Congratulations to Kirsten Femson (pictured above with CAO Chair, Sheilagh Croxon and Minister of Health Promotion and Sport, Margarett Best) who was honoured at the 2011 Ontario Coaches conference with a 2011 Ontario Coaching Excellence Award in the Developmental Category - Female. Visit the CAO You Tube channel for video trailers of each coach: www.youtube.com/coachesontario

Synchro Ontario's Canada Games Team won three medals at the Canada Games and helped Team Ontario win the Canada Games Flag! Ontario captured bronze in the team event, silver in duet (Field/Kruspe) and bronze in solo (Alina Ryssina).  Ontario also had outstanding results in B Finals placing 2nd in duet (Milner/Sanders) and 2nd in Solo (Samantha Nealon). For complete news and results link to the Canada Games section on the Synchro Canada website.

Congratulations to Ontario's Erin Willson, Rachel Kowalski and Rebecca Maule who were named to named to the 2010-2011 National Team and who will train at the Centre of Excellence in Montreal. Link to the Synchro Canada announcement here.

Caroline Marshall and Clare McGovern claim silver at UANA Age Group Championships

Ontario's Caroline Marshall and Clare McGovern (Granite Club) captured a silver medal at the 2010 UANA Age Group Championships in Lima, Peru September 1-5. In figures Clare McGovern placed 17th and Caroline Marshall placed 23rd. Congratulations Clare & Caroline!

Rachel Kowalski and Rebecca Maule were part of Canada's bronze medal win at the FINA World Junior Championships in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, August 14th. Rebecca had a 39th place finish in figures, and Rachel placed 48th, out of a field of 178 athletes from around the world. The Canadian squad also placed 4th in combo and won a bronze in duet (Rachel Frechette/Emilia Kopcik) and solo (Emilia Kopcik). Congratulations to Rachel and Rebecca and the Junior National Team! For full stories and results link to Synchro Canada.

Golden weekend for 13-15 A and B Teams

The 13-15 Provincial A Team competed July 9-11 in the Loyola Athletic Club Invitational in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the 13-15 Provincial B Team competed July 8-11 at the VIII Copa Sincro in Lima, Peru.

The 13-15 A Team had an outstanding showing in Puerto Rico. In the figures competition Rachel Nickerson placed 1st and Clare McGovern 3rd. In Solo competition Clare McGovern won silver, and Amy Armstrong captured bronze. In duet Alycia Halyk and Rachel Nickerson won gold and Caroline Marshall and Clare McGovern swam to silver. Team Ontario wowed the crowd capturing the gold medal in team competition. Complete results can be found at: http://lacsynchro2010.wordpress.com/.

The 13-15 B Team captured gold in every event they competed in. Claire Caskey finished 1st in figures, followed in 2nd by Natasha Warren and Emily Mill in 3rd. In the solo competition Ontario saw Dylan Harding win gold, followed by Deanna Burns with silver. In 13-15 duet Sarah Masters and Kionna Whyte swam to gold and Cosette LeBlanc and Lucia Scaturchio finished in 4th. The team completed the weekend with a gold medal swim in team competition. Complete results can be found at www.synchroperu.com.

Our 2010 Provincial Teams will be participating at the following events this summer - so stay posted this summer for their results and accomplishments!

Congratulations to all athletes who competed at the 2010 Canadian Espoir Championships in Montreal June 2-8. For complete results visit www.synchro.ca. Congratulations to Alina Ryssina (Granite Synchro) who qualified for the 13-15 National Team. Synchro Canada 13-15 National Team Press Release.

In Junior Team Granite Synchro captured silver, with Olympium placing 6th and Durham 7th. In the Combo event Granite won bronze. In other events Julia Maclean placed 2^nd in Senior Solo Technical, with Candace Caskey of Olympium finishing 5^th. In Senior Solo Free Caskey finished 4th. Junior soloist Samantha Nealon of Granite Synchro placed 11^th.

In the coaching awards area the Suzanne Eon Trophy was awarded to Yingli Hou Granite Synchro. The award is given in the name of the long time coach and innovator and awarded to a tier 7 coach to reward and encourage this person to continue coaching.

Celebrating our very own Sheilagh  Croxon!

On April 15^th, 2010 Ontario's top amateur athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and corporate supporters were recognized at the 2009 Ontario Sport Awards at Ontario Place in Toronto. Synchro Swim Ontario, on behalf of all of our members across the province would like to take this opportunity to express our overwhelming pride and sincere gratitude to one of our very own.  Thank you Sheilagh!  For the full story click here. For Sheilagh's speech and photos click here.

The Board of Directors and Staff of Synchro Swim Ontario are pleased to welcome Mary Dwyer aboard as the new Executive Director.  Mary will be joining our team beginning Monday, April 12, 2010.  Please join us in an enthusiastic welcome as we look forward to introducing her to the Synchro Ontario community of hardworking staff, dedicated volunteers, talented athletes, coaches and their fans. Mary's email address is: mdwyer@synchroontario.com

Congratulations Elena! Synchro Canada is pleased to announce that Elena Podolsky of Toronto has been named head coach of Canada’s national 13-15 team. Elena will guide the squad in a one-month training camp which will precede the 2010 Comen Cup set for July 21-25 in Crete, Greece. The Canadian 13-15 members will be finalized after the Canadian Espoir Championships June 2-6 in Montreal.

Congratulations! Synchro Swim Ontario's Burning Bright for Breast Cancer program has been named a nominee for the Friends of the Foundation Award. The award is given to a volunteer community group that has demonstrated how teamwork and community spirit can help create a future without breast cancer. Synchro Ontario was recognized during the CBCF-Ontario Region Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony April 18th. Read more about the event here.

Synchro swim clubs raise over $34,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

January 4, 2010 - Synchro Swim Ontario member clubs across the province were once again in synch for pink raising an astonishing $34,242 during the 6th anniversary of the annual “Burning Bright for Breast Cancer” province-wide charity initiative in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Since 2004, Ontario athletes  have raised over $211,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. We are a proud to continue as a Gold Ribbon Partner & Supporter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Congratulations to all of our swimmers, clubs, and families for such a great job!

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