USA's Alex Meyer is 3rd at FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup meet in Eilat, Israel Olympic open water swimmer Alex Meyer placed third on Friday at the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup meet in Eilat, Israel, touching in 1 hour, 53 minutes, 38.00 seconds. His time was just 8 and a half seconds behind winner Christian Reichert of Germany (1:53:29.50) and about four-seconds behind runner-up Thomas Lurz, also of Germany (1:53:34.05). He was the only American to compete in the men’s race. On the women’s side, American Christine...

St. Lucian brothers Runako and Jyasi Daniel race in US championships Brothers Runako and Jyasi Daniel featured in overseas forays as St Lucian swimmers continue to impact in foreign competitions Runako Daniel swam the 3rd leg of the Peddie School record breaking 4x100 yard relay last weekend at the Easterns Championships with a super fast 45.59 seconds. This first place relay time was 2:59.98 which makes Peddie school the third school in the history of US high school swimming to go under 3 minutes in the 4x100 relay. The other...

Jennifer Abel prevails on three-metre at Winter Nationals WINNIPEG – Olympic medallist Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., launched her 2013 season with a victory on women’s three-metre springboard on Sunday to conclude the Winter Nationals diving competition. Abel was just a bit better on four of the five dives than her chief rival Pamela Ware of Beloeil, Que., to finish first with 341.40 points. Ware, also on the 2012 London team, followed at 338.30 while Emma Friesen of Victoria took the bronze at 303.75. “It was a nice win considering...

SwimNews: Cullen Jones Aims to Swim Freestyle in Rio http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/10111 US sprinter Cullen Jones, 29 tomorrow, has opted to stay in the fray, telling a local publication that he has committed to a Rio 2016 Olympic campaign with coach David Marsh. Jones, Olympic silver medallist in the 50m free and a double Olympic relay medallist (4x100m free, 2008; 4x100m medley, 2012), tells the Charlotte Observer today that he is “95 per cent sure” that he will stay in Charlotte all the way to Brazil, the 5 per cent doubt held...

SwimNews: Changing Canada's Coaching Landscape http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/10110 Guest writer and coach Mike Thompson considers the impact of a forum called The Coaching Excellence Series, introduced by Ben Titley, the Brit coach at the helm of the Ontario excellence centre in Canada In an apartment building in Downtown Toronto on February 5, some of the best coaches in Ontario were socializing, sipping on sodas and sharing submarine sandwiches while waiting to participate in a coach’s forum called “The Coaching Excellence Series”. One of the most respected coaches in the world and one...

Michael Phelps to attend 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio By Tom Degun March 2 - Swimming legend Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, will be attending the prestigious 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards in Rio de Janeiro next month. The 27-year-old from Baltimore retired following London 2012 with a total of 22 Olympic medals, 18 of which are gold, to secure his status as one of the greatest athletes in history. He claimed six medals in his final Olympics with four gold and two silvers...

Myriam Glez named USA Synchro High Performance Director INDIANAPOLIS – USA Synchro has named former British Swimming assistant coach Myriam Glez as its new high performance director. “USA Synchro is really excited to have Myriam join our family,” USA Synchro Executive Director Julie Fabsik-Swart's said. “Her experience as an athlete, a coach and a leader in multiple countries has given her a unique background that, we believe, will lead USA Synchro back into the medals.” Glez, a former Olympic synchronized swimmer, was most recently a synchronized swimming consultant and assistant...

Upset win for Cody Yano at Canadian Diving Winter Senior Nationals WINNIPEG – Cody Yano of Edmonton upset Olympic team member François Imbeau-Dulac of St-Lazare, Que., on Saturday to win his first Canadian title at the Winter Senior Nationals diving competition. Yano placed first on men’s three-metre with 388.20 points finishing ahead of Imbeau-Dulac in second at 379.50. In the fourth round of the final, Imbeau-Dulac was charged with a balk on his three and half reverse somersault and received only 3.0’s and 4.0’s from the judges. ‘’I was so...

Victoria's Friesen surprises Abel at Canadian Diving Winter Nationals WINNIPEG – Victoria’s Emma Friesen is the surprise leader after Friday’s preliminaries in the women’s three-metre springboard event at the Winter Nationals diving competition. Friesen, who is on the comeback trail after missing almost two seasons, showed the most consistency in her program to tabulate 299.00 points. Olympic and world championship medallist Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., is second at 296.10 and Aimee Harrison of Winnipeg is third at 258.60. “I was really nervous throughout the competition,” said Friesen, who opened...

Canadian Winter Nationals: Injury, school commitments added to Imbeau-Dulac’s load in 2013 WINNIPEG – Diver François Imbeau-Dulac made giant strides forward last year highlighted by earning a berth on the Olympic team. However those achievements did not come without a cost for the 22-year-old St-Lazare, Que., resident who leads the men’s three-metre springboard event after Thursday’s preliminaries at the Winter Nationals diving competition. Imbeau-Dulac is competing this week despite a nagging back injury while out of the pool he is catching up on his school credits after focusing solely on...