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Beijing, China - June 5 - The USA Women's National Team will play for third place at the FINA World League Super Final after falling to China 9-7 in the semifinals. The loss was the second to China in this tourney, as Team USA fell 16-15 in a shootout to open the tournament. Lolo Silver (Long Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC) and Annika Dries (Laguna Beach, CA/Stanford/SET) each scored twice and Tumua Anae (Newport Beach, CA/USC/SOCAL) posted 10 saves in the loss. Team USA will take on Hungary tomorrow at 2:40pm local time/11:40pm...
Our media and community has truly embraced the story of Pan Ams and USMS. Over the past 7 days, Pan Ams has been front cover, above the fold 4 of the days. Considering the Sarasota Herald Tribune is NY Times owned, this has been a major media coup. Participants arriving into Tampa Airport are greeted by the large screen video welcome. What is impressive is we've spent no money on advertising. Just, good old fashioned media relationship development and feeding the media relevant storylines. The red carpet is out and...
Beijing, China - June 4 - For the third time in the last two weeks the USA Women's National Team topped Canada, this time a by a count of 6-5, to advance to the semifinals of the FINA World League Super Final. Kelly Rulon (San Diego, CA/UCLA/NYAC) scored twice while Betsey Armstrong (Ann Arbor, MI/Michigan/NYAC) posted 14 saves in the cage. Team USA advances to take on China in the semifinals on Wednesday at 1am pst. The match will be webcast live and can be viewed by clicking here ....
Audrey Lacroix wins gold at U.S. Grand Prix SANTA CLARA, California – Audrey Lacroix of Pont-Rouge, Que., won the gold medal Sunday in the women’s 200-m butterfly to conclude a successful meet for Canadian swimmers at a U.S. Grand Prix. Lacroix, a two-time Olympian, clocked two minutes and 08.64 seconds for the win. Jasmine Tosky of the U.S., was second in 2:10.89 and Elizabeth Beisel of the U.S. third in 2:12.74. “I showed a lot of power on the second and third lengths,” said Lacroix. “The field was fast so...
Four medals for Canadian swimmers SANTA CLARA, California – Double Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane helped his Island Swimming Club in Victoria win the gold medal in the 4X200-m freestyle relay on Saturday at the U.S. Grand Prix swimming competition. Alec Page, Keegan Zanatta, Cochrane and Jeremy Bagshaw clocked seven minutes and 26.29 seconds for the victory. The Swim Ontario team took the silver with Hassaan Abdel-Khalik of Etobicoke, Blake Worsley and Frank Despond of Toronto and Aly Abdel-Khalik of Etobicoke in 7:30.98. Swim Ontario also added a bronze in the...
Calgary Aquabelles lead in solo and team at 2013 Espoir Nationals NEPEAN, Ont. – Halle Pratt is first after the solo prelims and the Calgary Aquabelles lead the team prelims in the 13-15 age group at the 2013 Espoir Nationals synchronized swimming competition. In the team prelims, the Aquabelles earned 70.826 points for their Super Heroes routine. Montreal Synchro is second at 69.311 and Variety Village Synchro third at 68.371. “I’m really excited,’’ said Pratt, also swimming in the Aquabelles team event. ‘’It was a good swim. In finals, we...
Summons of the UANA Pan American Youth Men's and Women's Water Polo (17U) Championship The event is scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.ý Arrival of Team Delegations is on Friday, August 23rd.ý The date of departure of Team Delegations is on Sunday, September 1st. Please find the UANA Summons at the following link: SPANISH ENGLISH All teams must be properly registered before June 1, 2013 CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA DE DEPORTES ACUATICOS:ý Monica Brochero:ý [email protected] UANA Technical Water Polo Secretary:ý Manuel de Jesus:ý [email protected] Executive Committee Liaison to Technical Water...
Pratt and the Calgary Aquabelles lead first day at 2013 Canadian Espoir Championships NEPEAN, Ont.- Halle Pratt posted the best score in figures then helped her Calgary Aquabelles club win the gold medal in the team combo event in the 13-15 age group on Thursday to open the 2013 Canadian Espoir Championships in synchronized swimming. In the team combo final, the Aquabelles totaled 73.083 performing a routine paying tribute to the Olympics. Montreal Synchro was second at 70.867 and Toronto’s Variety Village Synchro was third at 66.567. ‘’It was a...
Gold medal for Tabitha Baumann SANTA CLARA, California – Tabitha Baumann of Ottawa won the gold medal in the women’s 1,500-metre freestyle on Thursday at the Santa Clara Grand Prix. Baumann clocked a personal best 16 minutes and 37.08 seconds finishing ahead of Chare Escobar Torres of Mexico in second at 16:40.53 and Carolina Queiroz of Brazil third in 17:00.42. ‘’I wasn’t expecting to post such a fast time,’’ said Baumann, 17, the daughter of Canadian Olympic champion Alex Baumann. ‘’It’s a really good feeling.’’ Bridget Coley of Toronto was...
