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 […]
Southern Illinois University welcomes first transgender women in D1 swimming
Natalie Fahey used to be caught between continuing swimming and living her true self. “I thought I could put [my transition] off until I was done with swimming in college,” Fahey told Justin Broom of River Region Evening Edition in an exclusive video interview. “But, it got to a point earlier this year, this season, […]
Canadian women shine at Commonwealth Games
The Canadian women, building off a breakthrough Olympics in 2016, continued to be powerhouses in the pool at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Taylor Ruck, the 17 year old born in Kelowna B.C., equalled the record for the most medals won by any athlete at the Games, winning eight in total. Ruck, who won double bronze […]