Jan 28 – Carlos Quiroz highlighted Day 2 of the Canada West Swimming Championships for the University of Regina with a fourth-place finish in the 50-metre freestyle on Saturday. Quiroz finished with a time of 23.50 seconds, good enough to score 15 team points and give the first-year swimmer his ticket to next month’s CIS Championships in Montreal. The men’s team also got a strong... 

The head coach of the Regina Optimist Dolphins, Sylvain Pineau, has received the CSCTA Speedo Domestic Excellence Award. Each year the CSCTA and Speedo recognizes Canadian Coaches who lead their athletes to a Gold medal at various Domestic Championship competitions throughout the season. For the 2011 season over 100 coaches were recognized. Coach Pineau was recognized in two categories; Speedo Western... 

Phenominal Finish for the RODS in Gatineau Dec. 18 – The ROD swimmers continued to dominate in the pool today in Gatineau, winning many of today’s events and setting 4 more meet records bringing the total meet records set to 24. Palaschuk lead the way for the RODS winning both the 50 Free & 200 Free, setting meet records in both events. He then joined team mates Jacob Korpan, David Fabrikant... 

Eight swimmers from Saskatchewan are competing at the Paul Bergen Junior International Short Course Championships this weekend in Portland Oregon as Team Sask. It is a competition for swimmers aged 18 and under only. This is one of the High Performance events that Swim Sask offers each year. The swimmers are: Female Swimmers Mikayla Amundsen – Regina Optimist Dolphins Cassie Brassard – Regina Optimist... 

This past weekend, Cassandra Brassard led RODS team at the Canada Cup with a 7th place finish in 100 Back. She was the youngest of the A finalists by 3 years with the 7 remaining seven finalists in age from 18 to 23.  Brassard qualified for the B Finals in 50 Back and 200 Back as well.  Only 4 RODS swimmers had the required qualifying times to participate in this event.  Quinn Moore finished... 

This past weekend the Regina Optimist Dolphins Swim Club attended the Alberta Marlins Aquatic Club Meggitt Training Services Canada Invitational Swim Meet in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Fifty swimmers made the trip representing the RODS and the U of R Cougars. The RODS dominated in the pool winning 27 of the events with first place finishes from 11 different swimmers. Leading the way for the RODS was Brian... 

At the 35th Goldfins Invitational, held this past weekend in Saskatoon, the Regina Optimist Dolphins Swim Club served up some speed in the pool.  While it’s still early in the short course season, a number of the ROD swimmers left their mark with the Swim Canada Team Aquatic Supplies Power Rankings.  Cassandra Brassard earned two top rankings in 15 & under females, in 50 Back with a time... 

Michael Qing was named as a member of Team Canada at the 3rd INAS Global Games that took place in Loana, Itlay this past week. The INAS Global Games are one of the largest events for athletes with an intellectual disability in the World, and the pinnacle of the INAS event program. They take place every 4 years, one year before the Paralympic Games, and feature World Championship competition in 7 sports.   The... 

With just over a year out of the London 2012 Paralympics, 190 top swimmers from 14 countries, including Regina’s Michael Qing, have arrived in Edmonton Alberta to compete at the inaugural Pan Pacific- Para Swimming Championships from August 10th to 14th.  Also in attendance are Pan Pacific charted nations such as Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the USA. Michael is competing in the S14 category,... 

The Regina Piranhas Summer Swim Club has won the Saskatchewan summer swim championships this past weekend. Regina’s score of 690 gave the Piranhas their first win at the Saskatchewan championships.   Lauren Lavoie and Stephanie Hadubiak, both of the Piranhas Swim Club, set a provincial record in the 200 m freestyle and 200 m medley relays. They teamed up with Akeela Jundt of the Estevan Golden Eels...