Lochte, Vollmer, Franklin and Clary Headline the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando Event will make first-ever stop in Orlando, Fla., February 14-16 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Dana Vollmer (Granbury, Texas), Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) will compete February 14-16 at the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando. The event, whichis the third stop of the six-meet 2012-13 Arena Grand Prix Series, will be held for the first time in Orlando at the YMCA Aquatic Center. Other Olympians expected to...

Water Polo Teams from Canada, USA & Brazil qualify for Barcelona 2013 The 32 national teams (16 for men and 16 for women) qualified for the 15th FINA World Championships Water Polo tournament in Barcelona (ESP), organised from July 22 to August 3 (men) and from July 21 to August 2 (women), are as follows: MEN Europe: Croatia, Spain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia Americas: Canada, United States Asia: China, Kazakhstan Oceania: Australia, New Zealand Africa: South Africa WOMEN Europe: Spain, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Russia...

Puerto Rico Olympic Committee orders re-do the officer elections it held last September PUERTO RICO--WSCA has received a report that last week, the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee, Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico (COPUR), ordered the Puerto Rican Swimming Federation, Federación Puertorriqueña de Natación (FPN), to re-do the officer elections it held last September. COPUR's order stems from a tribunal appeal issued in November, related to instating votes to 3 individuals and a club. FPN faces its funds from COPUR being cut if they do not comply with the order.

Silvia Crespo reelected President of Bolivian Swimming Federation FEBONA to begin aa national-level program for Water Polo BOLIVIA--The Bolivian Swimming Federation, Federación Boliviana de Natación (Febona), held its annual meeting this past weekend in Sucre. At the meeting, reports indicate that officer elections for a 2013-15 term were held, with the following being elected: -President: Silvia Crespo -Vice Presidents: Enrique Nava (1st), María Pinto (2nd) -Secretary General: Pedro Cervantes -Technical Committee: Marco Ramírez Also at the meeting, Febona decided to begin a national-level programming for Water Polo. Reports on the...

The current and up-and-coming open water elite took the plunge at the first rendezvous of FINA's two international open water swimming circuits - the 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup and Open Water Swimming Grand Prix - to compete in some of the world's most challenging and thrilling races in open water. The 2013 season started on a high note for Emily Brunemann (USA), 27, who won the Brazilian and Argentinian legs of the marathon series. Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha had a disappointing finish in front of the home crowd in...

The dates of the Pan American Games are July 10 - 26, 2015 Website: http://www.toronto2015.org/ You will also note that FINA has posted the official dates of the 2015 World Championships, which will be in Kazan, Russia. The dates are posted as July 19-August 2, 2012 as noted on the FINA website at this link: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2515&Itemid=1193 A competition schedule has not yet been published for Kazan 2015. The link to Barcelona 2013 follows below: http://www.bcn2013.com/es/calendario You will be pleased to know that UANA President Coaracy and UANA Honorary Life President...

Saint Lucia Amateur Swimming Association Hosts successful “Start-Up” Swim Meet To kick of its calendar of activities for 2013, the Saint Lucia Amateur Swimming Association on Saturday 2nd February hosted its third annual “Start-Up” Swim Meet. This was a developmental swim meet with a difference, as the focus was firmly on the younger, developing swimmers, as the meet was divided into two groups, 8 and under swimmers competing in the morning session and 9 and over swimmers for the evening session The meet saw one national Age Group record being...

USA's Emily Brunemann and Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha finish 1st and 2nd in Argentina 10K FINA 10KM MARATHON SWIMMING & GRAND PRIX 2013 Brunemann (USA), Beraud (FRA) and Ercoli (ITA) repeat victory in Argentina Lausanne (SUI), February 4, 2013 – The two races held this week-end in Viedma and Santa Fe (Argentina) – the second stop of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2013, respectively – featured high-level competition and close finishes among both men and women. A record 49 swimmers (19...

Calgary, Canada - February 3 - The USA Men's National Team took the silver medal at the UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament following a 6-5 loss to Canada on Sunday. Two goals from Nikola Vavic (Palos Verdes, CA/USC/Trojan) and a late rally from Team USA were not enough to top Canada. Despite the loss, Team USA accomplishes their main goal of qualifying for the 2013 FINA World Championships set for this summer in Barcelona, Spain. For the second time this week Canada came out strong against Team USA, grabbing...

Canada wins double gold at world championship qualifier CALGARY – Both the Canadian men’s and women’s water polo teams completed perfect runs on Sunday for gold at the UANA world championship qualifying tournament. Canada had already clinched berths for the 2013 FINA World Aquatic Championships with semifinal victories on Saturday and capped the tournament winning Sunday’s finals for 5-0 records in tournament play. In the men’s final, Canada built a 4-0 lead and held on for a 6-5 victory over the U.S. Less than 24 hours earlier, the Canadians had...