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While several members of Swimming Canada\u2019s senior national team will be honing their skills at one of the country\u2019s oldest meets, some junior swimmers will be using this weekend\u2019s Mel\u00a0Zajac\u00a0Jr. International to show they are the wave of the future.<\/p>\n

A group of 26 swimmers are participating in two camps in Vancouver. Both will incorporate the 56th<\/sup>\u00a0annual\u00a0Zajac\u00a0meet as part of their training regime.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe meet has great history and tradition,\u201d said Ken McKinnon<\/strong>, Swimming Canada\u2019s national development coach. \u201cWe know it\u2019s going to be a meet of a certain level.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s\u00a0Zajac\u00a0meet will be held Friday through Sunday at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre. About 815 athletes from 81 clubs across Canada and the United States are attending.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Zajac\u00a0meet was originally founded in 1963 as Canada Cup by swim coach Howard Firby<\/strong>. His vision was to bring elite swimmers to Vancouver to race local athletes. Since 1998, Mel\u00a0Zajac\u00a0Sr.<\/strong> has graciously sponsored the meet in memory of his sons Mel and Marty.<\/p>\n

Mel Jr. was a member of the Canadian national team and competed at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. He died in a 1986 kayaking accident. Just eight months later his brother Marty was killed in an avalanche.<\/p>\n

Over the years the\u00a0Zajac\u00a0meet has attracted some of the top swimmers from Canada and the U.S., plus Australia and Europe.<\/p>\n

Senior swimmers like Markus Thormeyer<\/strong> (High Performance Centre \u2013 Vancouver), Emma<\/strong> O\u2019Croinin<\/strong> (Edmonton Keyano Swim Club), Mackenzie Padington<\/strong> (Campbell River Killer Whales) and Cole Pratt<\/strong> (Cascade Swim Club) will use the meet as part of their preparation for this summer\u2019s FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.<\/p>\n

More meet coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The junior and youth-aged swimmers will be participating in two camps revolving around the meet. A stroke camp has attracted 10 athletes while 16 will be attending the youth free relay camp.<\/p>\n

The stroke camp will have training sessions and each swimmer will also have three of their races filmed and analyzed. McKinnon said some of the swimmers come from smaller clubs that don\u2019t always have an opportunity to travel to larger meets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt offers them an opportunity where they can get out and get into a competition a little bit above their level, so they get challenges while we are in training,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to take best times to make a final.\u201d<\/p>\n

The camp is also a reward for individuals who swam well at the recent Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto but failed to qualify for this summer\u2019s FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I saw at trials was a whole bunch of kids that did really well for their personal improvement . . . and just missed the junior team standards,\u201d said McKinnon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat I wanted to do was give them a pat on the back, recognition, a small reward, and bring them into a camp situation to keep their motivation up. Give them some hope and talk to them about what they have just done, that they are the next group through. The exposure for those swimmers is going to benefit their devotement.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The relay camp is primarily for 100-metre and 200-metre freestyle swimmers from clubs across the country. It\u2019s part of an initiative started back in 2013 to bring some of the country\u2019s most talented young swimmers to together to build depth in the relay races.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we could get some of the good up-and-coming freestyle swimmers to start talking to each other about relays,\u201d said McKinnon. \u201cIt\u2019s a good motivation to go forward to develop them, show them they have potential, show them they have an opportunity, that they could be really good and we are willing to invest in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKinnon pointed to the women\u2019s 4×100-m freestyle relay team that won a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Both Taylor Ruck<\/strong><\/a> and Penny Oleksiak<\/strong><\/a> were members of that team who had participated in relay camps leading up to the Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first women\u2019s relay camp we had, Penny and Taylor were quite young,\u201d he said. \u201cThey had never been near the senior camp. They were doing the test sets with all the other kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

A deeper talent pool enhances Canada\u2019s chances for relay medals on the international stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be faster if we have seven or eight swimmers competing for the four spots,\u201d said McKinnon.<\/p>\n

At last year\u2019s Mel\u00a0Zajac\u00a0meet, swimmers from the relay camp reached the podium in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4×100-m freestyle relay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exposure is invaluable for sure,\u201d said McKinnon. \u201cThe kids really step up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming Canada<\/i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i> Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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