Eliza Housman of Calgary second at 26.85 and Amy Pan …
CALGARY – Emma Spence of Regina made sure she wouldn’t be denied a medal this year in the women’s 200-m breaststroke and it paid off in gold at the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships. Spence, racing in the girls 15-17 age group, won the event in two minutes and 34.98 seconds with Isabelle Roth of Calgary second in 2:36.81 and Taeghen …
GWANGJU, South Korea – Canada won the bronze medal and set a national record in the women’s 4×100-m medley relay on Sunday to put an exclamation point on the country’s most successful FINA World Championships ever. The Canadian pool swimmers ended the competition with a team record two gold and six bronze, all in Olympic events. They reached 19 finals – two …
CALGARY – Justin Fotherby of Penticton, B.C., continued to display his versatility on Friday with a victory in the boys 14-15 age group 100-m breaststroke, his third win this week, at the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships. Fotherby clocked one minute and 07.06 seconds with Benjamin Gagné of Chicoutimi, Que., second in 1:07.33 and James Hume of North Vancouver third in …
CALGARY – Carter Buck of London, Ont., Justin Fotherby of Penticton, B.C.,and Regan Rathwell of Ottawa each collected their second individual gold medals on Thursday at the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships. In the boys 14-15 age group, Buck won the 100-m backstroke in 59.42 seconds just ahead of Loic Courville Fortin of Repentigny, Que., second in 59.58 and Yutong Wu …
GWANGJU, South Korea – Penny Oleksiak anchored Canada to bronze in a record-setting women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay Thursday at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Australia won an epic battle with the Americans for gold, clocking a world record seven minutes and 41.50 seconds. The U.S. was close behind at 7:41.87 while Canada’s Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck, Emily Overholt …
CALGARY – Madisen Jacques of New Westminster, B.C., won’t soon forget her first major national swimming competition. In her first event, she won the gold medal in the girls 13-14 age group 100-m butterfly on Thursday to open the Canadian Junior Swimming Championships. ‘’I was extremely nervous,’’ she admitted. ‘’Hopefully this breaks the ice because I have some pretty big events …
GWANGJU, South Korea – Canada was once again well-represented in finals as the FINA World Championships reached their halfway point Wednesday in Gwangju, South Korea. The mixed medley relay of Kylie Masse, Richard Funk, Maggie MacNeil and Yuri Kisil finished fifth and Penny Oleksiak added a sixth-place finish in the women’s 200-m freestyle. Already Canada’s best-ever meet with two gold medals …
CALGARY – The road to the Olympic Games, even the ones in the distant future such as Paris in 2024 or Los Angeles 2028, may start this week for competitors at the 2019 Canadian Junior Swimming Championships. Calgary’s Repsol Sport Centre is set to host the highest national-level meet for swimmers aged 18 and under. The meet is expected to attract …
GWANGJU, South Korea – Team Canada won a bronze medal and earned chances for two more on Day 1 of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The all-teenage women’s 4×100-m freestyle relay of Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck, Penny Oleksiak and Maggie MacNeil set a Canadian record of 3:31.78 to finish third in the relay. Australia won in a championships …
Swim Alberta will be holding its election for the 2019-2022 Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting of Swim Alberta on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 in Canmore, Alberta. Swim Alberta is the governing body for competitive swimming in the province of Alberta. Swim Alberta has a vision of “Every swimmer has the opportunity to reach their full potential” and …
The 2019 Summer Championships were a massive success this past weekend. A massive thank you to all our athletes, families and friends that came out to the event. As well a special thank you to Olympian Swim Club for being excellent host, Kinsmen Sports Centre for being our host facility and of course our sponsors: Esquire sponsoring the Youth Recognition …
Marta Belsh has been coaching for 20 years and says she learns something new about swimming every day. That approach is part of the reason Belsh is one of 10 coaches chosen to this year’s Swimming Canada Select Coaches Group. “It is an honour because I will be in the company of so many great coaches,” said Belsh, the 46-year-old …
Glorious and infinite smiles flashed by coaches and swimmers told the whole story for Kevin Dennis. That’s when the technical coordinator of Swim Alberta knew that a collaborative camp for 18 swimmers and 12 coaches from all four western provinces was a great success. “Having them all together was positive for the development of the Para-swimming community,” Dennis said. “You …
It was during a training camp held last year in Trinidad and Tobago that three teenagers answered a challenge issued by Martyn Wilby. At the time, many of the 16 male swimmers were focused on trying to earn a spot on the Junior Pan Pacific Championships team that would compete in Suva, Fiji. Wilby, Swimming Canada’s Olympic program senior coach, …
The biggest event for Swimming in Alberta is here! The Summer Championships will be held in Edmonton at the Kinsmen Sports Centre from July 4th-7th 2019. Preliminaries will begin at 8:30am Friday to Sunday. Finals beginning at 4:30pm Thursday to Sunday. With 518 swimmers, 15 para athletes, 2 foreign athletes – from Texas and Denmark, and 33 clubs this is …
For months the Edmonton native believed the 1,500-metre freestyle would be her best chance to earn a spot on the Swimming Canada team heading to this summer’s FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. O’Croinin finished second in the gruelling race on the opening day of the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials but failed to swim under the qualifying time. Instead …
The 2019 Provincials – Long Course is set to begin this Friday June 14th, 8:30am at Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton in Calgary, AB. The event will go from June 14 – 16, 2019. Preliminaries will begin at 8:30am with a warm up at 7:30am and Finals at 5pm with warm up at 4pm each day. The three day competition …
The 2019 Swim Alberta 400m Freestyle Challenge has come to a close. Thank you to everyone that participated. We had a total of 20 Clubs and 298 swimmers participate – 112 male swimmers and 186 female swimmers. The winners of the $500 and $1000 Scholarships & Recognition Awards for male and female are as follows: Age 12-15 Male $500 Scholarship …
Summer Festival North is next up on the festival roster and St. Albert is ready to receive it! The festival will be hosted at the Fountain Park Recreation Centre June 1-2. The Summer Festival is one of the highlights for females aged 10 & under and males 11 & under as for most swimmers this competition is not only their first opportunity to experience …