Coach Heather Collaborating on Inaugural Women in Coaching Cohort January 18, 2024 Coach Heather, along with nine other leading Canadian female coaches, have been selected to collaborate in the inaugural Women in Coaching Cohort. These women are skilled coaches who have experience working with national level athletes, emphasize the importance of whole-athlete development approaches from fundamental to elite levels, and recognize the importance of empowering coaches, particularly female coaches, to be able to foster the success of both individual athletes and Canadian swimming as a whole. Joined by the female...

Brun, Duford, Quan, and Wang Splash into OJI FUNdamentals Camp December 18, 2023 NKB’s Marcus Brun, Jessica Duford, Eleanor Quan, and Simon Wang had some fun at the annual OJI FUNdamentals camp at the Toronto Pan Am Center. Each year, Swim Ontario hosts a FUNdamentals camp for youth athletes in conjunction with the Ontario Junior International (OJI). OJI is arguably one of the most elite short course competitions held annually and can be very exciting to watch - we regularly see swimmers at this meet who have been or rise...

Friday Night at the Races Series Resounding Success December 16, 2023 Have you ever danced to YMCA with 200 friends? Have you ever been in a cheering (screaming?!) match with your parents? Well, many of us can certainly say we have now! Friday Night at the Races had swimmers and parents dancing on their feet, diving into the pool, and jumping for high fives. It was loud at the pool, and everyone walked away with huge smiles, awards in their pockets, and having (re)found their love of swimming! Not familiar...

Barracudas Engage in Regional Grassroots Camp Day November 19, 2023 Before we are able to climb podiums to claim our medals, we need a solid foundation to build forward from. This is the focus of grassroots development in swimming - exploring, building, learning, and developing fundamental concepts for future success in swimming. This past Sunday saw the Eastern Region come together in Perth for a day focused on just this - grassroots development for both athletes and coaches. The Mighty Barracudas were proudly represented by Brian Che, Jordan Crowe, Camryn...