By Matt Grillo, Swimming World College Intern
Tom Rushton; became an integral part of a structure aimed at catapulting Canadian swimming to a new level when he was brought on to be head coach of the Intensive Training Program [ITP] in April of 2014.
The former Montreal High Performance Centre was officially closed on March 31, 2014. Following the closure, Rushton was hired to lead the charge for the new and improved Intensive Training Program.
“The biggest difference is the amount of funding,” Rushton said. “We don’t have as much funding as the former program did. We had no carded athletes this time last year, so we’re building that program up,”
The Intensive Training Program was put in place by Swimming Canada and works in close tandem with the Institut National du sport du Quebec [INS] in order to give elite athletes the necessary means to reach the podium at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
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