During
the last two years, Tom was coaching at the UBC Dolphins Swim Club,
British Columbia. Under his leadership, several of his swimmers broke
Canadian age groups records, a national record, as well as several
provincial records.
Tom Rushton will join the
Quebec swimming community after six years in British Columbia. During
his six years of experience in Western Canada, Tom has coached at the
Junior Pan Pacific in 2012 and 2010, the FINA World Junior Championships
2011, World Championships FINA short course 2010, different touring
Canadian teams (youth Team Florida 2012, Great Britain Junior Team 2010)
and the Nations Cup in Montreal in 2011 and the North American
Challenge Cup 2010. Before coaching in BC, Tom was studying Sports
Science at the Counsilman Centre for the Science of Swimming in
Bloomington, Indiana and competed collegiately for Kenyon College in
Gambier, OH – contributing to the team’s unprecedented 31 consecutive
NCAA titles.
His coaching experience at both
national and international levels blow a wind of change in the pool of
the National Centre of Montreal.
“I
am very excited to join the momentum of Quebec swimming. I feel the
coaches are beginning a surge that will be a special thing to be a part
of in the upcoming seasons. Quebec has a great history of producing some
of the best swimmers in Canada and this is something that I look
forward to contributing to.”
Tom Rushton will start his new role at the National Aquatics Centre in Montreal in October 2012.