Cochrane and Heymans Headline List of Aquatic Award Winners for 2012 (OTTAWA, December 12, 2012) – Swimmer Ryan Cochrane of Victoria, B.C., and diver Emilie Heymans of St. Lambert, Que. have been named Aquatics Canada’s male and female athletes of the year for 2012. The honours are part of Aquatics Canada annual awards which recognize the outstanding performances and contributions to the sport of diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. “We are truly proud to recognize our deserving award winners as we close out the Olympic year,” says Aquatics...

FIRST ST LUCIAN GRAND PRIX MEET The 1st Lucian Grand Prix Swim Meet held over the weekend 7th to 9th December 2012 concluded as a huge success. The RACERS Swim Club organized a well run competition under the sanction of the St Lucia Amateur Swimming Association. The Grand Prix is designed to get our local swimmers prepared mentally and physically to perform at a higher level where they could improve their times in the second swim. The only swimmers going to the Finals each evening of each day were the...

Windsor will welcome world in 2016 ISTANBUL – The city of Windsor, Ont., will host the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2016 after being awarded the right on the eve of this year’s event in Istanbul. “I have the pleasure to announce that today the FINA Bureau awarded the organization of the event of 2016 to the city of Windsor in Canada,” FINA President Julio Maglione said at a press conference Tuesday at the Sinan Erdem Arena. “We congratulate the city of Windsor, the Aquatic Federation of Canada, and Swimming...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY--The 11th Short Course Worlds get underway tomorrow and continue through Sunday (December 12-16) at the Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul. FINA has announced that 958 swimmers from 162 nations are entered in the meet. Start lists for all events have been posted online, and can be found here: http://www.omegatiming.com/Competition?id=00010C010DFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2012 Results will also post to this link: Further information on the meet can be found here: -event site: http://www.wscistanbul2012.com/ -FINA subpage: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=210&Itemid=796 Also in related news, the 17th FINA Sports Medicine Congress was yesterday and today in Istanbul. Further...

US Ambassadors from Athlete Approved Conduct December Swimming Clinic in Fiji Ambassadors from Athlete Approved ( www.athleteapproved.com) Lara Jackson and Bobby Savulich traveled halfway around the world to teach a swimming clinic in Fiji. The duo stressed the importance of proper technique and mind set. Jackson is the current American record holder in the 50 yard freestyle, while Savulich garnered a gold medal at the 2011 World University Games. Their knowledge and skills were shared with the Fijian swimmers and coaches, who are making efforts to bring the country to...

U.S. Masters Swimming Redesigns usms.org Website December 10, 2012—U.S. Masters Swimming, owner of the most comprehensive website for adult swimming, introduces a redesign of usms.org. The website was originally introduced in 1996 and has undergone several revisions since, the most recent in 2005. In the past year, more than 2.4 million users visited the website. The new website includes an enhanced navigation system allowing visitors to find almost any piece of content they are seeking within one click, promotes the “encouraging adults to swim” purpose of USMS with a “Let’s...

The 2012 #2 edition of the WSCA newsletter is now available online for downloading and reading. One can find it in the "Newsletters" section of the WSCA website here: http://www.swimmingcoach.org/wsca/pastnewsletters.htm Included in the 2012-02 edition are: -a listing of the 2012 Coach of the Year honorees -a report on the 2012 Olympics -"How power plays into performance" by Joyce E.A. Russell -"Uncomplicated Skills" by Bill Sweetenham Enjoy, and if you have an article for potential inclusion in an upcoming WSCA newsletter, please send a copy of it to [email protected] World...

Wish You Were Here: Ryan Murphy's World Championships Journal from Istanbul Published at Swimming World on December 8, 2012 Editor's note: Ryan Murphy is contributing regular journal entries exclusive to Swimming World as he travels and competes with the United States contingent at the short course world championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Our thanks to Ryan Murphy for sharing his thoughts, and to Sergio Lopez for help in getting Ryan's entries to us! Saturday, December 8, 2012 We arrived today in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a very long day. My traveling...

Press Release from FINA Bureau Meeting in Istanbul Istanbul (TUR), December 9, 2012 – Under the presidency of Dr. Julio C. Maglione, the FINA Bureau held its meeting today in Istanbul (TUR), where will take place from December 12-16, 2012 the 11th edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). The main highlights of the meeting were: - Presentation of updated reports for the upcoming main FINA competitions: 15th FINA World Championships 2013 in Barcelona (ESP), 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2014 in Doha (QAT), and 16th FINA World...

Italy (men) and Greece (women) crowned World Youth Champions in Perth (AUS) Lausanne (SUI), December 9, 2012 – The nine-day competition featuring 34 (15 women’s and 19 men’s) water polo teams concluded on a high note at Perth’s Challenge Stadium, Western Australia, with Italy and Greece crowned as new World Youth Champions for men and women, respectively. In the men’s competition, Italy was too strong for Hungary (10-8) in the final match taking place on Sunday December 9. The battle for the minor medal played out between Croatia and Serbia,...