HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTRE VICTORIA INTRODUCTION

The High Performance Centre-Victoria (HPC-Victoria) is one of three High Performance Centres in Canada. Based at Saanich Commonwealth Place, HPC-Victoria is supported by a partnership group made up of Swimming Canada, Canadian Sport Institute-Pacific and the ISA High Performance Society. This partnership makes it possible to provide world-class facilities, training environment and support services. HPC-Victoria provides athletes access to full-time world-class coaching staff and an integrated support team (IST).

CONTACTS

RYAN MALLETTE IAIN MCDONALD HPC-Victoria Head Coach Senior Manager, High Performance Operations [email protected] [email protected] +1 250-580-8902 613-260-1348 x2010 613-295-6056

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HPC-VICTORIA HEAD COACH RYAN MALLETTE

Ryan Mallette grew up around Montreal’s West Island pools and went on to become head coach of Pointe-Claire Swim Club before moving to Victoria in 2012.

He worked alongside Randy Bennett, the late former High Performance Centre-Victoria Head Coach, for three years. During Bennett’s battle with cancer in early 2015, Mallette took over the senior group including two-time Olympic medallist , and world championship medallists Hilary Caldwell and Eric Hedlin.

All three went on to qualify for the 2015 . Mallette was selected to the coaching staff for Pan Ams as well as the FINA World Championships. At Pan Ams, Cochrane turned in a double-gold performance, winning the men’s 400-m and 1,500-m freestyle. He followed up by taking bronze in both distances at the worlds. Caldwell won gold at Pan Ams in her signature event, the 200-m .

Mallette coached Ashley McGregor to four medals including gold in the 200-m breaststroke at the 2011 Pan Ams. Over his 15 years of previous experience his major international roles included the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships, 2010 Pan Pacific Championships and 2009 and 2010 Junior Pan Pacs. He served as Manager (Open Water) at the 2014 Pan Pacs.

HPC ATHLETE TIERING MODEL

SWIMMING LEVEL CANADA TERM DESCRIPTION

Tier 1 World-class POOL Achievement •Medal (individual or relay) at the •Medal (individual or relay) at the FINA World 50m Championships in an Olympic event

OPEN WATER •Medal at the Olympic Games •Medal at the FINA World Championships in the 10km

Tier 2 World-class POOL Performance •Finallist (individual or relay) at the Olympic Games or FINA World 50m Championships in an Olympic event •Individual - Top 16 world ranked (Olympic events, 2 per nation) •Relay - Top 8 world ranked relay team member (Olympic events)

OPEN WATER •Top 8 in 10km at the Olympic Games or FINA World Championships •Top 3 & Top 1/4 finish at a 10km World Cup event

Tier 3 World-class POOL •Individual - Top 50 world ranked (Olympic events, absolute) •Relay - Top 12 world ranked relay team member (Olympic events) •Swimmers achieving Swimming Canada “On Track” model target time in an event

OPEN WATER •Top 1/4 finish at a 10km World Cup Event

Tier 4 World-class •Swimmers achieving standards on the Swimming Canada Potential “On Track” time model in an even •Must demonstrate annual improvement

Tier 5 Coach Junior ID athletes, National Development Team Discretion Program members etc. ALL MUST BE APPROVED BY THE SWIMMING CANADA HIGH PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR

WHY CHOOSE HPC-VICTORIA?

WORLD-CLASS COACHING STAFF ENVIRONMENT The coaching staff has experience in The coach and staff have created an producing world-class swimming results. environment that empowers the swimmers With the support of the IST, the coach will with opportunities for growth through a develop specific plans and individualized culture of accountability, responsibility training programs for the athletes who train and self-reliance that leads to reliability with the HPC. There is a low athlete to coach of performance at the world level. ratio, which is ideal for optimal performance. WORLD-CLASS RESULTS WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES Since being established in the fall of 2008, Pool HPC-Victoria has produced more than HPC-Victoria has use of an 8-lane 50m pool 20 medals for Canada at the following for 11 pool sessions (23 hours of pool time) competitions: a week. •Olympic Games •World Championships Strength and Conditioning • HPC-Victoria accesses facilities dedicated to •Pan Pacific Championships high performance athletes at both the Pacific Institute of Sport Excellence and at Saanich Commonwealth Place.

RYAN COCHRANE

• Cochrane added two bronze medals to his collection at the 2015 FINA World Championships, in the 400-m and 1,500-m freestyle, bringing his all-time Canadian record total to eight. He also finished 10th in the 800-m. • Cochrane earned three medals at the 2015 Pan Am Games. He won two gold medals in the 400-m and 1,500-m freestyle, setting Games records in both, while helping the 4x200-m freestyle relay to bronze. • Silver medal in the 1,500-metre freestyle at the 2013 FINA World Championships, Bronze in the 800-m freestyle • Bronze in the 1,500-metre freestyle in Beijing in 2008 after winning the preliminary round with a new Olympic record, lowering his own Canadian record by 10 seconds. • Silver medal in London in 2012, bettering his own national record. • At Commonwealth Games in 2014 he defended both his gold medals in Glasgow. Cochrane won both the 400-m and 1,500- m freestyle events for the second straight Games, breaking his own Canadian record in the 400. • Double medal performance at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships halfway around the globe in Gold Coast, Australia: Gold in the 800-m freestyle, silver in 1,500. Also finished fourth in the 400. RYAN COCHRANE

• In December 2014 he ended a decade-long medal drought for Canada at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), winning bronze in the 1,500-m freestyle. • OMEGA Male Swimmer of the Year award 8 straight times. (2008-2015) • Silver medals in the 1,500 and 800 at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. • A pair of double gold performances in 2010 – in Delhi at the Commonwealth Games (400 and 1,500) as well as the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Calif. (800 and 1,500; silver in 400). • Won his first FINA World Championships medals in 2009 in Rome, taking silver in the 1,500 and bronze in the 800. • Made his FINA World Championships debut in 2007 in Melbourne, Australia, where his top finish was seventh in the 800. HILARY CALDWELL

• In 2013, Caldwell made waves by winning a bronze medal in the 200-m backstroke at the 2013 FINA World Championships, lowering the Canadian record in each of the three rounds. Following the worlds Caldwell lowered the national short- course record in the 200 back at the FINA World Cup circuit. Her performance earned Caldwell a Swimming Canada Big Splash Award as the OMEGA Female Swimmer of the Year for 2013. • Caldwell took bronze in the 200-m backstroke at in Glasgow, Scotland. She went on to swim two finals at Pan Pacific Championships in Australia, finishing fifth in the 200- m backstroke and sixth in the 100. • At the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, Caldwell earned herself a gold medal in the 200-m backstroke. She got to stand beside fellow Canadian Dominique Bouchard as the national anthem played in Toronto. Caldwell also swam in the 100-m backstroke where she finished fifth. • With her 200-m breaststroke gold medal win, Caldwell also set a Pan American Games record. • At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, she earned herself a seventh-place finish in the 200-m backstroke. She also made the semifinals of the 100-m backstroke where she placed 12th. HILARY CALDWELL

• Caldwell finished second at the Olympic Trials in Montreal, earning a spot on Canada’s team heading to the 2012 Games. She finished 18th in London. • Originally from London, Ont., Caldwell grew up in White Rock, B.C., where she began to swim competitively. • Caldwell studies French at the University of Victoria. Her seven tattoos makes her the most inked member of the national swim team. • She moved to Victoria in 2009 to train at the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre – Victoria • Caldwell’s international breakthrough came at the 2011 World University Games where she won silver in the 200 back. ABOUT SAANICH COMMONWEALTH PLACE

The Saanich Commonwealth Place has Saanich Commonwealth Pool benefits been home to the HPC-Victoria since •8-lane 50m pool (interchangeable to 25m) 2008. The facility was built in 1994 for •Multipurpose room the Commonwealth Games and has been •Recovery maintained as a legacy facility to support •Dryland training high performance sport. •Yoga •Pilates Saanich Commonwealth Place is a frequent •Medical exam room host of national swim meets and played host •On-deck space for fitness to the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships. •Weight room •Mark Lowry Recovery Room •OMEGA timing system •Pool depth 2.0m and deeper •Lane width 2.5m

TYPICAL WEEKLY TRAINING TIMES

DAY AM PM OTHER WORKOUTS

2:00 - 4:30pm SC Monday 7:15 - 9:15am LC 4:30 - 5:30pm Weight sessions

2:15 - 4:30pm LC 6:15 - 7:00am Mobility sessions Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00am LC 4:30 - 5:30pm Weight sessions Wednesday OFF OFF 2:15 - 4:30pm LC 6:15 - 7:00am Mobility sessions Thursday 7:00 - 9:00am LC 4:30 - 5:30pm Weight sessions Friday 7:15 - 9:15am LC 2:00 - 4:30pm SC Saturday 8:00 - 10:00am LC 3:00 - 5:00pm LC 2:00 - 4:30pm SC Sunday OFF OFF INTEGRATED SUPPORT TEAM (IST) SERVICES

The Swimming Canada High Performance “The IST in Victoria is a tight group that Centres employ an evidence-based monitors all aspects of the athletes’ training approach to the systematic evaluation and response to ensure they are prepared and preparation of athletes. This approach for optimal performance from a technical, supports the pursuit of high performance tactical, physical, mental, health and and consistently produces world-class lifestyle perspective. The team interacts swimmers. The success of these programs with the swimmers and coaches on an is directly related to the strong partnerships ongoing basis at the pool or around training in place between Swimming Canada and the and meets regularly in a more structured local Canadian Sport Institute. World-class setting to discuss details of the swimmers’ training facilities, combined with world- performances and gaps. Additionally the renowned coaching staff and world-leading athletes have an opportunity to discuss sport scientists and medical practitioners their strengths and weaknesses with form the culture of excellence at each the IST in individual meetings and are location. Each HPC provides the resident involved providing input for enhancing their coaches and athletes full access to a broad performance from a planning perspective. range of services that encapsulate a holistic Together we feel this is the best approach for approach to athlete development. The sports integrating sport science and medicine into science and medicine support teams (IST) the daily training environment and preparing include service providers in: our athletes for their peak performances at •Performance Analysis international events.” •Physiology •Strength and Conditioning Liz Johnson •Sport Nutrition (HPC Victoria Physiologist/IST Lead) •Mental Performance •Health Services •Life Services •Innovation and Technology “ALTHOUGH WE VERY MUCH USE AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO TRAINING OUR SWIMMERS, IT IS NOT A PAINT-BY-NUMBERS PROCESS. IT REQUIRES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL INFORMATION, INTERPRET IT ALL IN THE REFERENCE OF LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING SPECIFIC TO AN INDIVIDUAL ATHLETE’S NEEDS.” RYAN MALLETTE (HPC-VICTORIA HEAD COACH)

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

There are many secondary and post- It has been ranked in the top two Canadian secondary educational options for athletes comprehensive universities for eight at HPC-Victoria. Many institutions offer consecutive years. Residence is guaranteed for first-year students, and with a campus both in-class and e-learning opportunities of about 21,000 students, it’s small enough that help meet the demands of combining to find friends but large enough to make an high performance swimming and academic impact on the world. pursuits: CAMOSUN COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (5km away from HPC-Victoria) (9km from HPC-Victoria) www.camosun.ca www.uvic.ca ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY (11km from HPC-Victoria) In early 2013, UVic was ranked number www.royalroads.ca 20 globally and first in Canada among universities less than 50 years old by 6 PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS Times Higher Education (THE). It also ranks (4-12km from HPC-Victoria) in THE’s elite global list of the top 200 CLAREMONT SECONDARY SCHOOL universities, which includes approximately (2km from HPC-Victoria) one per cent of the world’s best institutions. www.claremont.sd63.bc.ca

CAMPS | COMPETITIONS

The High Performance Centre-Victoria has appropriate for them to improve and develop the capacity to conduct training camps and world-class performance. Schedules will participate in competitions all over the world. also be balanced around educational Swimmers will have opportunities to travel opportunities to allow student-athletes to to all necessary camps and competitions excel both in the classroom and in the pool. VICTORIA HAS BEEN VOTED CANADA’S SMARTEST, FITTEST AND MOST WALKABLE CITY AND IS HOME TO SEVERAL NATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAMS INCLUDING ATHLETICS, ROWING, RUGBY, TRIATHLON AND CYCLING. FAMOUS FOR ITS STUNNING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND MILD CLIMATE, VICTORIA IS CONSISTENTLY RATED ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST LIVABLE, SAFE AND WELCOMING CITIES. SWIMMING.CA