The Powerlist

2026 M. NCAA Previews: The 200 Free Champion Could Come From Anywhere

Henry McFadden is one of only two returning finalists from last year, but the fastest PB belongs to a freshman in Maximus Williamson

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Naoya Shiota Clocks JPN High School Record In 50 Back & Other Final Day Japan Swim Results

18-year-old Naoya Shiota established a new Japanese National High School Record In the 50m back on the final day of the 2026 Japan Swim.

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Virginia State Runner-Up Lyla Devlin Pledges to UConn for 2027

Devlin, who is still more than a year out from her collegiate debut, currently owns several times that would have contended at the Big East Championships

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MIT Senior Annika Naveen Wins 2026 Division III Women’s Elite 90 Award

MIT senior Annika Naveen, a Biological Engineering major with a 4.0 GPA, has won the women’s Elite 90 Award for D3 swimming and diving.

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Campbell Stoll on 200 Fly NCAA Title for Texas: “It’s an honor to continue the legacy”

Battling with Indiana’s Alex Shackell from the beginning, the race came down to a touch, and Stoll was able to secure Texas’s 4th NCAA title in the event

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Kaito Tabuchi Nabs 1500 Free JPN Record In 14:45.57 For #1 In The World

23-year-old Kaito Tabuchi ripped his former personal best to shreds en route to capturing a new Japanese national record in the me’s 1500m freestyle.

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UCLA Nabs In-State Commitment from Sectionals Runner-Up Lilla Kapinya for 2027 Recruiting Class

Kapinya is coming off a major 100 free best time at the Speedo Sectionals in Roseville, where she notched her first sub-50 time of her career in 49.61.

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2026 NCAA D1 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship Box Score

The University of Virginia women won their 6th consecutive national championship over the weekend in Atlanta. Here are the numbers All of the numbers.

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World Champion Ichika Kajimoto Takes Down Japan’s Oldest Women’s National Record (800 Fr)

22-year-old Ichika Kajimoto, left, just became Japan’s fastest-ever women’s 800m freestyler, downing a record that’s been on the books since 2004.

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Diving Could Use a Revamp – But I Think We Chose The Wrong One

I know what you’re already saying. But just hear me out. I think we can rebuild diving, even better, and make it good enough for even swim fans to enjoy it.

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Matsushita Blasts 4:06.93 PB In 400 IM, 17-Yr-Old Kojima Crushes 4:08.84 WJR

The final of the men’s 400m IM in Japan set the pool on fire, with Olympic medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita hitting a new PB and Yumeki Kojima posting a WJR.

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Charlie Cancelmo Becomes 4th Fastest 15-16 200 Butterflyer Ever With 1:42.00 at BC Premier Invite

Cancelmo moves past Michael Phelps to become the 4th fastest 15-16 200 fly performer ever as he inches closer to a sub 1:42 time.

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“Bored Out of My Mind” – Collegiate Swim Coaches Unify Around Fixing NCAA Championship Format

The new NCAA Championship format was almost universally reviled – and swim coaches are now unified in what they want changed.

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Torri Huske, Lucy Bell Discuss 2nd Place Team Finish, Future in Swimming

Torri Huske and Lucy Bell were two of the four members of Stanford’s 400 free relay that were fighting for their team’s standing

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Princeton Scores Verbal from Spanish Age Group Record-holder Jose Rodriguez for 2027-28

Real Canoe NC’s Jose Rodriguez, who holds numerous age group records in Spain in various breaststroke distances, will join the Tigers’ class of 2031.

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