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USA, Australia and Japan share golden spoils on opening night of Pan Pacs There were eight gold medals up for grabs on night one of the 2014 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Championships with the USA winning four and Australia and Japan two gold each in the opening finals session. Night one at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre also saw US teen sensation Katie Ledecky produce the swim of the night – missing her own world record in the 800m freestyle by just 0.35 of a second. Tonight’s finals: Women’s 200m...
USA Men Take Second Straight Win At FINA World Cup Topping Montenegro Almaty, Kazakhstan - August 20 - The USA Men's Senior National Team picked up their second straight victory at the FINA World Cup with an 11-7 win over Montenegro to go 2-0 in group play. Bret Bonanni (Huntington Beach, CA/Stanford/Stanford), Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/Stanford) and John Mann (Newport Beach, CA/California/NYAC) scored two goals each in the win while Merrill Moses (Palos Verdes, CA/Pepperdine/NYAC) added 11 saves in net. Team USA finishes out group play on Thursday with a...
ARGENTINA--The Argentina Aquatic Sports Confederation, Confederación Argentina de Desportes Acuáticos (CADDA) held its 2014 annual meeting on August 7. As part of the meeting, CADDA elected its board members for 2014-18. Elected to officer positions were: -President: Fernando Terrilli -Vice President: Raul Araya -Secretary: Sergio Antonini -Treasurer: Julio Clement In Argentina-related news, CADDA has also posted that the 9th South American Masters Championships will be in Mar del Plata. The meet will be short course meters. More information on the meet can be found online here: http://www.abmn.org.br/sudamericano2014/
UANA Judges attend the 2014 UANA Synchronized Swimming Championship August 16, 2014 Sixteen UANA/FINA Judges and the TSSC are shown to the right attending the championship and judging many events. They judged hours of competition for 6 days and attended seminars for judging on four of those days. The UANA TSSC would like to thank each one of them for their many hours of service to the event and look forward to seeing many of them in Mexico in September for the PASO Sports Festival.
FINAL ACTION HIGH POINT TROPHY WON BY USA Please see the trophy count in the above link. Results, Saturday, August 16, 2014 Mexico wins Combo competition over Santa Clara Aquamaids with a routine full of difficult highlights. Santa Clara came in second with a very creative routine based on the Wizard of Oz. Later yesterday afternoon many of the athletes together put on a Gala performance for appreciation of a large audience. The Gala began with the UANA Flag being floated down the 50 m pool followed by swimmers floating...
Link for Live Streaming feed from TAKE IT LIVE. Click below http://takeitlive.tv/14tl051/ SCHEDULE, Saturday, August 16, 2014 Parade of Athletes for Final - 10:00 AM FREE COMBINATION FINAL COMPETITION - 10:15 AM RESULTS FROM AUGUST 15, 2014 12 & UNDER 13-15 JUNIOR DUET FINAL DUET FINAL DUET FINAL DUET FINAL W/FIGURES DUET FINAL W/FIGURES DUET FINAL W/FIGURES TEAM FINAL TEAM FINAL TEAM FINAL TEAM FINAL W/FIGURES TEAM FINAL W/FIGURES TEAM FINAL W/FIGURES SENIOR DUET TECH SENIOR DUET FREE
Open Water Swimming Report May 20-26, 2014. I gave a FINA Open Water Coaches Clinic in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Nine people attended with 3 days of classroom and two days of in water instruction. The clinic went extremely well. Folling the water time on Sunday the participants were able to work with youth swimmers on drills and skills. The Islands do not have a competitive pool and I think they have a bright future with Open Water Swimming. One of the goals of the Federation is to field...
US national teams grab gold at UANA Pan American Championships Members of 13-15 and 12 & Under squads win team, duet events INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. national team members grabbed several gold medals this week at the UANA Pan American Synchronized Swimming Championships in Riverside, Calif. Members of the U.S. 13-15 and 12 & Under National Synchronized Swimming Teams The U.S. 13-15 National Team won the 13-15 team final with 148.2936 points, topping Mexico (140.4870) and Quebec Provincial (138.9407). Team USA scored 76.4000 points in the free routine and 71.8936 in...
A social start to the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games got under way today in Nanjing, China with a pulsating Opening Ceremony that quickly spread around the world thanks to thousands of selfies taken by athletes and spectators at the request of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. In the true spirit of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) the IOC reached out to its 42 million fans as well as the followers of the spectators and athletes in the stadium. IOC President Thomas...
