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FINA President Wants 2020 World Swimming Champs in Sochi © AFP 2014/ PATRICK BAZ 13:21 27/03/2014 Tags: 2015 World Aquatics Championships, International Swimming Federation (FINA), Julio Maglione, Kazan, Russia, Sochi KAZAN, Russia, March 27 (R-Sport) - The president of the International Swimming Federation says Russia's Olympic city of Sochi would be the ideal location for the 2020 world short course championships. Julio Maglione, also an International Olympic Committee member who attended the Winter Games last month, said Thursday he couldn't think of a better venue for the event than the...
The Pan Am Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee has announced the Qualification System for the 8 team male and 8 team female competition to be held in July of next year at the Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Aquatic Centre in Markham, Ontario. Pan Am Toronto 2015 - Qualification System - WP - English Pan Am Toronto 2015 - Qualification System - WP - Spanish Pan American Competition Dates are July 10 - 26, 2015 TO2015 web site: http://www.toronto2015.org/sport Diving – http://www.toronto2015.org/diving Swimming – http://www.toronto2015.org/swimming Open Water Swimming – http://www.toronto2015.org/open-water-swimming...
Andrew and Sara MacKay have a long history in local sports. Sara MacKay keeps giving back to sports in the Cayman Islands. MacKay raised an Olympian who has competed for Cayman in swimming at all levels. But MacKay readily admits that she had no idea her son Andrew was going to be a swimmer, let alone represent Cayman at the Athens Olympics in 2004. MacKay, who has an ability to inspire others to do their best and get involved, started doing “game reports” for exposure, to help to raise funds...
CARIFTA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ARUBA THIS APRIL Dear All, First of all, please accept our apologies for the delay in supplying the preliminary information for Carifta 2014. We were awaiting confirmation of certain keydates, before sending out erroneous information. Below please find the preliminary information necessary for your travel plans : CARIFTA 2014: April 21-27, 2014. Arrival Date: April 21st, 2014 Swimming Competition Dates: April 22, 23, 24, 25 Open Water Date: Saturday, April 26th Synchro: TBD Departure date: April 27th We are also very pleased to announce that we...
SWIM CLINIC LOOMS The St Lucia Amateur Swimming Association and its members are in high gear preparation for an important FINA sponsored Officials Clinic that will be hosted in Saint Lucia on the week-end of 5th and 6th April 2014. There will be two FINA lecturers traveling to Saint Lucia to conduct this school: Carol Zaleski , Chairman of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee (TSC) and Søren Korbo, FINA TSC Honorary Secretary The programme will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, in the Conference Room at the...
Lady Bulldogs Defend National Championship 5K 5K 3 1 1 March 22, 2014 Complete Results (PDF) | Final Stats | Photo Gallery MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The Georgia women's swimming and diving team completed an impressive wire-to-wire victory on Saturday at the NCAA Championships to claim its second consecutive national title. Georgia rolled up 528 points in the three-day meet, eclipsing Stanford's 402.5 and Cal's 386. Texas A&M came in fourth and Southern Cal was fifth. The national championship is the sixth overall for the Lady Bulldogs, which ranks third all-time....
Phelps on Kids’ Choice Sports Council … Michael Phelps has been named a member of the Kids’ Choice Sports Council, a group of influencers in sport that will lend their expertise and experience to help inform the inaugural Kids’ Choice Sports Awards show this July. Phelps will be accompanied by other sporting greats like Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Hawk and Deion Sanders, among others.
NCAA Division III Championships 2014 [25 yards]--Indianapolis, IN (USA) Wednesday-Saturday (March 19-22) http://collegeswimming.us/results/22413/ -4th of 6 USA university championships meets this month NCAA Division I Women's Championships 2014 [25 yards]--Minneapolis, MN (USA) Thursday-Saturday (March 20-22) http://swimmeetresults.com/2014d1ncaachamps/ -5th of 6 USA university championships meets this month
Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) has announced technical courses for Aquatic Sports in 2014 The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) has announced that it will host technical courses in 35 sports in 2013-14. Included are courses for Swimming, Diving, Synchro and Water Polo. The Swimming course is scheduled for October 5-11, in the USA. PASO's list of the courses can be found online here: http://www.paso-odepa.org/descargas/english/2013-2014_CONTINENTAL_HIGH_LEVEL_TECHNICAL_COURSES_PROGRAM.pdf
