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Club Teams To Represent U.S. At Mediterranean Cup Members of Walnut Creek, Santa Clara, Arizona and Riverside clubs selected INDIANAPOLIS -- Elite synchronized swimmers from four club teams will represent the United States at the Mediterranean Synchronized Swimming Cup in Andorra, July 4-7. The Mediterranean Cup is the highest level of competition in the world for synchro swimmers age 13 to 15, with more than 20 countries competing. Members of the 13-15 Walnut Creek Aquanuts (Katya Mizin, Regina Kong, Renee Stehlik, Daria Torba, Dana Drury, Lauren Simonelli and Peyton LeGate)...

Another impressive showing for Maxim Bouchard FORT LAUDERDALE– Maxim Bouchard of St-Constant, Que., overcame a rough preliminary round to qualify for the final on men’s 10-metre tower on Thursday at the USA Grand Prix diving competition. The event is the fourth stop on the FINA Grand Prix circuit. Bouchard, a stunning fourth last week at the 2013 Gillette Canada Cup Grand Prix in Gatineau, Que., was 11th after the morning preliminaries to slip into the top-12 cut for the afternoon semifinals. However in the semis he tabulated 429.55 points, almost...

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA--The 2013 Argentina Nationals begins today and continues through Sunday (May 9-12) in Buenos Aires. The meet serves as Argentina's second qualifying meet for the 2013 World Championships. Results from it can be found online here: http://www.fenaba.org.ar/documents/resultados/Camp_Nac_Abs_2013/

NCAA Champion Michigan Head Coach Mike Bottom will teach at The Stroke School as ASCA World Clinic FORT LAUDERDALE, USA--University of Michigan Head Coach Mike Bottom, along with his assistant Rick Bishop, will teach the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Level 2 course (The Stroke School) at the 2013 ASCA World Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana. Coach Bottom, known world-wide for his innovative coaching technique and attention to detail, is fresh off an NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming Championship meet in March. ASCA's Level 2 course teaches coaches to construct...

Diving's global elite gathers to Fort Lauderdale (USA) Fort Lauderdale (Fl., USA) will welcome more than 120 divers from 21 countries, including 2012 Olympic champions and medallists, for the fourth stop of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2013, organised from May 9-12. The competition, which takes place in an outdoor diving facility, will attract big names and rising stars of the international diving scene, all fine-tuning their preparation for the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona (ESP), where the diving competition will also be held outdoors. The competition programme for...

UANA Summons of the 2013 Pan American Synchronized Swimming Championships August 15-22, 2013 at the Natatorium de San Juan hosted by Federacion Puertorriquena de Natacion Summons in Spanish Summons in English The preliminary entries must be completed and received on or before May 30, 2013 Federation eMail: [email protected] Organizing Committee eMail: [email protected] Important Note: A diagram of the pool will be sent to National Federations after May 30, 2013

Click here to view this announcement in French Click here to view this announcement in English Swimming Canada Seeks New Chief Executive Officer Swimming Canada serves as the national governing body of competitive swimming, inspiring Canadians through world leading performances to embrace a lifestyle of swimming, sport, fitness and health. The organization oversees 75,000 members and over 400 swim clubs across the country. Canadians are global leaders in high performance swimming and development for both able-bodied swimmers and swimmers with a disability. Swimming is recognized as one of the most...

Dejan Udovicic named USA Head Coach Men's Water Polo through 2016 Olympic Games Huntington Beach, Calif. - May 7, 2013-- Dejan Udovicic has been named Head Coach of the USA Water Polo Men's Senior National Team through the 2016 Olympic Games. Udovicic, the former head coach of the Serbian national team, joins USA Water Polo after leading Serbia to a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, his teams’ 16th medal in the last 17 major championship events. The most successful coach in Serbian team sports, Udovicic has compiled...

Three Arena suits removed from FINA approved swimwear list LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--Today FINA has removed 3 Arena suits from the approved suit list. The removal followed a request submitted to FINA by the suit manufacturer. All 3 removed suits are from the first generation of Arena's Powerskin Carbon-Pro line, and had been valid for competition since January 1, 2012. FINA has listed the removed suits in a note that is now on the bottom of Arena's portion of the approved suit list: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2217:arena&catid=304:fina-approved-swimwear&Itemid=1006 The suits removed from the list are a:...

Mexico names 14 swimmers to 2013 FINA World Championship Team MEXICO--The Mexican Swimming Federation, Federación Mexicana de Natación (FMN), announced Saturday that 14 swimmers have preliminarily qualified for the nation's team to the 2013 World Championships. The 14 swam to qualifying times at the Swimming portion of the 2013 Mexico National Olympiad last week (April 27-May 2) in Tijuana, Baja California. Two additional meets remain to swim onto Mexico's team to the 2013 Worlds, both of which are at the end of this month. FMN reports it will finalize their...