>> Canada fields strong team with help from OSSC

A young, strong Canadian team will compete in the 10th FINA Junior Synchro swimming World Championships early next month with a little help from OSSC.
Courtney Brown, Jennifer Knobbs and Erin Wilson are 3 athletes that hail from the Olympium Synchro Swim Club who will join seven other National Junior Team members in Guangzhou China October 7 – 11, looking for solid performances that will counter the trend of high caliber medal-winning routines from countries such as Russia, Japan and Spain, which have dominated the event in recent years.

The team, which was named following National Team Trials in May, has been training together at the Etobicoke Olympium since July under the direction of OSSC coaches Julia Warren and Elena Podolsky. Julia and Elena, who coached the tier 7 section at OSSC during the 2005-06 season, were appointed National Junior Team Head and Assistant Coaches earlier in the year by Synchro Canada, the national governing body responsible for the development of Synchro swimming in this country.

The 10-woman delegation will leave Canada on September 25th and travel to Hong Kong for 8 more days of training before descending on the “Shi Jilian” Sports Center Swimming Pool in Foshan City Guangdong for the competition, which gets underway each day at 10:00am; team finals are scheduled for Wednesday October 11 at 5:30pm.
Following the competition, the team will travel to Macau China to participate in a synchro demonstration before returning home.

OSSC is exceptionally proud to have 3 athletes and 2 coaches appointed to the Junior National Team in 2006. Good Luck Courtney, Jennifer, Erin, Julia, Elena and the entire Junior National Team!