Dear UANA Family: I trust that you and your loved ones are doing very well; life is grand indeed! We have had a busy and productive year so far and it only promises to get even better in the year of the Summer Olympic Games. Our UANA President, Mr. Coaracy Nunes Filho, with the advise of the UANA Executive Committee has skillfully selected the technical personnel and liaisons who will guide our Continental Federation through the Toronto Pan American Games of 2015. UANA is pleased to announce the UANA Technical...

2012 Open Water Festival April 27-29, 2012 Fort Myers, Florida http://www.openwaterfestival.org/crippen-mile/ The 2012 Open Water Festival is proud to partner with the Crippen Foundation to bring you the 2nd annual Crippen Sunset Mile swim. Awards in amateur and professional divisions. Amateur men & women: top 5 overall and top 3 in each age group. Professional men & women: 1st $500, 2nd $200, 3rd $150, 4th $100, 5th $50. Cash prices are set at the current minimum. We expect them to increase before the event and will post once verified. NOTE:...

usa water polo to announce 2012 u.s. olympic women's water polo team on may 17 at la84 foundation in los angeles, ca Who: The 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team What: The 13 athletes who will comprise the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team will be announced. LA84 Foundation President & IOC Member Anita DeFrantz will deliver an opening address. Where: LA84 Foundation 2141 W. Adams Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90018 When: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 10:30am (announcement); 11:30 am (lunch) Media Opportunity: Media are invited to...

Stolen medal motivates Moses By Rhiannon Potkey Saturday, April 14, 2012 Merrill Moses will never forget what it felt like to have the silver medal draped around his neck. The goalkeeper experienced a rush of pride for his country after helping the USA Water Polo Men's National Team place second at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Unfortunately, Moses will have to savor the moment in pictures only. The Pepperdine graduate no longer has his medal. It was stolen from his parents' home in Northern California last year. Moses was in...

Here are some predictions to help generate interest and awareness among the open water swimming community about the USA Swimming Open Water Nationals and Olympic 10 km Marathon Swim: · http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/04/only-fast-furious-will-go-on-to.html · http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/03/olympic-marathon-swimming-medal.html · http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2011/12/ten-olympic-marathon-swimming-10km.html · http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/01/shaving-down-in-open-water-swimming_30.html

A total of 105 participants from 58 member federations were present in Tokyo (JPN) from April 12-15 for the 10th FINA World Swimming Officials Seminar. The Members of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee - Chairman Carol Zaleski (USA), Vice Chairman Don Blew (AUS), Honorary Secretary Søren Korbo (DEN) and FINA Vice President and Bureau Liaison Dale Neuburger (USA) - led the four-day event, which was organised in cooperation with the Japan Swimming Federation. Since the first time the Seminar was inaugurated in 1994, only officials appearing on FINA Swimming Officials...

U.S. closes out World Series in Moscow with two more medals Posted on April 15, 2012 by USA Diving The U.S. closed out the Moscow leg of the FINA Diving World Series with two more medals Saturday, giving Team USA four for the two-day meet as all six divers on the team came home from Russia with a medal. Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) and Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif.) won the silver medal in men’s synchronized 3-meter, scoring 417.15 points to finish second to Russia’s Evgeny Kuznetsov and Illya Zakharov, who...

FINA Posts Masters World Top 10 Rankings LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA has posted the Masters World Top-10 rankings for 2011. They can be found on the FINA website here: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=636

NASSAU, BAHAMAS--The 2012 CARIFTA Championships begins today and continues through Sunday (April 12-15) in Nassau. The meet features age group teams from Caribbean nations. Results from the meet can be found online here: http://oldsite.bahamasswimmingfederation.com/liveresults/ Further information on the meet can be found here: http://www.bahamasswimmingfederation.com/_m1748/CARIFTA-2012

With the level of talent both Russia and Spain are bringing to London for the Synchronised Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament, the event, which gathers a total 34 countries from April 18-22, is guaranteed to be top class. If Olympic champion Russia and silver-medallist Spain will easily secure a London berth, the battle for the minor medal and thus remaining Olympic spot, will play out between former powers Japan and USA, and recent sensation in the sport Ukraine. Having locked up the duet and team titles since the 2000 Sydney...