PARAGUAY--Reports from Paraguay indicate that swimmer Benjamín Hockin will be the nation's flagbearer for the Opening Ceremonies at the 2012 Olympics. Hockin is currently 1 of 7 athletes Paraguay has qualified for the Games. The nation will also field athletes in: Athletics, Judo, Table Tennis and Tennis. http://www.paraguay.com/deportes/londres-2012-hockin-le-gana-la-pulseada-a-aguirre-83502 http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/76317-benjamin-hockin-llevara-la-bandera-paraguaya-en-jjoo-de-londres.html

Attention UANA Friends. Please find for your information the summons for the 2012 - UANA Synchronized Swimming Championship. Summons - English Summons - Spanish

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO--The Mexican Swimming Federation, Federación Mexicana de Natación (FMN), will host the 2012 Aquatic Activities Conference, September 6-9 in Acapulco, Guerrero. Featured speakers at the conference are: Bill Sweetenham (Australia), Karoly Torros (Hungary) and Jaime Toeld (Mexico). Further information on the speakers, as well as a link for registration, can be found online [in Spanish] here: http://www.fmn.org.mx/official/index.php/component/content/article/47-internacionales/1323-ponentes-de-lujo-en-la-convencion-de-las-especialidades-acuaticas-2012-ino-faltes-la-presencia-de-tres-estrategas-de-la-natacion-en-el-mundo-como-lo-son-bill-sweetenham-karoly-toerros-y-jaime-toledo-artifices-de-grandes-logros-en-australia-inglaterr.html

BAHAMAS--Results from the 2012 Bahamas Nationals, held last weekend (June 14-17) in Nassau, have been posted by the Bahamas Swimming Federation here: http://www.bahamasswimmingfederation.com/_m1792/RBC-National-Championships NASSAU, BAHAMAS--The 2012 Bahamas Nationals began today and continue through Sunday (June 14-17) in Nassau. A psych sheet for the meet can be found online here: http://www.bahamasswimmingfederation.com/UserFiles/HTMLEditor/Nationals%202012%20Psych%20sheets.pdf

Newsletter #12 // June 20th 2012 follow us This newsletter provides you with background information and news on FINA's activities and upcoming events. Wealth of talents ready to shine in Bolzano After Rostock (Germany), Montreal (Canada), Fort Lauderdale (USA) and Madrid (Spain), Bolzano (Italy) will welcome the current stars and rising talents of diving’s global elite from June 22-24, the last meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2012. Among those hoping for a place on the podium, China’s Han Wang is first in the women’s 3m springboard overall ranking...

WELLAND, CANADA--The organizers of the 2012 Junior Open Water Worlds announced that 30 nations have already indicated that they will send a team to the event. Those teams are from: Albania, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Croatia, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and the USA. http://niagaraopenwater2012.com/site/countries

USA Swimming Releases 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Psych Sheets -- June 19, 2012 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 19. WITH the meet less than a week away, USA Swimming has released the ever-anticipated psych sheets for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, scheduled to take place at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb. At a hefty 38 pages, the psych sheets list the events all swimmers have signed up for, thus far. Plenty of scratches are expected to take place at the meet. The psych sheets do confirm the information Yahoo Sports...

Olympic qualifying closes this weekend, FINA updates Open Water & Relay team qualifiers for 2012 Olympic Games LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--The window to swim qualifying times for the 2012 Olympics closes on Monday (June 18), making this the last weekend for swimmer to swim-to either the Olympic Qualification ("A") or the Olympic Selection ("B") times. The qualification window began on March 1, 2011. This is the last of FINA's Swimming qualifying window to close for the Games. Relay qualifying closed on June 1, 2012; June 1 was also the deadline to apply...

14th FINA Masters World Championships RICCIONE, ITALY--The 14th World Masters Championships begins its two-weeks of competition this Sunday (June 3-17, 2012) in Riccione. The Championships feature all 5 Aquatics disciplines. Entry numbers are so large this year, that the 3K Open Water race was split onto two to accommodate the field. Competition dates and entry totals by discipline are: -Swimming: June 10-16; 9,700 swimmers -Open Water: June 16+17; 2,314 swimmers -Diving: June 4-8; 271 divers -Water Polo: June 3-9; 101 teams -Synchro: June 12-17; 580 swimmers Further information on the...

Seeking a new way to make a splash By Mike Vorel WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Photo Showcase: Swimming Sculpture Some athletes can appear larger than life. The U.S. swimmer peering onto Dodge Street from Mutual of Omaha's front lawn fits that description better than most. The 12-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide sculpture portrays a male swimmer appearing to be emerging from the water to take a breath. His brown hair is mostly hidden under a white cap, which has the U.S. flag stamped on the side. His eyes are masked behind silver reflective goggles....