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PAN PAC OPEN WATER TO BE SWUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH JUNIOR PAN PACS IN MAUI Monday’s 10km open water events at the Hancock Prospecting 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships have been postponed due to poor water quality at two Gold Coast venues. The event will now be swum in conjunction with the Junior Pan Pacs in Maui on August 31. Organisers investigated a move from Marine Stadium, Southport to Lake Hugh Muntz, after strong winds and heavy rain caused concerns with the water quality. But results of tests carried out...
Cochrane golden as Canada saves best for last GOLD COAST, Australia - Ryan Cochrane led Canada to a strong finish in the pool at the Pan Pacific Championships Sunday in Gold Coast, Australia. Cochrane, who trains at the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre - Victoria, opened the night with a win in the men's 800-m freestyle. His time of 7:45.39 was more than two seconds ahead of Australian Mack Horton (7:47.73), who out-touched American Connor Jaeger by 0.02 for the silver. It was Canada's first gold medal at this year's...
USA Men Take Fourth Place At FINA World Cup Following 8-6 Loss to Croatia Almaty, Kazakhstan - August 24 - The USA Men's Senior National Team fell just short of the podium at the FINA World Cup, taking fourth place following an 8-6 loss to Croatia. Despite a late rally Team USA couldn't overcome a 16 minute stretch spanning the second and third quarter where they managed only one goal. Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/Stanford) led the offense with two goals while Merrill Moses (Palos Verdes, CA/Pepperdine/NYAC) recorded 10 saves in...
Road to Rio paved in gold for Australian Swim Team The pool competition at the 2014 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Swimming Championships have come to an end with Australia coming away with a total of 26 medals – 10 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze from the four day meet at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The Australian Swim Team will leave the competition with a total of 17 personal best performances, seven pan pac records, three gold medals in relay events and one Australian and equal Commonwealth record (Cate...
Katie Ledecky Sets Second Straight World Record at Pan Pacific Championships Team USA wraps meet with 40 total medals, including 14 gold GOLD COAST, Australia – Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) broke her second world record in as many nights – this time eclipsing her own1500-meter freestyle mark by nearly six seconds with a time of 15:28.36 – on the final evening of the Pan Pacific Championships on Sunday at the Gold Coast Aquatic Center. The swim marked her third world record in 15 days and fifth this...
USA Men Fall To Hungary 7-5 In Semifinals Of FINA World Cup Almaty, Kazakhstan - August 23 - The USA Men's National Team fell to Hungary 7-5 in the semifinals of the FINA World Cup. John Mann (Newport Beach, CA/California/NYAC) scored two goals to pace the United States offense. The loss sends Team USA to the bronze medal match where they will take on Croatia on Sunday at 12:50am pst. A live webcast is available of all matches courtesy of FINA TV and can be accessed by clicking here ....
20 new World Junior records set in top-notch swimming edition 2ND SUMMER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES In a successful second edition of the Youth Olympic Games swimming programme, which saw the world's rising talents stepping up in convincing fashion at Nanjing's Olympic Sports Complex Natatorium on August 17-22, 2014, a total 20 new World Junior records were established, 16 in individual and four in relay events. 400 swimmers from 144 countries competed in 34 events: 17 boys’ and 17 girls’ events, including two mixed relays. At the end of the six-day...
USA Swimming Rounds Out Coaching Staff for 2014 Pan Pacific Championships Gold Coast, Australia, to host 2014 Pan Pacs from Aug. 21-25 USA Team Roster of Athletes Competing IRVINE, Calif. – USA Swimming today announced its complete coaching staff for the upcoming 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, slated for Aug. 21-25 in Gold Coast, Australia. Bob Bowman of North Baltimore Aquatic Club and Teri McKeever of the University of California, Berkeley and California Aquatics were announced as the respective men’s and women’s head coaches in April. Rounding out Bowman’s men’s staff...
ARUBA--The Aruban Swimming Federation, Arubaanse Zwembond (AZB), has announced a 3-swimmer team for the 2014 Short Course Worlds in December in Doha, Qatar. Team members are: Patrick Groters, Rebecca Maduro and Mikel Schreuders. Announcement can be found on the AZB website here: http://www.arubaswimming.com/index.php/swimming/news/108-12th-fina-short-course-championships PLEASE DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER WITH THIS TEXT EDITOR. THERE ARE KNOWN ISSUES TEAMUNIFY CANNOT EASILY SUPPORT. PLEASE USE THE FIREFOX BROWSER: WWW.FIREFOX.COM. FIREFOX IS FREE, FAST AND COMPATIBLE.
