Results of South American Junior Championships in Valparaíso (Chile) South American Junior Championships March 12-25, 2013--Valparaíso (Chile) features all 5 Aquatics disciplines; Swimming is March 14-17, Open Water is March 18 http://www.williamalonso.com/results/resultadosweb20130318.php

Results of Central American Games - San Jose (Costa Rica) SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA--Reports indicate that cold pool water caused the Swimming portion of the 2013 Central American Games to change pools after its first day of competition last week in San Jose. The water temperature on the first day was 22 degrees Celcius (71.6 °F), when measured in the morning, which caused the organizers to move the day's session into the afternoon at a pool in the Hatillo part of San Jose. For the subsequent days of Swimming, the...

FINA posts dates for 2013 coach courses LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA today has updated the dates of its Swimming coach clinics so that dates and locations for 4 of 5 clinics in 2013 clinics are posted. Two of the clinics are in Africa, while the FIremaining 3 are in the Americas. The scheduled clinics for 2013 are: -March 22-24 - (Level 3) - Malawi -April 12-14 - (Level 1) - Lima, Peru -May 31-June 2 - (Level 2) - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia -August 29-31 - (to be confirmed) - Georgetown, Guyana...

Cayman Islands will host 21st Annual Flowers One Mile Sea Swim - 5K & 10K OW Swims Added website: http://www.flowersseaswim.com/ The Cayman Islands, located in the beautiful Caribbean Sea with crystal clear waters, white sands and warm weather all year, is the perfect location for outdoor water sports. Over two decades ago, against such an ideal backdrop, the tradition of the Flowers One Mile Sea Swim began. As the event swims into its 21st year on June 15, 2013, we invite you to participate in what has come to be...

FINA/Midea DIVING WORLD SERIES 2013 China dominates opening leg’s action in Beijing (CHN) Lausanne (SUI), March 17, 2013 – Beijing’s “Water Cube” provided the backdrop to spectacular performances during the opening leg of the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2013, organised from March 15-17. The superb venue welcomed 60 of the best divers in action from 12 countries. It was an expected show of strength by China, the traditional diving powerhouse, whose ninestrong squad blitzed to win all eight titles on offer. China’s Kai Qin and Chong He finished 1-2 in...

The first leg of the FINA Diving World Series has concluded from Beijing. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Austin, Texas) teamed up with younger brother Dwight Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Austin, Texas) to score 380.37 points to finish fifth in the synchronized 3-meter final, which China’s He Chong and Qin Kai won with 468.90 points. Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif./Stanford), Troy’s synchro partner from the 2012 Olympic Games, competed at the NCAA Zone Meet this week (he won the 1M, 3M and platform events). Troy also competed in the individual 3-meter...

Silver Sunday for Meaghan Benfeito at World Series BEIJING- Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal capped a strong opening FINA World Series event for Canada on Sunday with a silver medal in the women’s 10-metre tower. Canada finished the competition with three silver medals. Benfeito also took silver in 10-metre synchro with Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., on Friday and Jennifer Abel of Laval was second on women’s three-metre springboard on Saturday. Olympic champion Chen Ruolin of China took the 10-metre gold with 403.75 points, Benfeito followed at 362.25 and Pandelela Rinong...

Canada's Jennifer Abel wins silver at FINA Diving World Series BEIIJING – Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., won the silver medal on Saturday in the women’s individual three-metre at the first stop on the FINA World Series diving circuit. He Zi of China took the gold with 395.65 points, Abel followed at 335.20 and Tania Cagnotto of Italy was third at 330.70. Abel produced a consistent performance averaging 7.5’s from the judges on all her five dives in the final. Cagnotto was equally consistent and the difference for silver was...

Filion and Benfeito win silver at diving World Series BEIJING – Olympic bronze medallists Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., and Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal won silver in the women’s 10-metre synchro event on Friday to open the first stop on the FINA World Series diving circuit. Ruolin Chen and Huixia Liu of China were the winners with 351.78 points, Benfeito and Filion followed at 316.71 and Yulia Koltunova and Natalia Goncharova of Russia third at 316.56. Chen was the Olympic champion last year and competed with a new partner Friday....

Registration Form for April 12-14 Level 1 Swim Coach Clinic in Lima, Peru LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA has posted information and the registration form for the Level 1 coach clinic being held in Lima, Peru on April 12-14, 2013. Those postings can be found on the FINA site here: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=754&Itemid=494