Jun 24 2011

Fran Crippen SMOC.

Blake and I are here in beautiful Mission Viejo CA for the Fran Crippen swim meet of champions.  We spent the week here with a select group of Canada’s top freestlyers in an effort to build our relays towards 2012 and onwards.  This is our second weekend of racing and I look forward to being much better then I was last week in Santa Clara.  This meet holds special sentimental… Read more

Jun 20 2011

How small business and athletes can work together!

Check out this great article about Adam van Koeverden after speaking at a confrence in Toronto on the importance small business play in athletes lives and achieving their goals.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/grow/mia-pearson/marketings-next-big-thing-sports-sponsorships/article2062246/

Jun 17 2011

Santa Clara!

We are here in Santa Clara CA and ready to race.  The field at this meet is stacked and this will prove to be one of the fastest meets this summer season.  I will update the site with a video blog after the meet on Sunday but in the meantime here is a link to the live webcast and results.

http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=2062&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en

Thanks for checking out the site!

May 8 2011

World Champs training camp!

So we just got back from a great week of training down in Phoenix AZ with the whole world championship team.  The camp was designed to allow us to get some quality work in and bond as a team before we head off to Shanghai this summer.  I think the whole team came together well and embraced the challenging workouts that the coaches threw at us while getting to know… Read more

Apr 21 2011

Beyond Limit: A Friend And Competitor Tries To Make Sense Of The Loss Of A Swimming Star

My good friend and former UVA teammate Ian Prichard recently wrote this article about Fran Crippen.  This article embodies Fran as a person, an athlete, and friend.  Fran inspired many people during his life, but in his death he has become a role model and a hero.  Please take the time to check out this article and leave feedback if you are interested.

Beyond Limit: A Friend And Competitor TriesRead more