NYAC thanks TPASC for its focus on Athletic and Community Well-being

    TORONTO, ON, July 11, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- North York Aquatic Club (NYAC) would like to express its gratitude to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC) for working tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic to support the competitive swimming community and recently reopening their pools to swim training.

We appreciate the efforts of the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre staff in implementing protocols that help minimize the likelihood of transmission of COVID-19 to NYAC staff and participants.

The benefits of swimming are endless, especially during this current crisis. NYAC's Director of Performance Eddie Toro promotes an approach that targets the community as well as the individual swimmer's physical, psychological, and emotional development. And while some may question the lifespan of COVID-19 in water, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have said "[t]here is no evidence that the virus that causes COVID-19 can be spread to people through the water in pools, hot tubs, or water playgrounds."

This week ten NYAC swimmers returned to training at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre and plans are in place for more NYAC swimmers to return to the pool in the near future.

As Matt Laslop, a National level swimmer stated, "the sport of swimming offers a fairly unique opportunity to enter a different world, where you get to escape the worries surrounding your mind, relax and focus on the task at hand. It is a great way to disconnect from the stresses of daily routines and distract your mind with something different."

NYAC supports and hopes that all indoor pools follow the lead of Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Recognizing the need to work with organizations such as NYAC to provide opportunities for athletes to return to activities they are passionate about during these uncertain times.

North York Aquatic Club is a non-profit, member run club serving the community of Toronto since 1958. NYAC offers precompetitive and competitive programs for swimmers from 6 to 70 years of age with a current membership of over 800 members living in the Greater Toronto Areas. NYAC has produced over 15 Olympians and continues to strive to develop youth who are resilient, capable, and work to reach their potential. More information about the Club can be found on our website at http://www.nyacswimming.ca.

A legacy of the 2015 Toronto Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre is co-owned by the City of Toronto and the University of Toronto and operated by a corporation named Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Inc. This world-class facility was the largest sport new build for the 2015 Toronto Pan Am and Parapan Am Games and the largest infrastructure investment in Canadian amateur sport history. Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre opened to community users, University of Toronto faculty, staff and students, City of Toronto program users, the high-performance sport community and fitness members in September 2014. The 312,000 square-foot Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre includes two internationally sanctioned 10-lane 50-metre pools, a world-class dive pool and dryland dive training facilities, a four-court gymnasium, an indoor running track, a high performance testing centre, studio spaces, and a state-of-the-art fitness centre for members. The Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO), located at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, provides world-leading sport science and sport performance services to identified high performance athletes.

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