Canada’s Tokyo 2020 Team Announced

Jun 24, 2021

Swimming Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced Canada’s swimming team nominated to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 26 athletes were nominated to the team to represent Canada in Tokyo. Swim BC would like to congratulate all the BC athletes who were named to the Olympic team. We are proud of your accomplishments and you are an excellent representative for BC Swimming. The BC athletes named to the Tokyo Olympic team are: Brent Hayden (Mission BC) – Pool Kierra Smith (Kelowna, BC) – Pool Markus Thormeyer (Delta, BC) – Pool Hau-Li Fan (Burnaby, BC) – Open Water Also, congratulations to Janice Hanan (Victoria, BC) for being named as Team Manager. The Olympic pool swimming competition will take place July 24 to August 1 (Day 1 to 9) at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Open water swimming will take place on August 4 and August 5 (Day 12 and 13) at the Odaiba Marine Park.

Masters Swimming FINA Top 10 for 2020

May 14, 2021

FINA has released their rankings for the Top 10 Masters performances from 2020. More than 30 BC Masters Swimmers made the Top 10 Rankings for 2020. They will each receive a letter of congratulations from Swimming Canada and a crest from FINA. Big congratulations from Swim BC on this tremendous achievement and we can’t wait to see Masters back in the water soon. You can find the list of the athletes recognized below, and you can find the full FINA Top 10 rankings here (SCM | LCM).  
Katie McEvoy (VICM)
Kelly Geisheimer  (HYACK)
Alexandra Dimitrescu
Serena Brendaglia (HBSC)
Lauren Westmacott (VICM)
Cindy Mabee (VICM)
Sam Goski (VICM)
Sarah MacDonald (VICM)
Linda Wilson (WRW)
Pauline Lotbinière Joly (WIN)
Theo Manley (WRW)
Hella Versfeld (VERN)
Nancy Ryan (NEBB)
Yvonne Cattrall (VICM)
Anne Fabre (VICM)
Conny Stamhuis (OKAN)
Craig Brazier (HBSC)
Gabrio Mannucci (HBSC)
Vlad Shirokov (HBSC/DYNA)
Rob Charland (DOGW)
Scott Cosper (VICM)
Peter Van Dyke (HBSC)
Glenn Carlsen (PENT)
Rod Carmicheal (VICM)
Daniel Brimm (WIN)
Steve Rasmussen (WIN)
Alan Morris (NSM)
Arthur Ray (WRW)
Jack Kelso (DOGW)
Karl Donoghue (PENT)
Erika Korbely (HYDE)
Carl Waterer (LOCO)
Aldert Dykstra (HYDE)

Safety Management For Open Water Workouts

May 5, 2021

As we progress towards warmer weather across BC many member’s have been inquiring about open water training opportunities.  Open water training will definitely create opportunity for Masters as they can move from limitations placed on training by the Provincial Health Order (PHO) from 2 per session indoors, to 10 outdoors (physically distancing 3m).    For Masters and any Age Group programs looking to move training outdoors, we’ve expanded last year’s Open Water Swimming recommendations to a more comprehensive “Safety Management for Open Water Workouts” document.  If your club is planning open water activities, we ask that club boards become familiar with this document, particularly to ensure open water activities are ‘permitted’ by waterway authorized governing bodies, and that Health Authorities deem water quality safe for swimming activities.  Coaches are encouraged to develop safety plans and ensure introduction to open water swimming is taken seriously with inexperienced, novice and younger participants.    A quick note regarding competition, we do not anticipate the current province-wide restrictions and PHO limitations to be eased in a substantive manner to permit open water competition this summer. 

Changes to the Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials

Apr 28, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 situation in Ontario and other provinces, Swimming Canada is changing the Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell. Swimming Canada’s primary selection event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic teams was scheduled to run May 24-28 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (“TPASC”). “In light of the state of emergency and stay-at-home order in Ontario, as well as travel restrictions in and out of other provinces, Swimming Canada’s board of directors, in consultation with management, has determined that the May dates for Trials are no longer viable,” said President Cheryl Gibson, who led an emergency board meeting to review the situation Monday evening. “We have therefore asked management to explore plans to hold the Trials in June.” “The Olympic Trials will now be held at TPASC June 19-23, replacing the previously scheduled Invitational Qualifier. Swimming Canada is also pursuing options for holding the Trials elsewhere in North America should running the event in Toronto not be viable based on factors at the time. The dates would remain the same in an alternate location. A decision of whether to move the event, if possible, will be made by the end of May or sooner,” said CEO Ahmed El-Awadi. More…

Pin It on Pinterest