US Winter Nationals
Happy December to all! I am now getting ready for my races tomorrow at the US Winter Nationals in Atlanta. We are competing at the Georgia Tech Natatorium, which is the same pool used for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. I have swam in this pool two other times. Once, in 1998, when I was 11, at my first ‘Zone Championships’ for Gulf Swimming in Texas which was a really awesome experience as a youngster swimming in the Olympic Pool just two years earlier and supplanting that Olympic dream at an early age. Then competing at this renovated pool in the spring of 2006 at the NCAA Championships as a freshmen for Stanford University where I set the fastest time ever swam by an 18 and under male in North America for the 200 yd Breast in a 1:54.41 coming in third just half a second from first!
So I have had some good experiences in this pool and plan to continue them tomorrow in the 100 lcm breaststroke. Check back here for updates after each session or use the results link below for live results. There is also a webcast for each session with links on the USAswimming website (link below).
Schedule: December 1-3
Friday – 100 Breast – 1:04.19
Saturday – 200 Breast – 2:20.64
Results: click here
Main Landing Page and live webcast: US Nationals
European Swimming World Cup Tour
I am writing to everyone from my hotel room in Stockholm, Sweden. I just arrived here this morning for the first stop of the European circuit of the FINA Swimming World Cups. I will be swimming the breaststroke events (50, 100, 200 scm) at each stop in Stockholm, Moscow, and Berlin. This will be a great chance to get some fast racing in against good international competition. It will be a lot of racing (6 times in 9 days), but will be a great start to the Olympic season getting some more international experience while representing TEAM CANADA. I will post more about Stockholm and the competition soon, but wanted to give you some general information about the competition first.
Main landing page for all updates, results, information and webcam: FINA World Cup page
Swimming Canada public release: “Canadian Swimmers kick start the Olympic season at FINA World Cups”
Competition Dates:
| 15-16 Oct. 2011 | Stockholm (SWE) |
| 18-19 Oct. 2011 | Moscow (RUS) |
| 22-23 Oct. 2011 | Berlin (GER) |
Live Webcam: Click here (You can watch the races afterwards using the player)
Prelims: 8:40 am start
Finals: 3:40 pm start (It is 8 hours ahead of Calgary (MST) in Sweden)
A special thanks to Swimming Canada, Calgary Foundation for Swimming Excellence, and SIACharts.com for helping fund my travel and competitions. It is invaluable to have support to be able to compete in these meets. -Paul
Paul Kornfeld 