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Kamloops Classic Swimming Staffing Announcement
Kamloops Classic Swimming (KCS) is pleased to announce
Read more →An artist who never swam competitively, Vince Mikuska followed a path less travelled to being a swim coach
Vince Mikuska has followed the path less travelled to being a swim coach. Mikuska has an art history degree, loves to paint in his spare time, and never was a competitive swimmer.
Read more →Experience working with a Down syndrome swimmer put Ryan Allen on the path to Tokyo
When he was in Grade 11 student in Moncton, N.B., Allen was an age group swimmer who worked as a lifeguard and did some swim instructing. His coach at the time asked him if he would be interested spending some extra time on Saturdays working with a new member of the club who had Down syndrome.
Read more →Janet Dunn brings long history of involvement in Para-swimming to coaching role
“It’s up to me to feel proud that I was part of the athlete’s journey,” said Dunn. “Of the 19 swimmers, I don’t think there’s one swimmer that I didn’t know when they started.
Read more →Eric Kramer worked to become the coach he wished he had when he was a swimmer
After he retired as a swimmer it took Eric Kramer just two weeks to beginning coaching. The process of becoming the kind of coach he wanted to be took longer.
Read more →Changing his approach in dealing with athletes has made Mike Thompson a better coach
The last five years have seen Mike Thompson change for the better.
Read more →Coaching at Paralympics another puzzle for Marc-Andre Pelletier to solve
Pelletier enjoys mastering games on his cell phone. Even more rewarding is solving the puzzle of a swimmer in the water.
Read more →Coach Clifford Barry Passes Away
Coach, Mentor, Authentic Leader, Humanitarian. These are but a few words to describe legendary Canadian swimming coach Clifford Barry. Cliff passed away on August 21, 2021 peacefully surrounded by his family in Montreal after fighting courageously and intensely over the past several weeks.
Read more →Making the Olympic experience special for athletes is what means most to coach Ben Titley
Titley believes the pride and prestige of being an Olympian belongs solely to the athletes. His role as a coach is to motivate and develop swimmers, but he doesn’t bask in the glow of the Olympic flame.
Read more →Veteran swim coach Linda Kiefer brings a different perspective to the pool deck
Kiefer has spent close to 40 years coaching, the last 31 as the assistant head coach at the University of Toronto. Along with Byron MacDonald she coached backstroker Kylie Masse to an Olympic bronze medal, two world championships and a world record.
Read more →Tom Johnson proves he wasn’t nuts for wanting to be a swim coach
Johnson has spent close to 50 years training swimmers to perform on the national and international stage. He will be part of Swimming Canada’s coaching staff at the Tokyo Games, his 11th Olympics.
Read more →Swimming has been the constant amid the many changes in Vlastimil Cerny’s life as an athlete and coach
As a teenaged swimmer Cerny made the decision to defect from the Czech Republic and make the transition to living in Winnipeg.
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