Brazil won 72 medals at the South American Swimming Championships taking place in Belem (BRA) from March 11-25, 2012. The biennial aquatics championships bring together all nations from the CONSANAT, the South American Swimming Confederation tom compete in Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water Swimming. Brazilians swimmers captured 51 medals (26 gold, 19 silver and six bronze medals). Home hero Cesar Cielo brought more gold to his name, winning five events and posting this season's best time in the 50m butterfly: 23s26. In open water, the host...

MEN'S WATER POLO TEAMS TO BOOK LAST FOUR TICKETS TO LONDON A tough competitive field awaits the 12 water polo teams for the Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held at the Kinsmen Sports Centre in Edmonton (Alberta, CAN) from April 1-8, 2012. Only the highest-ranked four teams will secure London berths to join the world’s best water polo squads in the fight for top honours in Olympic waters from July 29 to August 12 at the Water Polo Arena, a temporary venue located alongside the Aquatics...

with background information and news on FINA's activities and upcoming events. MEN'S WATER POLO TEAMS TO BOOK LAST FOUR TICKETS TO LONDON A tough competitive field awaits the 12 water polo teams for the Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament to be held at the Kinsmen Sports Centre in Edmonton (Alberta, CAN) from April 1-8, 2012. Only the highest-ranked four teams will secure London berths to join the world’s best water polo squads in the fight for top honours in Olympic waters from July 29 to August 12 at...

Bret Hawke Named Head Coach of the Bahamass Olympic Swim Team NASSAU, BAHAMAS--A report from the Nassau Guardian indicates that Brett Hawke has been named as the Head Coach of the Bahamas' Olympics swim team. Hawke coaches Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, currently the Bahamas sole "A" Olympic qualifier. Further information on the appointment, as well as additional Olympic swimming prospects for the Bahamas, can be found here: http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27013&Itemid=50

8 Bolivian Records at 2012 South American Championships BOLIVIA--Last week at the 2012 South American Championships, Andrew Rutherfurd swam to 4 individual Bolivian Records, and was a part of 2 relays that bettered national marks. In total 8 national records were bettered at the meet March 14-17 in Belém, Brazil. New records set were: -men's 100 free: 52.92, Andrew Rutherfurd -men's 200 free: 1:57.87, Andrew Rutherfurd -men's 50 fly: 25.86, Andrew Rutherfurd -men's 200 IM: 2:11.22, Andrew Rutherfurd -men's 400 Free Relay: 3:40.29 (Rutherfurd, Llobet, Zayas, Tomasin) -men's 400 Medley...

USA collegiate swimming championships: NCAA Division III Championships 2012 [25 yds]--Indianapolis, IN (USA Wednesday-Saturday (March 21-24) http://wac.org/public/NCAA/2012/index.htm NCAA Division I Men's Championships 2012 [25 yds]--Federal Way, WA (USA) Thursday-Saturday http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/NCAA/2012/

Brazil finishes atop medals at 2012 South American Championships BELEM, BRAZIL--Brazil finished atop the swimming standings at the 2012 South American Championships in Belém, winning 26 of 40 events in the pool. The Swimming competition was held March 14-17. Swimming medal standings from last week are: 1. Brazil (51 total) -- 26 gold, 19 silver, 6 bronze 2. Colombia (16) -- 5 g, 2 s, 9 b 3. Argentina (26) -- 4 g, 9 s, 13 b 4. Venezuela (22) -- 4 g, 9 s, 9 b 5. Paraguay (3)...

BERMUDA--The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association has announced a 9-swimmer team for the 2012 CARIFTA Championships, next month in Nassau,Bahamas. A list of the team can be found online here: http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=203&ArticleID=57478

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South American Championships: Cesar Cielo Triples, Posts Pair of Top-Ranked Times; Felipe Silva, Thiago Pereira Also Strong -- March 18, 2012 FROM SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE.....log onto www.swiminfo.com for latest swimming news! BELEM, Brazil, March 18. THE South American Championships featured plenty of world-class times during the four-day long course meter format competition. Brazil's Cesar Cielo clocked a meet record of 23.26 in the men's 50 fly, jumping to the top of the world rankings in the process. That swim bested the 23.51 clocked by Matt Targett in Australia in January....