OTTAWA, ON – Swimming Canada applauds the Government of Canada for its renewed financial support to Own the Podium (OTP) post 2010 Olympic Games. The Federal government’s commitment, to Own the Podium now totals $69 million annually.

OTTAWA – Matt Hawes and his coach Derrick Schoof of the Gloucester-Ottawa Kingfish swimming club were named Sunday the recipients of the Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Memorial Bursary.

SASKATOON – Chris Manning of Brantford, Ont., continued to dominate the sprint events in the men’s 17 and over age group on Saturday with two more gold medals at the Speedo Western Nationals short course swimming competition.

TORONTO (CIS) – A record-breaking performance from veteran Colin Russell and two individual gold-medals from second-year standout Zach Chetrat have helped the University of Toronto close the gap between first and second place in the men’s standings on day two of the CIS swimming championships. The Varsity Blues remain in second place with 398 points but are only 24.5 points behind Calgary (422.5).

SASKATOON – Chad Bobrosky of Calgary won the gold medal in the men’s 800-metre freestyle then lead the Cascade Swim Club to victory in the 4X200 freestyle relay on Thursday to open the Speedo Western Nationals short course swimming championships.

OTTAWA – Olympic and world championship team member Tobias Oriwol of Pointe-Claire, Que., announced he would make a return to competitive swimming this spring and train with the Toronto High Performance Swimming Centre.

The three remaining University conferences held their championships this past weekend in St. Catherines, Ontario, Laval Quebec and Charlottetown PEI.  

MELBOURNE, Australia – Olympic and world championship medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria won the gold medal in the men’s 1,500-metre freestyle on Sunday to conclude the Victoria State swimming championships.

OTTAWA – Swimming Canada launches rankings.swimming.ca, a new online rankings system, allowing users to go many steps further into the world of swimming statistics. 

PHOENIX, Arizona - Pierre Lafontaine, the CEO of Swimming Canada, gives us some insight into the ways he and others are working to make Canada a destination for fast competitions, from the Canada Cup to the upcoming Pan American Games in 2015.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Stephanie Dixon of Victoria broke her world short course record and won the gold medal in the women’s 400-metre freestyle on Wednesday at the Para swimming world championships for swimmers with a disability.

TORONTO – Olympic and world championship medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria and Zack Chetrat of Oakville, Ont., lowered meet records on Sunday to conclude the Canada Cup short course swimming competition.

Moscow, RUS - World Champion and recent world record holder Brent Hayden of Mission BC, will be the only Canadian competing at the second leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup, taking place in Moscow starting on November 6-7. 

OTTAWA – At the 2009 Annual General Meeting in Montebello this past weekend, CEO and National Coach Pierre Lafontaine made a statement that brought excitement and enthusiasm to the 120 delegates representing Canada swimming from coast to coast, which will indisputably make a ripple effect to the swimming community at large.

OTTAWA – Canadian swimming volunteers where honored last Saturday during the annual Swimming Canada banquet in Montebello.

OTTAWA – Swimming Canada announced today that it would be sending a team of 12 swimmers to the European leg of the FINA World Cup of swimming starting on November 6th in Moscow.

Island Swimming is pleased to welcome Olympian and Canadian Record Holder Julia Wilkinson to our program. Julia is currently training and attending school at Texas A&M University, and will be moving to Victoria full time once the school year is complete. Julia will be coached by Randy Bennett at the Victoria Academy of Swimming, and will train with fellow Olympians Ryan Cochrane and Alexa Komarnycky.

OTTAWA – On October 2nd, at the 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was elected to be the host city of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

TORONTO – On October 12th, Dan Thompson, ex-Olympian and now President of Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities, will be taking on a new challenge with fellow colleagues as he attempts to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s 7th highest peak. 

OTTAWA – With less than a month until its Annual General Meeting congress in Montebello, QC, Swimming Canada is excited to announce four candidates in run for its board of directors.