AUSTIN, Texas - Olympic and world championship medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria won the gold medal in the men’s 400-metre freestyle on Friday top open the U.S., Grand Prix swimming competition.

ATLANTA – Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., won her second medal in two days at the U.S., Winter Nationals swimming competition on Friday placing third in the women’s 200-metre freestyle.

TORONTO – “Truly a magical evening” was the comment made by a one of many young swimmers walking out of the John Bassett theatre Monday night after attending the 2011 Big Splash Gala presented by CN and Vézina.

ETOBICOKE, Ont.–Tobias Oriwol of Toronto and Sinead Russell of Oakville, Ont., were the big stars this weekend at the Canada Cup swimming competition which concluded on Sunday.

GUADALAJARA – Micah Mykitiuk of Toronto added to an already impressive list of achievements for a 13-year-old on Tuesday with a fourth place finish in the men’s 50 freestyle and helping Canada to fourth in the relay in swimming action at the Parapan Am Games.

TORONTO—The pool is about to get a whole lot deeper for Canada’s swimming athletes – the talent pool that is – thanks to an aggressive, multi-pronged strategy launched by Swimming Canada to put more athletes on the international podium at all levels.

BERLIN – Erica Morningstar of Calgary and Brent Hayden of Vancouver didn’t reach the podium on Sunday to conclude a three-stop World Cup tour but that won’t dampen what has been a highly successful start to their Olympic season.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico  – Richard Weinberger of Victoria earned his second major international victory this season on Saturday as he won the men’s 10-kilometre open water swimming event at the Pan American Games.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Ashley McGregor of Pointe-Claire, Que., collected her fourth swimming medal at the Pan American Games on Friday as she helped Canada to the silver in the women’s 4X100 medley relay.

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OTTAWA - Today, CANSwim Chairman Richard Pound announced the launch of a donation program to raise money for Swimming Canada’s Movement to teach every child in Canada how to swim.  

GUADALAJARA – Jennifer Beckberger of Ajax, Ont., Lyam Dias of Pointe-Claire, Que., and Erin Miller of Calgary all posted fifth place finishes on Wednesday in swimming action at the 2011 Pan American Games.

LOANO, Italy – Adam Rahier of Nanaimo, B.C., Michael Heath of Woodstock, Ont., Mike Qing of Regina and Maxime Rouselle of St. Alexandre, Que., combined forces to win the silver medal in the men’s 4X100 medley relay to conclude swimming action at the Global Games.

GENOA, ITA – Canadian Para-swimmer Justine Morrier of Haute Richelieu, QC, led the Canadian squad as flag bearer for the opening ceremonies of the 3rd INAS Global Games in Genoa Italy, home of Christopher Columbus. 

OTTAWA - We challenge every club, swimmers, coaches and families to support and participate in the Terry Fox Run this Sunday, September 18, 2011

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LIMA, Peru – Chad Bobrosky of Calgary won the gold medal in the men’s 200-metre freestyle on Wednesday at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.

SHENZHEN, China (CIS) – Canada earned its first medal of the 26th Summer Universiade at the swimming pool on Wednesday night at the Natatorium of Universiade Sports Center.Tera van Beilen of Oakville, Ont., swam to a second-place finish in the women’s 50m breaststroke in a time of 31.45 seconds.

SHENZHEN, China (CIS) – Despite qualifying for only one final, the Canadian team had a number of good performances Monday on Day 2 of the swimming competition at the 26th Summer Universiade.

EDMONTON – Benoit Huot of Montreal won the gold medal and came within 0.07 seconds of his world record in the men’s 200-metre individual medley on Saturday to highlight another productive day for Canada at the Para Pan Pac swimming championships.

EDMONTON – Amber Thomas of Drayton Valley, Alta., earned her fourth gold medal this week at the Para Pan Pacific swimming championships with a victory Friday in the 100 freestyle to highlight an 11 medal in take for the Canadian team.