SWIMMING CAREER HIGHLITES FOR

JOHN WARING

 

1976                Commenced Competitive Swimming with London Y Aquatic Club

 

1980                Gold, South Carolina High School Champs 100yd Back (State H.S. Record)

 

1980                Sixth, USA Age Group Rankings 4 x 50yd Freestyle Relay

 

1981                Seven Gold, Ontario Age Group Championships 

                        Five Gold, Eastern Canadian Championships (Four Meet Records)

 

1982                Bronze, National Championships-Commonwealth Trials, 100m Butterfly

 

1983                Silver, CIAU Championships 100m Freestyle

                        CIAU All Canadian, 100m Freestyle

                        Canadian National Team, 100m Butterfly

 

1983-1985       Gold, OUAA Championships, 100m Butterfly


John swimming fly (1980s)

 

1984                Gold, National Championships, 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Ontario Open Record)

 

1985                Gold Medal, Canada Games, 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Meet Record)

 

1986                CIAU Men’s Team Championship, University of Toronto

                        Received Bachelor of Applied Science

                        Received Commission as Officer, Canadian Air Force

 

1993                Gold, Canadian Masters Championships, 100m Butterfly

 

1994                Invented vortex-generator drag reduction system for swimsuits

 

1995                Three Gold, Canadian Masters Championships

 

1996                Jenny Thompson wears vortex-generators on way to 3 Olympic gold

 

1998                Canadian Masters Record 200m Butterfly

 

1999                Jenny Thompson breaks 18 year old WR in 100 Fly wearing vortex-generators

                        Lenny Krayzelburg breaks 2 WRs wearing vortex-generators

                        Received Master of Aerospace Engineering (Fluid Mechanics of Swimming)

 

2000                Lenny Krayzelburg wins 3 Olympic gold wearing vortex generators


Lenny celebrating win in 4x100MR wearing a suit with vortex generators developed by John.

 

2000-Present   Head Coach Carleton University Swim Team