COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 26. THE Kenyon College women's swimming and diving team jumped in the pool with some big fish and reeled in a notable victory Friday night. Led by big nights from senior Hannah...
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Kenyon Women Topple Division I Cleveland State, Fall to Ohio State
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Bowling Green Opens Season With Tri-Meet Win
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, October 26. THE Bowling Green State University swim team opened the regular season with a pair of wins at home against Wayne State and Ashland, taking first in all but five races....
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Swimming Canada Reveals 14-Swimmer Roster for Worlds, McCabe/Van Beilen to Headline
Swimming Canada has announced their lineup for the 2012 World Short Course Championships that will take place from December 12th-16th in Istanbul, Turkey. Like we've seen from many countries outside of the European continent, the federation is sending very much of a slimmed-down squad to the meet.
The women's side will carry a lot more fireworks than the men's side will on this roster, including the country's top two breaststrokers Martha McCabe and Tera van Beilen. The MacLean sisters, Brittany and Heather are also joining this squad off of Canada's Olympic team; as is butterflier Katerine Savard.
On the men's side, the only Olympian is Tommy Gossland, who was a member of the Canadian 400 free relay team that finished 10th overall.
It's also interesting to note the split between swimmers who compete/competed in the NCAA (America's college system) and the CIS (Canada's college system). This has become a hot-button issue as Canada pushes to develop their domestic system.
Two on this roster, Brittany MacLean and Chantal van Landeghem, swim in the United States at Georgia. This meet will fit well into their schedule, as Georgia is already sending a big contingent to the meet, including Allison Schmitt, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano, and former Bulldog Mark Dylla.
Other NCAA swimmers on this roster include Jake Tapp, a former Arizona Wildcat, and Warren Barnes, a former Pitt Pantherl, but it is largely a home-grown lineup for Istanbul. The curveball is Andrew Poznikoff, who will be the first member of the Simon Fraser Canadian/NCAA crossover squad to make an international roster after they've begun official NCAA competition.
The City of Vancouver continues to be Canada's hotbed for swimming talent, as 5 of the 14 members of the team represent the Vancouver Dolphins, and over half (8 out of 14) coming from the National Swim Centre there. That includes Luke Peddie, an exciting young freestyler who just missed the Olympic Team.
| Women | NSC | Club | |
| Martha | McCabe | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Vancouver Dolphins |
| Tera | Van Beilen | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Oakville Aquatic Club |
| Katerine | Savard | n/a | Club de natation CSQ |
| Brittany | MacLean | n/a | Etobicoke Swimming |
| Noemie | Thomas | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Vancouver Dolphins |
| Chantal | van Landegham | n/a | MANTA |
| Heather | MacLean | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Vancouver Dolphins |
| Men | NSC | Club | |
| Zack | Chetrat | National Swim Centre – Ontario | Toronto Swim Club |
| Luke | Peddie | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Olympian Swim Club |
| Andrew | Poznikoff | n/a | Simon Fraser University |
| Jake | Tapp | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Langley Olympian Swim Club |
| Warren | Barnes | National Swim Centre – Ontario | Toronto Swim Club |
| Coleman | Allan | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Vancouver Dolphins |
| Tommy | Gossland | National Swim Centre – Vancouver | Vancouver Dolphins |
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The Swimming Canada Photo Vault
Nichlolas Sinclair, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Chelsey Sallie, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Colin Russell, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Blake Worsley, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Blake Worsley, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Victoria Poon, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Annamay Pierse, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Annamay Pierse, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Annamay Pierse, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Erica Morningstar, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Ashley McGregor, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Audrey Lacroix, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Paul Kornfeld, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Alex Komarnycky, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Savannah King, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Brian Johns, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Barbara Jardin, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Richard Hortness, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Brent Hayden, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Matt Hawes, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Alexandra Gabor, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Andrew Ford, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Mackenzie Downing, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Scott Dickens, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Ryan Cochrane, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Samantha Cheverton, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Samantha Cheverton, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Zack Chetrat, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Genevieve Cantin, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, the swim pictures)
Dominique Bouchard, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Christopher Ashwood, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Hassaan Abdel-Khalik, Swimming Canada (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
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CC photo #302: World Cup poster outside the Europa Sports Park Berlin
Nice and big, the advertisement for the FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 in Berlin, Germany, outside the Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE).
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Bennett, Nagy Leads Canadian Nominees for Coach of the Year
Swimming Canada continues to build toward their annual Big Splash awards show, and on Thursday announced the nominees for their Coach of the Year award.
See nominees for Swimmer of the Year here.
In contrast to their American equivalent at the Golden Goggles, Swimming Canada includes both Para awards at their show, in addition to separate coaching honors for men's and women's coaches (USA Swimming just gives a single coaching award). The coaching nominees run in direct parallel with the swimming nominees – each “Swimmer of the Year” candidate is represented by their trainer in the same category.
On the men's side, this year's nominees are Randy Bennett from the Victoria Academy, coach of Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochrane, as well as Tom Johnson, coach of bronze medalist Brent Hayden at the Vancouver National Swim Centre.
Bennett also coaches Blake Worsley, a key piece of the Olympic Team, and Stefan Hirniak. Johnson also coaches Scott Dickens and Jordan Hartney.
Joszef Nagy, who coaches with Johnson in Vancouver, is a nominee on the women's side of the pool for his work with Martha McCabe. Also nominated are Kevin Thorburn from Etobicoke for his work with National-Record-crusher Brittany MacLean and Erin Russell, both mother and coach to Sinead Russell.
In the Para-pool, the nominees on the men's side include Pierre Lamy, coach of 19-time Paralympic medalist Benoit Huot who took gold, silver, and bronze in London; Reg Shaw from the Surrey Knights Swim Club, coach of the young Nathan Stein who took silver in the Paralympic S10 50 free; and Brad Mori, coach of 18-year old Paralympian Zach McAllister.
The men's Para awards seem to have a heavy favorite in the Huot camp, the women's award should be much more hotly contested. Reg Chappell from Ducks Swiming is the coach of Summer Mortimer, who earned 4 medals at her first Paralympics; that includes gold in the S10 50 free and S10 100 back. Also nominated is Peter Carpenter, coach of Valerie Grand'Maison at McGill University, who took silver in the 50 and 100 frees in London, though that didn't quite live up to her 3 gold/2 silver performance in Beijing; and Gord Veldman, coach of Brianna Nelson
Ron Jacks will default as the Open Water Coach of the Year, as he coached Olympic 10km bronze medalist Richard Weinberger - the only nominee for Open Water Swimmer of the Year.
Swimming Canada also announced that Jesse Labelle, singer of hit songs like “Last Christmas” and “Easier” would be performing at the event.
OMEGA Coach of the Year Male Swimmer
Randy Bennett, Victoria Academy, Ryan Cochrane
Tom Johnson, Vancouver National Swim Centre, Brent Hayden
OMEGA Coach of the Year Female Swimmer
Jozsef Nagy, Vancouver National Swim Centre, Martha McCabe
Kevin Thorburn, Etobicoke Swimming, Brittany Maclean
Erin Russell, Blue Waves, Sinead Russell
BFL Coach of the Year Male Para-swimmer
Pierre Lamy, Piscine Park Olympic, Benoit Huot
Reg Shaw, Surrey Knights Swim Club, Nathan Stein
Brad Mori, Lethbridge Swim Club, Zack McAllister
BFL Coach of the Year Female Para- swimmer
Reg Chappell Ducks Swimming, Summer Mortimer
Peter Carpenter, McGill University, Valerie Grand’Maison
Gord Veldman, Island Swimming, Brianna Nelson
Swimming Canada Open Water Coach of the Year
Ron Jacks Pacific Coast Swimming, Richard Weinberger
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ASU Women Dominate Grand Canyon, Washington State in Home Opener
TEMPE, Arizona, October 27. THE Arizona State swimming program opened the 2012-13 season at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center with a high-scoring victory on the women's end and a dramatically close loss for...
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Why 31 C in Open Water Swimming? Part 1 -- The Background
By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Open Water Contributor
Editor's Note: This is the first in a three-part series on FINA's rules that allow open water swims to be conducted in water over 31 degre...
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Dutch Nationals Championships Re-Writing Age Group Record Books
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, October 27. THE second day of the Dutch National Championships finished today in Amsterdam, and with it, a number of Youth National Records were re-written. Sharon Rouwendaal a...
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Eastern Michigan Women Overtake Ohio Bobcats
ATHENS, Ohio, October 27. THE Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team opened the 2012-13 campaign with a victory over the Ohio University Bobcats Saturday, Oct. 27. EMU was able t...
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Cal Trumps Utah in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, October 27. POWERED by strong performances all the Golden Bears, including senior Caitlin Leverenz and the talented freshman class, California routed Utah, 184-115, on Saturday a...
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Former Olympic champion Manaudou to quit again
French swimmer Laure Manaudou, the Olympic 400m freestyle champion at the 2004 Athens Games, will retire for a second time after next month's European Championships, the Le Courrier Picard newspaper reported. Via the Bangkok Post
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Laure Manaudou Announces Retirement Plans (the Sequel)
French three-time Olympic medalist Laure Manaudou has announced that she will “probably stop after the European Championships,” to be held in her home country from November 22nd-25th. Her coach does not necessarily agree, however. After the Olympics, she packed up and moved back to Marseilles, where she trains under Romain Barnier, who said that he is unconvinced of the retirement in a press conference Friday.
“There is in her a desire to do well. She told me, and it was the thing that she expressed most since the beginning of the season, she had in her dreams athlete to compete in France and to shine,” Barrier told French media. He repeated multiple times that “there can be doubt” in her decision.
This would be the second retirement for Manaudou, who walked away from swimming in 2009 only to return two seasons later with designs on the London 2012 Olympics.
At the 2004 Games, when she was only a teenager, Manaudou took a gold medal in the 400 free, to which she added silver in the 800 and bronze in the 100 backstroke. Then, as she rolled full-steam ahead toward Beijing, her life was rocked by turmoil. Explicit pictures of her surfaced on the internet shortly after a very public breakup with her Italian fiancee, and fellow elite swimmer, Luca Marin, who became involved with Manaudou's rival Federica Pellegrini.
Be it those issues or something else, Manaudou's 2008 Olympics didn't come together as she hoped. She led through 200 meters of the 400 free, but said she “gave up” and fell to last in the final in a 4:11.
She walked away after those Games in 2009, despite being only 22 years old. Then, she met French sprinting star Fred Bousquet, moved with him to Auburn, Alabama, and gave birth to a child Manon.
In 2011, she made her comeback to competitive swimming by exploding at a Georgia-hosted Sectionals meet. Excitement buzzed through France at the possibilities, especially given how strong she looked early in her return. She turned her focus strictly to the backstroke events, where she scheduled Olympic swims in the 100 back, the 200 back, and leading off the 400 medley relay. She didn't make it out of the preliminary rounds in any of those races.
Despite her last two Olympics not going as well as her first, Manaudou's influence on French swimming should not be underestimated. Prior to her win in the 400 free in Athens in 2004, France had never won a women's Olympic medal in a freestyle race 200 meters of longer. Since her outburst, though, the French distance group has exploded with the likes of Camille Muffat and the women's 800 free relay that took bronze in London.
Manaudou also broke one of the oldest records on the books at the 2005 World Championships, when she took almost a second off of a Janet Evans mark that had stood for 18 years.
At only 26 years old, we won't know for sure if this time it will be for good, but if it were, Manaudou's mark on the history books is already engraved.
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Effortless Swimming’s Head Coach Brenton Ford Reveals the Main Reasons Swimmers Have a Bad Session
In the latest video offering from Effortless Swimming, Head Coach Brenton Ford explains that one of the main reasons swimmers have a bad training session, besides sickness and fatigue, is due to inflexibility. See PR Web.
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San Jose State Spartans Smash UC Davis
Davis, California, October 27. THE San Jose State Spartans excelled in their second dual meet of the season against UC Davis on Saturday, beating the Aggies 208 to 92 and making it the fifth time that...
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Duke Adds Top Butterfly Recruit Takabayashi
Duke had a great year in the 2011-2012 season, where they finished in the top 30 at the NCAA Championships as a team, even with their Olympic diver Nick McCrory taking a redshirt. Head coach Dan Colella was first rewarded with an expanded coaching staff – after entering last year with only two assistants, he's now added Ben Grafchik and Jesse Moore to his on-deck crew.
Now, he's been rewarded again in recruiting thanks to a verbal commitment from Kaz Takabayashi out of the SONOCO Swim Club under Bill Ball in Connecticut: the same club that produced swimmers like Eric Ress and Alicia Mathieu.
Takabayashi comes to Duke with bests of 49.54 in the 100 fly and 1:48.78 in the 200 fly, both of which should put him at the top (or in the least close to it) of the Duke butterfly group after School Record holder, and first-team All-American, Ben Tuber graduated last season.
In long course, Takabayashi showed his big-meet abilities, as he was one of the few swimmers at the meet who really came through on the biggest stage. He had only one swim there, the 200 fly, but he shone with a 2:02.04 that was not only a best time, but it was good enough to win the 7th heat and place him 43rd overall. That win came despite being the youngest swimmer in that heat.
Takabayashi could ultimately end up on at least the 800 free relay too, with a best time already of 1:42.60 from his sophomore season. There might be some untapped potential there, given that in that same period, he dropped two seconds in the 200 fly (but didn't swim a 200 free at a taper meet in 2012).
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Wyoming Women Take Down Colorado State
FORT COLLINS, Colorado, October 27. THE Wyoming Cowgirl swimming and diving team defeated the Colorado State Rams in the 2012 edition of the Border War on Saturday in Fort Collins. The Cowgirls took d...
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Sprint News 10/27/12: USA-S Updates SWIMS Database; NW Raises $11K; HK Coach Retires
…USA Swimming has begun to update their SWIMS Database to reflect the new time standards for the next quadrennial as we head toward the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. The most noticeable difference is that the designation of long course times has largely shifted from “Olympic Trials” to “13 World Championship Trials” in long course events, and “Summer Nationals (LCM)” to “U.S. Open” in yards events. That is because during this quadrennial, there has not yet been any “Summer Nationals” standards revealed; the 2013 equivalent will be the World Championship Trials, which don't allow yards qualifying, and 2014 standards haven't been revealed yet. As of late Saturday night, it appears as though the switch was still in transition (some times still read as “Olympic Trials” standards), but when it is complete, athletes will have a better idea of which meets they have qualified for, and in which events…
…The Northwestern Swimming & Diving teams h0sted a breast cancer fundraiser event on Wednesday known as “Breaststroke4BreastCancer“. The incredible event pulled in 150 participants from different athletic teams, student groups, and even fraternities and sororities; that included an entire relay made up of members of the men's basketball team. The team, along with co-organizers Megan Goss and Jackie Powell and the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, had a goal of raising $5,000 for local breast cancer research. They more-than-doubled that goal, raising a stunning $11,000 at the event…
…According to the South China Morning Post, Chan Yiu-hoi will retire his role as the Head Coach of the Hong Kong National Team when he turns 60 at the end of March: the official age of retirement in China. Chan has held the post since 1995, and has overseen a recent growth in success of the program: especially the women's team. That includes swimmers like Stephanie Au, Yvette Kong, and Hannah Wilson. Most recently, Hong Kong had good success in the first two Middle-Eastern stops of the FINA World Cup Series in the last month. Among those that the Morning Post report to have applied for candidacy is Zhao Ge. Ge was the former head coach of the Chinese National Team from 2000-2005, where he fought of similar attacks from top American coaches to those we're seeing against the current Chinese program over doping allegations…
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Lancaster Scene - Lancaster Newspapers
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Called up Erie Times-News - GoErie.com
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