{"id":282377,"date":"2017-10-31T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=282377"},"modified":"2018-01-19T12:03:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T19:03:25","slug":"union-americana-de-natacion-releases-preliminary-entries-for-first-swimming-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/union-americana-de-natacion-releases-preliminary-entries-for-first-swimming-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Americana de Natacion Releases Preliminary Entries For First Swimming Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamunify.com\/About.jsp?_tabid_=57161&amp;team=uana\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Americana de Natacion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UANA) has announced that more than 27 countries and more than 550 swimmers have declared their intention to swim at the first edition of the UANA Swimming Cup, which is to be held in Coral Springs, Florida at the Coral Springs Athletic Complex from January 19-21, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Started in 1948, the UANA is \u201ca sports organization with the purpose of organizing, supervising and controlling, in the Western Hemisphere, the amateur aquatics activities of Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming, Master and Open Water Swimming.\u201d The Americas are organized with the organization across four zones. You can read more about the UANA on their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamunify.com\/Home.jsp?_tabid_=0&amp;team=uana\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UANA Cup format will be a dual meet between the twelve National Federation members of CONSANAT (Zone 1) and the twenty-eight National Federation members of CCCAN (Zone 2). 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