3 Athletes Named to National Teams

This month, Swimming Canada announced the Youth and Junior ID teams for the 2009-2010 season.

These selections are based on last season’s performances, and give athletes access to training camps hosted around the country by Canada’s National team Coaches and Staff.

14 year old Robert Gilchrist, named to the Short Course Prospects Team in the sprint Freestyle category, will spend one week in Etobicoke leading up to Canada Cup. The 3 day training camp will lead into the swim meet, which is typically one of the fastest in North America before the Christmas break each season. Robert will compete on the Swimming Canada Prospects team throughout the meet.

16 year old Devin Ste.Marie will travel to Montreal for one week as a member of the Junior ID team in the Butterfly category. The camp will be lead by Claude Lamy, coach of Olympic Finalist Audrey Lacroix.

Finally, 17 year old Zach Fedak will travel to Vancouver B.C. as a member of the Junior ID team in the sprint Freestyle and Sprint Butterfly category. The week long camp will lead by Tom Johnson, coach of World Champion Brent Hayden.

AAC Head Coach Matt Bell will also be sent to each of these camps by Swimming Canada.

Congratulations Athletes!