{"id":590705,"date":"2024-07-11T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590705"},"modified":"2024-07-11T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:43:24","slug":"west-virginia-adds-canadian-olympian-sydney-pickrem-as-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/west-virginia-adds-canadian-olympian-sydney-pickrem-as-assistant-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Adds Canadian Olympian Sydney Pickrem As Assistant Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Virginia Adds Canadian Olympian Sydney Pickrem As Assistant Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canadian Olympian Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> is joining West Virginia as an assistant coach, the school announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Pickrem will compete in Paris at her third Olympics. She won bronze in the medley relay in Tokyo to go with seven career long-course World Championships medals, including a silver in the 200 individual medley in Doha this year.<\/p>\n

“I am so excited to become part of the WVU family,” Pickrem said in a university statement<\/a>. “From the moment I got the opportunity to become part of the staff, they’ve made it feel like home. This team is going to be something special, and the future is bright.”<\/p>\n