Ryan Cochrane News

Ryan Cochrane of Victoria won the gold medal in the men's 1,500-metre freestyle Sunday at the Victoria State swimming championships.

The start of a new year hasn't slowed Ryan Cochrane down. The Victoria swimmer, an Olympic and world championship medallist, won the gold medal Friday in the men's 400-metre freestyle event at the Victoria State swimming championships in Australia.

It took all hands on deck to put together the News Leader Pictoriala s annual Youth Athlete of the Year banquet and awards Sunday at the Cowichan Golf and Country Club.

Top valley youth athletes of the year gather at Cowichan Golf and Country Club. Back, from left: Angela Richards, Joanna Franke-Kuhn, Olympic swimmer and guest speaker Ryan Cochrane, Steve McKinnon, Cassy Stevens.

The only Canadian medalist in swimming during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing is a down-to-earth guy with a great sense of humour and a realistic perspective on the topsy turvy world of athletics.

Ryan Cochrane wins silver in the 1,500 metre freestyle. Photograph by: Martin Bureau, Agence France-Presse, Getty Images, Canwest News Service At the fastest swim meet in history, American superstar Michael Phelps re-asserted his dominance, Canada's Ryan Cochrane and Annamay Pierse solidified their places among the world's elite, and high-tech swim ...

BARRY swimming champion David Davies has admitted that next year could be his last in the pool, after bringing the curtain down on 2009 at the British Gas Duel in the Pool.

Riley PICKERL is back home with a new attitude towards mental concentration.Having spent a couple of years swimming with the Island Swimming Club of Victoria and training with Ryan Cochrane, a bronze medallist in the Beijing Olympics, he's ready to put what he learned to the test.

Ryan Cochrane of Victoria and Zack Chetrat of Oakville, Ont., lowered meet records Sunday to conclude the Canada Cup short course swimming competition.

Racing with a pain-free shoulder for the first time in a year, Julia Wilkinson of Stratford, Ont., beat a strong field Friday to win the women's 100-metre freestyle at the Canada Cup short course swimming competition.

Ryan Cochrane Remembers Road to Beijing Bronze, Ponders Swimming's Popularity in Canada on The Morning Swim Show , Nov.

Three year old Isis Sertisohn seemed to be more excited about getting Olympic swimmer Ryan Cochrane's autograph than wearing his bronze Beijing Olympic medal Saturday at the Bay Centre during a Community Spirit Celebration hosted in partnership with the Downtown Business Association and the Victoria Torch Relay task force.

Annamay Pierse didn't feel strong in the 100 breaststroke. Photograph by: Laszlo Balogh, Reuters, Canwest News Service UBC's Annamay Pierse was furious with herself over her fifth-place finish Tuesday in the women's 100-metre breaststroke at the aquatics world championships in Rome, and that was precisely the attitude the Canadian head coach was ...