Toronto, ON - Olympic Bronze Medallist Ryan Cochrane and Coach Randy Bennett were honoured tonight with the Jeno Tihanyi Bursary during the last night of the Canada Cup at the Etobicoke Olympium.

The Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Bursary was established to remember Doc, his contribution to competitive swimming in Canada, and to encourage other coaches and swimmers to work closely together toward excellence.

“Doc” left an invaluable legacy to amateur sport in Canada. Doc’s coaching career in Canadian swimming spanned a remarkable 51 years. Well known for his popular coaching philosophy not to push performance, but rather push improvement, Dr. Tihanyi has been part of the successful development of numerous elite swimmers in Canada. Most memorable is, of course, his influence and coaching of Alex Baumann.