Triathlon Ontario Announces Ultimate Open Water Swim Clinic For Age Groupers
January 15th, 2015 – Triathlon Ontario, the recognized Provincial Governing Body of Multisport in Ontario, is proud to announce, in partnership with the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO), it’s offering a world class Open Water Swim Clinic specifically designed for Age Groupers. There are many quality swim clinics available but not have the level of expertise and the rare opportunity to experience the multimillion dollar Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. You don’t need to be an Olympian to work with Olympic level coaches and consultants.
Join us on February 21st, for a day that will include swim and video analysis (individual and group review), a nutritional seminar, two swim sessions that will feature lots of technique and open water drills, as well as a talk by a Canadian Olympic open water swimmer Zsofia Balazs.
For just the low price of $150.00 this will be your chance to swim in the multimillion dollar Pan Am Centre before the rest of the world does and have access to the CSIO’s Olympic coaches, biomechanist, nutritionist and meet and pick up tips from a Canadian Olympic Open Water swimmer. Space will be limited so don’t delay.
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Bios:
John Grootveld
CSIO (BPHE, BEd, ChPc)
John is currently the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario’s Director of Business Development. Prior to working with the CSIO, John was the Head Coach and Director of Swimming for the Toronto Swim Club. After taking over that role in 1994, John’s leadership helped TSC grow from a small community club of 30 members into one of the top swim clubs in Canada with membership approaching 300.
Over John’s 17 year coaching career, he coached athletes to become national champions, national record holders and onto national and Olympic teams. In addition to his role on the Toronto Swim Club, John also coached on many Canadian National and Provincial teams at various International competitions, including the World Open Water Championships (2008 Seville), Pan Am Games (2007 Rio) and at the Olympics (2008 Beijing- for Swaziland).
As a former competitive swimmer, John was a national medalist and Canadian University All-Canadian. In addition to coaching, John has worked at four Olympics, Commonwealth Games and World Championships for CTV and CBC in television production for the coverage of swimming. Additionally, John still competes as a Masters Swimmer and Age-group Triathlete.
Zsofia Balasz
Olympic Open Water Swimmer
In her Olympic debut, Zsofia Balazs competed as a 22-year-old and finished in 18th place in the 10km open-water Swimming event. She earned an Olympic berth for Canada by finishing sixth in the 10 km FINA Olympic marathon swimming qualifier in June.
Balazs is the first Canadian woman to gain a spot in the Olympic marathon swimming race since the event appeared in 2008. In 2011, Balazs finished in the top-10 at the Pan American Games. She also qualified and competed in the FINA World Aquatic Championships. She represented Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games and finished just off the podium in the 200m butterfly event by finishing fourth. Balazs won the national championship in open water in three consecutive years (2006-2009). She won her first in-pool national title in 2010.
Balazs and her family immigrated to Canada in 2004 from Hungry. Balazs qualified for the 2005 Canada Games Team and won silver in the 200m butterfly. She went on to win her fist open-water national title the following year in 2006. Currently, Zsofia works both full time as a Police Officer , with Toronto Police Service and is training to make the Canadian Pan Am team in the Open Water 10k event.
Amber Hutchinson
CSIO, BKin, M.Sc.Kin
Amber currently works with the CSIO delivering Biomechanics and Performance Analysis for the Ontario Swimming Academy and National Centre. Amber has a B.A. in Kinesiology (2011), M.Sc. Kinesiology (Specializing in Swimming Biomechanics, 2014) both from the University of Western Ontario.
Additionally as a coach (CSCS (NSCA), CSCTA, NCCP Level 1), Amber currently coaches with the Ontario Swimming Academy and formerly coached with the Western Swimming- Sprint swimming program, Strength and conditioning program and London Aquatic Club
As a swimmer Amber swam with the Western Swim Team (2006-2011) was a Sr. National Qualifier and CIS Medalist. Amber also currently trains and races as a Masters Swimmer (MSO- Provincial Record (50 Free), FINA Masters Medalist (50 Free)).
Trionne Moore
BA, RHN, IOC Dipl. In Sport Nutrition, Registered Nutritional Consultant
Trionne Moore is a registered nutritional consultant specializing in corporate wellness, as well as holistic and sports nutrition. She is President of The Healthy Road (www.thehealthyroad.com), a health food and supplement store in Toronto’s rejuvenating Corktown neighbourhood.
Previously, she served as Lead Sports Nutritionist with the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario where she steered the nutrition team through the development and delivery of services to hundreds of national and provincial athletes. During this time, Trionne earned an IOC Sports Nutrition Diploma from the International Olympic Committee and went on to personally work with the national women’s rowing team who won a silver medal in the 2012 Olympics.
She is also an avid workplace wellness lecturer for enterprises seeking enhanced workplace vitality. Trionne is often called upon by various media outlets to provide subject matter expertise in holistic nutrition, in addition to being engaged by Pinewood Studios to work one-on-one with actor Daniel Craig. She specializes in holistic nutrition with a focus on natural, whole foods, reputable supplement protocols, digestive support, specialized diets, and lifestyle enhancements according to individual lifestyles and performance goals – be it in competition, in the boardroom, or on set.
About Triathlon Ontario
Triathlon Ontario is a non-profit organization that is the recognized Provincial Governing Body for Multisport in the province of Ontario. Our mission is to provide leadership and governance for the development of a safe and fair environment for Multisport in Ontario. Triathlon Ontario oversees the sanctioning of races and clubs and undertakes a number of duties and responsibilities on behalf of athletes at every level, coaches, clubs, officials and race directors to ensure the growth and development of the sport in a fun and safe way. For more information please visit: http://www.triathlonontario.com.
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