Mix of youth and veterans reach podium to start Canada Cup TORONTO - Veteran Martha McCabe of Toronto and Canada Games champion Danielle Hanus of Newmarket, Ont., were among the 17 different individual winners in Friday’s short course races to open the Canada Cup swimming competition. McCabe, a world championship medallist in 2011 and an Olympic team member last year, took the women’s 100-m breaststroke in one minute and 06.74 seconds, almost a second faster than her preliminary time. “There were parts of the race that were sloppy but overall...

USA SWIMMING NAMES NEW WOMEN’S HEAD COACH FOR THE MUTUAL OF OMAHA DUEL IN THE POOL 1 1 11/21/2013 USA Swimming today announced that Carol Capitani (Austin, Texas) will replace Jack Bauerle as the United States women’s head coach at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool, which runs from Dec. 20-21 in Glasgow, Scotland. Capitani takes over for Bauerle who is set to undergo knee-replacement surgery and unable to attend the two-day event. Capitani’s appointment marks the first time that a woman will serve as a head coach...

Cayman Island Swimming & Open Water Swimming Sports Documentaries Atwater Cayman Sports Specials 2012/2013 For the entire series: www.youtube.com/user/CaymanSportsSeries Rugby: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOBMvWTN1xA Women in Sports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdvGgupPBAM Football in 3 parts: 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmlhtw_61is 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMpXy4qy_8 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90a6mjG-vw Swimming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdL9cDsQIU Flag Football: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nutGEfuo_yo Open Water Swimming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esJ5JjYwf9w

Cochrane named OMEGA Male Swimmer of the Year VANCOUVER – Ryan Cochrane’s outstanding performance at FINA World Championships received more recognition Wednesday as he was named OMEGA Male Swimmer of the Year. The announcement was made on Breakfast Television Vancouver as Swimming Canada’s Big Splash Awards Week continued. Awards are being announced each day, with Benoit Huot and Valerie Grand’Maison being named the Team Aquatic Supplies Male and Female Para-Swimmers of the Year earlier in the week. The annual award recognizes the best performance by a Canadian male swimmer at...

Canada Cup, University Challenge set for Toronto TORONTO – The University of Toronto will play host to two swim meets this weekend, with the one-day University Challenge Cup setting the stage for the Canada Cup – Toronto. The meets will take place at the Varsity Pool at the University of Toronto Athletic Centre (55 Harbord Street), with the University Challenge Cup set for Thursday, followed by the Canada Cup Friday and Saturday. The one-session University Challenge Cup begins at 4 p.m. Thursday. The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds enter with...

The International Olympic Committee has begun retesting frozen urine samples from the 2006 Turin Olympics using an improved steroid testing method – and has come up with hundreds of new positive tests, according to a report by German television station ARD. Speaking to the Associated Press, IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist confirmed that the IOC is retesting the Turin games using a new procedure, although he couldn’t verify the “hundreds” figure. The IOC should have official results of all the testing by the end of 2013. Ljungqvist did appear...

The Pan American Sports Festival was approved by PASO and is scheduled to take place from September 20-23, 2014. A venue for the aquatics events has not been designated yet. It could be Guadalajara, Mexico City or Veracruz. PASO will pay for 7 days of food, travel and lodging expenses for athletes, officials and coaches. They will also sponsor a coaches and officials clinic during that time frame. The numbers they approved are very similar to those approved for participation in the Pan American Games. I have suggested for PASO...

Huntington Beach Calif. - November 18, 2013 -- John Abdou, a veteran collegiate and national team coach, has been named High Performance Director for USA Water Polo. In this position Abdou will oversee the Olympic Development Program in addition to coach and referee education and development. Working in unison with Senior National Team Head Coaches Adam Krikorian and Dejan Udovicic, Abdou will assist in implementing their technical vision throughout ODP and the USA Water Polo club system. "The addition of John Abdou to the USA Water Polo staff fills an...

WADA's new version of the Code was approved today, for implementation effective January 1, 2015 A copy of the final draft of the Code and redline comparison to the current (2009) Code can be found on the WADA website by following this link: http://www.wada-ama.org/en/World-Anti-Doping-Program/Sports-and-Anti-Doping-Organizations/The-Code/Code-Review/Code-Version-4-0. Message from USOC General Counsel, Rana Dershowitz This week the USOC participated in the World Conference on Doping in Sport, the culmination of a two year review process, during which the global sport community engaged in a collaborative process to update the World Anti-Doping Code. As...

OTTAWA – The Canadian swimming family is mourning the passing of Guy Gibbons, a well-known fixture at major meets from coast to coast. Gibbons, who died Wednesday at age 51, was commonly known as the “OMEGA rep” on the pool deck as a representative of Swiss Timing. “Our thoughts are with his family and friends. We are shocked and saddened by the news and we’re thinking about them,” said Swimming Canada CEO Ahmed El-Awadi. “He’s been a great member of the community, a great contributor and he’s going to be...