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A group of Cayman Masters Swimmers are planning on competing at the Pan American Masters Swimming Championships in Sarasota 5th - 12th June. http://www.panamericanmasters2013.org/swimming/ If you would like to join in and race then contact Coach Jessica Siegele (Camana Bay) or Michael Lockwood (Vice President CIASA) Cayman Swimming... Spreading it's Wings!!!
Cayman Swmming visitor, Oussama Mellouli (pictured surveying the course at the Pirates 5km), has been named as the Tunisian Sportsman of the year. Ouss, the Olympic 10km Champion and bronze medallist in the 1500m freestyle,received the accolade from the Tunisian News Agency.
Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain's most successful swimmer has announced she is retiring from the sport. The double olympic gold medallist and world record holder reflects on her career and future plans in the following article http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/10072 Good Luck Becky!
The water is your friend.....treat it right...be at one with the water. These phrases are used by some swimmers and coaches to encourage swimmers to feel comfortable, relaxed, balanced, and connected. Many of you say Caitlin McClatchey swim....and some saw Amy Smith when she was over in March.. How smooth they were... Ukrainian Sprinter, Andry Govorov, actually talks to the water..... check out the video http://vimeo.com/47309276 enjoy!
Ali Jackson demonstrated her versatilty with an outstanding swim in the 9/10yrs 100m IM at the Stingray Sprint Meet Plus. From a well executed start, Ali led from the outset, setting a new CIASA record of 1:23.70. Great Swimming!
The rush of PB's and CARIFTA times continued on Day 2 of the Sprint Meet Plus. Samantha Bailey (11/12yrs) swam a well paced race in the 400m freestyle to post a CARIFTA time of 5:07.1; this coming after an outstanding 1:05.92 100m freestyle whilst Sarah Jackson (11/12yrs) continued her excellent progress in the breaststroke events with 38.62 in the 50m event and a 1:28.78 in the 100m. Ella Plunkett, buoyed by her outstanding Individual Medley swim from the previous day, finished strongly in the 200m backstroke to set an improved...
An abundance of lifetime best performances was on the menu on Day 1 of the Stingray Sprint Meet Plus. In amongst the array of fine swims were a few new CARIFTA qualifying times: In the 11/12yrs girls Sam Bailey stormed to a 29.7 50m freestyle with Sarah Jackson filling 2nd spot in 30.2, Sam then went on to pop in an outstanding 2:38. 200m backstroke. Ella Plunkett added a new event to her list with a 10 second drop in the 200m IM: her 2:50.7 being well inside the required...
The Head Coach Position at Camana Bay Aquatic Club has now been advertised. To find out more about this exciting position see below. http://www.swimmingcoach.org/jobservice/jscurrent.asp#CAYMAN_ISLANDS It's all happening in Cayman Swimming!
For those who like to keep abreast of post olympic moves. John Atkinson, GB Performance Director (Disability) is to take up the role of Director of High Performance wit Swimming Canada, whilst current CEO of Canadian Swimming, Pierre Lafontaine will take up the position of CEO for Canadian Interuniversity Sport To read more visit the link http://www.swimnews.com/News/view/10063 In other moves Bill Sweetenham will be covering the role a High Performance Coach to New Zealand and Shannon Rollanson (Head Coach of the AIS) leaves to become Head Coach of the National...
