Pan Pacific Championships
2010-08-12 Irvine, CA.
Follow all the UBC Dolphins and Team Canada at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Live Timing and results are
available at Omega Live Timing, a web cast is available at
SwimNetwork.com and Team Canada stories will be available at
Swimming Natation Canada. Go Fins. Go Canada.
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UBC Dolphins Win
2010-08-01 Vancouver, BC.
After all the bubbles settled and Spring and Summer trials had finished the UBC Dolphins ended up with some very impressive results.
At the second of two Pan Pac trial swim meets, the UBC Dolphins took another National sweep and won the Men’s, Women’s and
total team point banners. The UBC Dolphins ended up with 9 swimmer s and 2 coaches on the Pan Pacs Team, 6 swimmers and 1
coach on the Nation Cup team, and 3 swimmers and 1 coach on the Jr Pan Pac team. At total of 18 swimmers and 3 coaches will
attend meets this summer representing the UBC Dolphins and Canada.
Pan Pacific qualifiers were:
Brent Hayden, Brian Johns, Jordan Hartney, Scott Dickens, Tanya Hunks, Savannah King, Lauren Lavigna, Annamay Pierse, and National Coaches Tom Johnson and Jozef Nagy.
Jr Pan Pacific team were: Noemie Thomas, Evan Broderick, Samantha Corea, and Coach Tom Rushton.
Nations Cup team were: Rory Biskupski, Erin Miller, Haylee Johnson, Hanna Pierse, Kendra Chernoff and Coach Richard Millns.
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New Program for the UBC Dolphins
2010-07-19 Vancouver, BC.
The UBC Dolphins announces the hiring of Tom Rushton as the Head Age-Group coach. Rushton moves over from the Winskill Dolphins
Swim Club – who are part of the UBC Dolphins organization. In this new role, Rushton will work with the top age-group swimmers
in Canada, developing them onto international teams. The role will also include outreach programs to the UBC Dolphins member
organizations, as well as providing assistance to the UBC Thunderbirds varsity program.
“The time is right for this type of program
at UBC,” says Rushton. “Our goal here is to provide these youth and junior aged swimmers with a training environment that will
give them the skills necessary to race successfully at the international level.”
Head Coach of the UBC Dolphins Chad Webb
states that "We are very excited to have Tom Rushton joining our coaching team at UBC. His results with the Winskill Dolphin's
speak loudly to his energy and enthusiam that he will bring to coaching this Age Group Program. This September we will start with
this great program that will allow age group swimmers to succeed on the International level, and we have the right coach to do it."
Rushton spent the last four years in Tsawwassen
where he developed the Winskill Dolphin team into a premier program. Last short course season Winskill girl’s team placed first at
the Short Course BC Provincial Championships, and over the past 12 months the club has placed eight swimmers on various National
team initiatives. Since Rushton took over the program the swimmers have set almost 700 club records, 24 Provincial Records and one
National age-group record. They have gone on to represent Canada on both the Junior and Senior National teams.
Rushton graduated from Kenyon College in 2001
after helping the varsity team to four of the Lords 31 consecutive NCAA titles. He then went on to study under Dr. Joel Stager at
the Counsilman Centre for the Science of Swimming in Indiana University before returning to Canada and coaching with the dolphin
program.
The
Application for the
International Age Group Program at UBC can be returned to the UBC Dolphins at the UBC Aquatic Centre or faxed to 604-822-9513.
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Tom Rushton |
Based at the University of British Columbia
in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada, the UBC Dolphins is one of the most successful swim clubs in North America. The Pacific Dolphin
Swim Association in partnership with the University of British Columbia, provide a comprehensive international level swim program
in which many of Canada's top swimmers develop and train competitively for success at the highest level.
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Pacific Dolphin Swim Association
UBC Aquatic Centre
6121 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
Canada
Phone: +01-604-822-8903
Fax: +01-604-822-9513
Email:
info@pacificdolphins.com
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The Pacific Dolphin Swim Association, UBC Dolphins and Thunderbirds and the
member clubs would like express their appreciation for the continued support of the Newton Square Bingo Country, located at
7093 King George Hwy, Surrey, BC V3W5A2; Phone: (604) 590-3230. |
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Pacific Dolphin Swim Association.
