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The Carleton Knights are the athletic teams that represent Carleton College, located in Northfield, Minnesota, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division III ranks, primarily competing in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) since the 1983–84 academic year; [2] which they were a member on a previous stint from 1920–21 to 1924–25. [3]
The Beginning of University Synchro. University-level synchronized swimming in Canada dates back to 1946 when the Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WIAU), composed of Ontario and Quebec universities, held a swimming meet at the University of Toronto. The swimming championship was divided into three components: speed racing, diving, and ...
Carleton was chartered as a university by the provincial government in 1952 through The Carleton University Act, which was then amended in 1957, giving the institution its current name. [4] The university is named after the now-dissolved Carleton County, which included the city of Ottawa at the time the university was founded.
The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), formerly known as the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), [1] also referred to as 'short course worlds', [2][3][4] are an international swimming competition staged by the internationally recognized governing body of the sport, World Aquatics (formerly FINA).
The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of three historically important swims: The 20 Bridges Swim (formerly known as Manhattan Island Swim), a 48.5-kilometre (30.1 mi) circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, New York City. As of December 2023, 331 swimmers had earned this distinction.
By 1866/7 Bells Corners was a post village with a population of 150 in the township of Nepean, county of Carleton, on the Ottawa and Nepean Macadamized road, 10 miles from Ottawa. The village had a daily mail, two stores, a school and a church which was used by the Church of England, Presbyterians, and Wesleyan Methodists.
The swimming program for 1988 included two new events, the men's and women's 50 m freestyle, bringing the total number of events to 31. The following events were contested: Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m (women), 1500 m (men), Backstroke: 100 m, 200 m. Breaststroke: 100 m, 200 m. Butterfly: 100 m, 200 m.
The Carleton Civic Centre is an 836-seat multi-purpose arena in Woodstock, New Brunswick. The arena was built in 1995, and also includes an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, community and board rooms. [1] It was home to the Woodstock Slammers ice hockey team of the Maritime Hockey League. and was known to fans as 'Slammerland".