The 18th edition of the International Swim Meet in Uster is going to take place this Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1 at the Buchholz indoor pool. I will be attending the event not as an athlete this time but with my video camera for Floswimming to cover the meet. Check out the meet’s landing page for news and results and visit the coverage page for all the races and more.
Riding to Save Lives
Scott Goldblatt, former US Olympic Swimmer, is participating in the Team in Training project to help advance LLS’s mission. Visit the project site to keep tabs on his progress and if you can, please make a donation to support his mission to wipe out blood cancer.
Stats 2008
First, I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a happy, safe, and prosperous new year. 2009 looks like it’s going to be a heckuva year. Otherwise, let’s take a quick look back at 2008 and bring up some statistics.
Oyonnax Trip
To close the year 2008, I went on a short trip to Oyonnax (FRA) with my teammates and some of the youngsters of Lancy Natation.
The aim of the trip was really to have a good time together as a “family” and along the way spend some time with those young swimmers and hopefully inspire some of them to continue their journey in the world of swimming.
Sport Aktuell featuring Dominik Meichtry
The Sport Show of the Swiss Television met up with Dominik Meichtry and his girlfriend, US swimmer Jessica Hardy, at Zurich Airport before they went home to celebrate Christmas with Dominik’s family. You can watch the video to the story on the SF website. With that said, Merry Christmas to all of you and especially Dominik. Enjoy your time in good old Switzerland.
Dominik Meichtry wins silver medal
World Team Member and fellow-countryman, Dominik Meichtry, won the silver medal in the 200m Freestyle on the last day of the European Short Course Championships in Rijeka (CRO). He led the race in Word Record pace for 150m before the very end Daniil Izotov from Russia touched out Dominik for the gold.
Les raisons du divorce entre Chris Morgan et Genève
The word is finally out. Check out the two articles at the Tribune de Genève. “L’entraîneur Chris Morgan quitte Genève Natation, mais part pas tout seul” and the official newspaper edition “Les raisons du divorce entre Chris Morgan et Genève“.
Copa da Natal 2008
On Saturday Dec 6th and Sunday Dec 7th I participated at the Copa da Natal hosted by the Flippers Team Locarno at the Centro Sportivo di Tenero.
Short Course Championships Lausanne
Swiss Short Course National Championships were held from Friday November 28th trough Sunday November 30th at the Piscine Mon Repos in Lausanne.