By Rita Mingo World records fell like spring raindrops over the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, as the 2024 Speedo Canadian Masters Swimming Championships unfolded this past weekend. New world standards and Canadian records made for an entertaining and successful championship. There were six world records set, including four by Canadians and two by U.S. swimmers. Peter McKinnon, out of the Etobicoke Olympium Masters Aquatic Club (EOMAC), set his world record in the men’s 50-m backstroke in the 60-64 age-group. He swam the race in a time of 29.29. “I was going to be close,” s ..read more

Following a successful Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell, Swimming Canada has announced its National Development Team Program teams for 2024. Canada will send 30 swimmers (15 males, 15 females) to the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, which will be staged at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra Aug. 21-24. Meanwhile, a group of 10 (four males, six females) will represent Canada at the Open Water Junior World Championships Sept. 6-8 in Alghero, Italy. “I’m extremely excited to announce our 2024 Junior Pan Pacific team. It’s a strong team with loa ..read more

 TORONTO – The future of Canadian swimming was on full display Saturday on the sixth and penultimate night of the Olympic & Paralympic Trials, Presented by Bell.    Finlay Knox from the High Performance Centre – Vancouver, in the men’s 200-m individual medley, and Toronto’s Josh Liendo, in the men’s 50 freestyle, lowered their own national records in back-to-back finals at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.  Earlier in the evening, Toronto’s 17-year-old phenom Summer McIntosh posted the fastest time in the world this year – and the second fastest of her career – in ..read more

TORONTO – For the second night in a row, a Canadian swam a world record in Canada’s Fastest Pool. Reigning world champion Nicholas Bennett won Friday’s multiclass final in the men’s 200-m individual medley at the Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell. His time of 2:05.97 was more than a second and a half faster than the previous world SM14 mark. Brazil’s Gabriel Bandeira had set the record of 2:07.50 at the 2022 world championships in Portugal, where Bennett claimed the silver medal. The Canadian took his revenge last summer when he captured the world title in Manche ..read more

TORONTO – Summer McIntosh put an exclamation point on the midway mark of the Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell, annihilating her own world record in the women’s 400-m individual medley Thursday.     It was already the third qualifying time of the week for the 17-year-old phenom, who opened the meet with a win in the 400 freestyle Monday before triumphing in the 200 free on Day 2.  The competition runs through Sunday at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, with the Canadian teams for Paris 2024 set to be announced officially at the end of the fina ..read more

 TORONTO – Persistence paid off for veterans Ingrid Wilm and Jeremy Bagshaw Wednesday at the Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell.  Wilm, of Calgary’s Cascade Swim Club, qualified to be nominated to the Paris 2024 Olympic Team under Priority 1, while Bagshaw, representing Island Swimming in Victoria, ended years of disappointment and frustration by qualifying for relay consideration.  Past Olympic trials had been heartbreaking for both athletes.  An injury prevented Wilm from qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympics and she just missed making the cut for ..read more

TORONTO – Katarina Roxon made history Tuesday at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials, Presented by Bell, while five other swimmers put themselves in position to make their Olympic debuts.   Roxon, a 2016 Paralympic champion from Kippens, N.L., swam an “A” qualifying time in the women’s 100-m breaststroke SB8. That qualifies her to be nominated to her record fifth Paralympic Team, most ever among Canadian female swimmers (subject to slot allocations of 15 women and seven men).  The seven-day competition runs through Sunday at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, with the Canadian te ..read more

TORONTO – Paralympian Danielle Dorris tied her own S7 world record in the women’s 50-m butterfly on Monday night as the Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell, got underway at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.  The competition runs through Sunday, with the Canadian teams for Paris 2024 set to be announced officially at the end of the final evening.  By swimming an “A” qualifying time, Dorris of Moncton, N.B., put herself in position to be nominated to the Paralympic Team on Sunday night, subject to slot allocations of 15 women and seven men.  Other Paralympi ..read more

TORONTO – Team Canada spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are on the line as Swimming Canada’s flagship event returns to Toronto. The Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials, Presented by Bell, will run from Monday through Sunday at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. A total of 857 athletes from 151 clubs across the country will be in action competing to represent Canada at the Olympic Games July 26-Aug. 11 and Paralympic Games Aug. 28-Sept. 8 in Paris. Teams for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships Aug. 21-24 in Canberra, Australia, and Open Water Junior World Champions ..read more

By Rita Mingo For decades, Dan MacGregor has attempted to instil the love of swimming into hearts and minds. For that long-term dedication, he is receiving Swimming Canada’s 2023 Volunteer Contribution Award. The Volunteer Contribution Award recognizes long-term contributions and promotion of Swimming Canada’s overall goals, consistent with the vision, mission and core values of Swimming Canada. MacGregor began volunteering at the Stanley Park Swim Club in Calgary at the age of 16. A former competitive swimmer, he coached the Stanley Park Tritons, starting with a team of 35 that eventually blo ..read more