February 13, 2020 Dear UANA Family, It is with great pleasure I send you the premier edition of the UANA newsletter: "Aquatics Across the Americas" As president of UANA, I would like to do what I can to get the story of our Athletes, Officials, Coaches, and Leaders told, shared and give them the exposure they deserve. We will be sending you this newsletter filled with news from each of our member federations, our committees and commissions, but We cannot do this alone, we need your help!!! To be included...

Audio recordings from American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic available for purchase FORT LAUDERDALE, USA--The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has posted for purchase audio recordings (mp3s) of talks from the 2014 ASCA World Clinic at the beginning of September in Jacksonville, Florida. These can be purchased from the ASCA website here: http://swimmingcoach.org/product/2014-asca-world-clinic/ ASCA has also begun posting video recordings of these talks. They can be purchased from ASCA via here: http://swimmingcoach.org/online-education/

TORONTO – Canada’s largest city finally has a world-class pool that will be home to everything from international championships to development programs for the next generation of aquatic athletes. Swimming Canada’s High Performance Centre – Ontario has relocated from the old University of Toronto pool to the new Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Based on the U of T Scarborough campus, the state-of-the-art facility features two 50-metre pools, a 25-m diving tank, and countless amenities out of the pool. Built for next summer’s Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, the...

CCCAN Swimmers on the Go CCCAN sends best wishes for success in their endevours to three CCCAN swimmers and also to two other swimmers from the Americas. FINA Vice President, Dale Neuburger, who is responsible for the FINA Development programme and who continues to tirelessly and selflessly work with CCCAN President Errol Clarke to assist the CCCAN federations in particularly, reported as follows: I have the pleasure to tell you that three swimmers from CCCAN National Federations have been selected as participants in the new FINA Scholarship Programme (an element...

SUMMONS 2015 UANA CUP 2015 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN AND WOMEN QUALIFICATION EVENT FOR THE AMERICAS AND 2015 PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEST EVENT The schedule of activities for these Championships from January 24 – February 1, 2015 in Toronto, Canada Saturday, January 24 Referees clinic* Sunday, January 25 Referees clinic* Arrival of Team Delegations Monday, January 26 Scheduled Team practices Tuesday, January 27 Scheduled Team practices U.A.N.A. TWPC Meeting Technical Congress Wednesday, January 28 Qualification games Thursday, January 29 Qualification games Friday, January 30 Qualification games Saturday, January 31...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2014 USA Synchro Challenges Jimmy Fallon to #SynchOff INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Synchro National Office, located in Indianapolis, has responded to a recent interview with Kerry Washington by creating a #SynchOff challenge. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with guest Kerry Washington In the interview, held with late night television host Jimmy Fallo n, Washington mentioned her love for water and her desire to learn synchronized swimming and perform a synchronized swimming routine with Fallon. The National Office of USA Synchro has contacted Fallons NBC...

MEMORANDUM TO: ALL FINA MEMBER FEDERATIONS FROM: FINA, Lausanne DATE: 06th October 2014 RE: 3rd FINA WORLD AQUATICS CONVENTION 2014 2nd FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic 30th November - 01 December 2014 in Doha (QAT) Please find below practical information regarding participation of National Federations members of FINA at the 2nd FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic, part of the 3rd FINA World Aquatics Convention 2014. All the attendees at the Clinic will have the opportunity to attend to the Convention and all social, and evening events. MAIN TOPIC Science &...

2nd FINA Swimming Golden Clinic for Coaches Science & Innovation in Swimming- PROGRAMME “This clinic is great…It’s a fantastic opportunity to communicate between coaches.” Graham Hill, coach of Chad Le Clos 30th November 2014 Time Topic Speaker 08.30 – 09.30 Breakfast 09.30 - 09.45 Opening Speech - FINA President Dr. Julio Maglione 09.45 – 11.00 Presentation #1 Science and Innovation of Distance and IM Coaching Fred Vergnoux (ESP) 11:00 – 11:30 Break 11.30 – 12.45 Presentation #2 Preparation Plan - Training vs Competition Mix Graham Hill (RSA) 13.00 – 14.00...

FINA PRESS RELEASE 84/2014 Lausanne (SUI), October 6, 2014 > FINA Press Releases on fina.org (link) Hosszu and Le Clos reinforce lead after Moscow (RUS) FINA/MASTBANK SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2014 Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu continued to impress in the fourth leg of the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup, organised in Moscow (RUS) on October 4-5, 2014. In the Russian capital, the Magyar swimmer added seven gold medals to her impressive roll of honour, winning the 200m free, 100m and 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly, and 100m, 200m and 400m individual medley. She was...

USA Swimming Announces Discipline for Michael Phelps Olympic Medalist to serve six-month suspension from competition, withdraw from 2015 FINA World Championships Team and forfeit NGB funding COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming announced today that, due to a violation of the organization’s Code of Conduct, Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) will be suspended from USA Swimming-sanctioned competition for six months, withdraw from the 2015 FINA World Championships Team and forfeit his funding from the NGB for six months. Phelps’ discipline is set forth under Section 304.3.19 of the 2014 Rule Book,...