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When it\u2019s time for the next generation of Canadian swimmers to decide on their future, John Atkinson<\/strong> wants to make sure they have plenty of options.<\/p>\n

The introduction of Mark Perry<\/strong> as Swimming Canada\u2019s first ever Distance\/Open Water Coach is part of Atkinson\u2019s plan to broaden Canada\u2019s medal potential in the water.<\/p>\n

Canada had two open water swimmers compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Richard<\/strong> Weinberger<\/strong>, who won a bronze medal in London, finished 17th<\/sup>\u00a0in the men\u2019s 10-km while Stephanie<\/strong> Horner<\/strong>, a pool swimmer in both Beijing and London, was 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0in the women\u2019s. Both are back on this year\u2019s national team, which includes six athletes who will swim open water at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n

Atkinson, Swimming Canada\u2019s High Performance Director, was pleased with the six swimming medals Canada won in Rio. He also noted only two came in 200-metre events, and none were in distances 400-m or above. Canada isn\u2019t developing enough swimmers in the 400-m and longer events at the junior level, Atkinson said. That results in fewer senior athletes competing at those distances.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a younger swimmer, in my mind everybody should be swimming middle distance type events,\u201d he said. \u201cAs they mature and become more specific as they get older, they can move up or they can come down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry\u2019s job will be to convince more swimmers to consider distance or open water events. He is heading up a group of 13 athletes competing at the UANA Open Water Swimming Championships this weekend in Cayman Islands. The team includes swimmers as young as 16 right up to 28-year-old Horner, and her national team counterpart Breanne<\/strong> Siwicki<\/strong>, 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to try and expose all our current distance swimmers to open water. We identified and selected a group of young athletes from the (Canadian Swimming Trials in April), so we\u2019re already out there trying to find the next generation of people,\u201d Perry said. \u201cI think there becomes a point much later in their career when they make a decision on which one they are going to focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Open water races at FINA World Championships can cover five, 10 and 25 kilometres. The Olympic event is a 10-km open-water swim.<\/p>\n

When it comes to distance events in the pool, Perry admits \u201cit\u2019s a loose definition\u201d as to who is a distance swimmer. In Rio, there was a 1,500-m men\u2019s event and an 800-m women\u2019s. Perry considers anyone in the 400-m medley and even those in the 200-butterfly as distance swimmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be the kind of tougher events,\u201d he said. \u201cSwimming distance in the pool you have to be mentally tough. Then swimming distance in the open water arena is a much harder mental task. You have to cope with the weather, temperature fluctuations, wildlife. You don\u2019t know what is going to be there until race day quite often.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry wants to grow a deeper pool of distance athletes. He plans to travel across the country and visit different programs to identify potential distance\/open water swimmers. Swimming Canada also plans a series of open water races to be held across the country to give the sport more exposure.<\/p>\n

Young swimmers should still be encouraged to try multiple strokes and compete at different lengths to \u201cbuild a solid engine,\u201d said Perry. They can be exposed to open water when as they get older.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my experience, when people actually give it a go they kind of fall in love with it,\u201d said Perry. \u201cThe majority of people who (try it) actually do enjoy it. Whether they are any good at it is a different matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perry\u2019s calendar for the coming year-plus includes selecting teams for open water competition at the Pan Pacific Championships, Junior Pan Pacific Championships, World Open Water Championships and FINA World Cups. He\u2019s also working with provincial sections to encourage development camps and identifying athletes at the provincial level.<\/p>\n

As the numbers grow, Perry plans to support those swimmers with coaches, sports psychologists, massage therapists and technical staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things we are going to try and do is be more technologically savvy, be more scientific in our approach to the race, actually be more professional in the way we look at the sport,\u201d said Perry. \u201cI don\u2019t think there is really anyone in the world who is looking at the sport in that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is our athletes are the most informed and most knowledgeable athletes at the race. They get confidence from that. They understand exactly what the race involves, what the weather is going to be, where the tides are, what the currents are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Open water offers some advantages over pool competitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe venues for open water are quite often iconic locations,\u201d said Perry, referring to the beaches, lakes, and rivers that host events.<\/p>\n

Open water races can also be more tactical as swimmer battle for time and space while dealing with currents and other environmental factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a much more cerebral challenge,\u201d said Perry. \u201cThere are a huge number of different tactics that come into play. You have five or six different things up your sleeve you can turn to at any point during a race depending on what other people do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atkinson said Canada will also continue to develop swimmers for the sprint events.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have enough development age athletes swimming a middle-distance program where they can go longer or shorter as they develop, we\u2019re going to be a better nation for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about throwing out what we are doing now in the 200-m and down events. It\u2019s about enhancing what we are doing to be able to identify distance swimmers and have some of our top distance swimmers look at open water as a way of excelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Press release courtesy of Swimming Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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