Hayley Black sets new Canadian short course record
Hayley Black raced to a new Canadian record in the 50m butterfly at the Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China earlier this month, clocking a 25.43. This was a breakout performance for the 22-year old, who took down Katherine Savard’s old record of 25.51 set in 2016. The path to success has not been […]
Teenage swimmer Kayla Sanchez is one to watch going into Tokyo 2020
Kayla Sanchez, the 17-year old from Ontario, is on fire. This week at the Swimming England Winter Championships in Sheffield, Sanchez broke three Canadian Senior Short Course records. On her way to winning the event, Sanchez clocked a 51.45 in the 100m freestyle, beating Great Britain’s Anna Hopkin and Canadian Penny Oleksiak, who held the […]
Ledecky named 2018 Female World Swimmer of the Year
Photo by Rob Schumacher/USA Today Sports This is the fifth time Katie Ledecky has won Female World Swimmer of the Year and sixth time she has won the American Swimmer of the Year honour. These are both record numbers of times for any swimmer. This year, Ledecky’s highlight moment did not happen at the Pan […]
It’s a Family Affair: One family makes up three of four swimmers on Cape Verde Olympic team
From left to right: Troy, Latroya, and Jalya Pina will represent Cape Verde at the Olympics as the African island nation’s first swim team. (Photo courtesy of The Black Detour.) Latryoa Pina is used to leading. The eldest of her three siblings, she is the first person in her family to learn to swim and […]
Ledecky named USA Swimmer of the Year for fifth time
Photo courtesy of TYR.com. Phenomenon Katie Ledecky has been named the USA Swimmer of the Year for the 2017-2018 season. The award is voted on by the USA Swimming House of Delegates and is presented at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention. Ledecky had won the award from 2013 to 2016, before her four-year […]
Canadian women shine at Pan Pacific and Para Pan Pacific championships
Often when swimmers have a breakout swim, the first reaction is to think: “Will it last?” “Was it just this once?” “Should we remember their name?” Such was much of the thinking when the Canadian women started to make waves on the international stage, starting at the Rio Olympics. Over the years since, the women […]
Canadian National Synchronized Swim Team wins six bronze medals on home soil
The Canadian Artistic Swim Team (previously known as synchronized swimming) had a rare opportunity to compete with the best of the world on home soil. The Surrey Sport and Leisure Centre in Surrey, B.C. hosted the 2018 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series, and the Canadian women walked away with six bronze medals — one for […]
Ledecky smashes 1500m world record
In her first race as a professional swimmer, Katie Ledecky blasted through the 1500m freestyle World Record she set at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. Last week Ledecky took five seconds off her previous record, dropping the mark from 15:25.48 to 15:20.48 in a race that was impressively even-paced. Ledecky, 21 years old, now […]
Swimming community remembers Jan Cameron
Legendary swimmer and coach, Jan Cameron, passed away suddenly in Queensland on May 1st after a sudden illness. She was 70 years old. Cameron left a legacy as a high performance coach all around the world, including the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. At just 17 years old, Cameron was a silver medalist for […]
World’s best divers impress in Calgary
Last weekend (May 9th to 13th) the best male and female divers in the world competed at the Canada Cup FINA Diving Grand Prix at Repsol Sport Centre. Over 100 divers from 19 countries competed in the newly refurbished diving tank, where a new 10m diving tower has opened the Sport’s Centre to competitions of […]