The TYR Pro Swim Series is holding its first of five U.S. meets in the 2019-20 season at the Greensboro Aquatics Center from Nov. 6-9. A contingent of international swimmers, including many potential Olympians is competing in this pro meet as the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo nears. Ruslan entered the meet carrying a big training load with him, but he held himself accountable, self-disciplined and took the necessary steps to dig down deep to race the best Americans at the meet. Ruslan made the A final in the 100...

Regarding her commitment, she said: “I am thrilled to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and swimming career at the University of Minnesota! The moment I stepped on campus and met the coaches and the team, I knew this was a perfect fit for me! I would like to thank my friends, family and coaches for all their love and support. I’m excited to represent the University of Minnesota and be part of a history of academic and swimming success! Go Gophers! #SkiUMah” Congratulations to Oksana for all...

Anja and Eric joined swimmers from across the country to take part in a Swimming Canada Distance Camp in Barbados from November 4th – 10th, 2019. This was a great opportunity for them to train with other athletes to push their limits, learn and support eachother throughout the training sessions and week. This training camp was a great initiative as it aligned with the goals and expectations of the Manta Swim Club; Train fast. Tie practice performance to meet expectations. Meet performances are largely a function of swimmers’ expectations. They...

The Manta Swim Club had their sights set high as they departed Winnipeg to Saskatoon for a prelims and finals format competition. This competition was a great stepping stone for the team to start the season, learn and adapt to the prelims, finals, and training components throughout the meet. MANTA swimmers enjoyed the company of their teammates took advantage of their relatively large number of athletes by creating a home-like atmosphere. The ambiance of the MANTA family was certainly evident during each session when our swimmers found ways to elevate...

MANTA has had some great success at every level of the program and developed strong core values, which help shapes and govern how the team works together to achieve its goals. We educate our MANTA swimmers on long term development and how well-roundedness can create a winning point of difference in their swimming careers. Last year MANTA came together and exemplified our program’s objective of taking the club to new heights, utilize everyone's unique strengths of our MANTA swimming family, build upon our past success and develop into a national...

Congratulations Braeden!! Manta is proud of you. Braeden Glor’s University Commitment I am very excited to announce my commitment to Concordia University Irvine. After a long process of searching for the best university for me, it is an honor to be joining this fantastic swimming and academic program. Wanting to swim at a high level in university is not an easy task as it requires a lot of work in and out of the pool, not to mention the countless competition trying to get a spot as well. Going into...

This summer presented an excellent opportunity for some of our young athletes and staff to experience a games environment. The swimming portion of the Western Canada Summer games took place from August 10-13 in Swift Current Saskatchewan. All of the Manta athletes swam with lots of heart and many put forward some excellent end of year results gathering a total of 11 medals for the weekend. To top off the weekend all of the Manta swimmers in attendance swam the open water event and put up some fantastic results. Manta...

Congratulations to all MANTA swimmers from “top to bottom” throughout the LC Championship Season. We had outstanding team performances throughout the month and numerous individual highlights compiled towards one of the most successful stretches. Manitoba’s championship schedule culminated in Winnipeg for the Canadian Summer Nationals (LC). MANTA swimmers put together a complete weekend; complete in a sense that there were solid performances in a variety of events on all four days of competition. This well-rounded performance exemplified the upside of developing expanded swimming résumés, which is something that MANTA has...

After a great weekend of swimming at our Manitoba Saskatchewan Provincial Championships, which displayed a lot of character, passion, hard work, fun and support, Manta swimmers were looking to prove that they belong among the best in Canada during the Canadian Junior Nationals in Calgary, Alberta on July 24th – July 28th, 2019. Continual program development and buying into a belief system has paved the way for MANTAs amplifying team success on various stages of competition that the sport of swimming has to offer. “Hard working” has infused itself as...

Gaziev has decided to take a year off from attending the University of Ohio State to train at the Manta Swim Club in Winnipeg with Head Coach Robert Novak. Gaziev and Coach Novak started working together back at that Markham Aquatic Club and had success as Gaziev qualified for the 2017 Canadian World Junior Team, where he was apart of the two relays that broke the World Junior Records in 4x100 Free and 4x100 Mixed Medley. In the summer 2018, Gaziev qualified for the Pan Pacific Championships where he finished...