The Powerlist

UNLV Hires 8-Year Assistant Pat Ota as New Head Swimming & Diving Coach

Pat Ota, who has been serving as UNLV’s interim head coach since Ben Loorz departed for Arizona, has been given the job on a full-time basis.

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SMU Announces Roric Fink as New Associate Head Coach of Men’s Swimming

Roric Fink will return to SMU for his second stint, where he will work for head coach Greg Rhodenbaugh for the third time.

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The Next Miss America Beyond Caitlin Clark: Kate Douglass

Douglass’ performances at the U.S. Olympic Trials put her front and center of all American athletes competing at the Paris Olympics.

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Seine River Fails Another Water Quality Test With Just One Month Until Paris Olympics

E. coli levels were 10 times above acceptable limits on June 18 after another month of heavy rainfall sent untreated sewage into the Seine River.

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FanDuel Releases Olympic Betting Odds for 100 Freestyle; Pan, O’Callaghan Favored to Win

Chinese world record holder Pan Zhanle is favored at next month’s Olympics in the men’s 100 free (-180 odds) ahead of Rio 2016 champion Kyle Chalmers (+300).

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Oldest, Youngest, Zodiacs, and Birthday Twins on the 2024 US Olympic Swim Team

Chris Guiliano (left) and Luke Hobson (right) were born on the same fateful day in 2003, rewriting American middle distance history.

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París 2024: delegación de Paraguay en la natación de los Juegos Olímpicos (oficial)

En ambos casos consiguieron el cupo por las cuotas de Universalidad de la World Aquatics, con la particularidad de que residen en Estados Unidos.

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SEC ‘B’ Finalist Sam Brown Transferring From Missouri To South Carolina

Brown spent two seasons with Missouri and made the SEC ‘B’ final of the 100 backstroke this past season.

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Butterflyer Davina Huang Verbally Commits to Harvard for 2025-26

Santa Clara Swim Club’s Davina Huang is set to swim for the Harvard Crimson beginning in the 2025-26 school year.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 6/28/2024

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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Fluidra Race Video Of The Week: Caeleb Dressel Leads Strong 4×100 Free Relay To Paris

7-time Olympic gold medalist, Caeleb Dressel, has been on a long road back to sprinting prominence. In the men’s 100 freestyle final…

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The 2024 Olympic Preview SwimSwam Magazine With The Walsh Sisters Cover Is Ready To Ship

At 196 pages SwimSwam’s Olympic Preview is the biggest magazine in the world covering competitive swimming. This is an issue you will want to keep for years.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Walsh’s World Record, Men’s 100 Free Final Biggest U.S. Trials Highlights

Gretchen Walsh’s world record in the 100 fly was clearly SwimSwam reader’s favorite moment of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.

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Adriana Owen Named Head Swim & Dive Coach At Wheaton College

Owen is already familiar with coaching in the NEWMAC conference after spending the last five years on the coaching staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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arena Swim of the Week: Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi Drops Big For 14:48 1500 Free In France

At the French Elite Championships, the 19-year-old pulled away from David Aubry and Damien Joly to win the mile in 14:48.69, dropping more than 21 seconds.

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