The Powerlist

SwimSwam Pulse: 46% Predict 3-4 U.S. Open Records Will Fall At NCAA Meets

Maggie MacNeil was the only swimmer, man or woman, to set an all-time record at last season’s NCAA Championship meets.

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Venue Snippets From 2022 Budapest World Championships

Take stock of some of the unique information surrounding the venues to be used for the 2022 FINA Aquatic World Championships

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Auburn Adds Breaststroker Britton Spann to Freshman Class of 2023

Dynamo Swim Club’s Britton Spann, a current high school junior, will complete a trio of strong breaststrokers in Auburn’s class of 2027 verbal commitments.

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The 2022 Men’s NCAA Championship Pick ‘Em Contest Is Here!

Will Nicolas Albiero repeat as NCAA champ in the men’s 200 fly? Guess right and you could win some prizes courtesy of GMX7 in the SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest.

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After Rule Keeps Him Out of NCAAs, Remi Fabiani Wins 50 Free at NIC Champs

An NCAA rule about teams moving from Division II to Division I kept Remi Fabiani out of this year’s NCAA Championships, but he’s making the most of his NIC bid.

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USA Swimming Grows Community Impact Grant Program

USA Swimming has renewed grants for 11 of the inaugural programs from 2021 and will support an additional nine clubs to underserved communities.

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arena Swim of the Week: Summer McIntosh’s Mind-Boggling 4:29.12 400 IM

Giving the 15-year-old Canadian’s monumental performance some historical perspective as she launches into #3 on the all-time performers’ list.

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2022 NCAA Division II Women’s Championships – Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

NSU’s Savanna Best is top seed in the 100 breast, whose prelims will take place Friday morning along with the 500 free, 100 back, and 200 fly.

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2022 NCAA Division II Men’s Championships – Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Day Three prelims session will consist of heats of the men’s 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, and 200 fly, where Jack Lustig of McKendree is the #2 seed.

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Japanese Worlds Team Headed To Mare Nostrum

Key swimmers on the Japanese national team are headed to the 2022 Mare Nostrum tour in May, marking the first time in three years they’ll have participated.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 3/11/2022

This edition of Weekly Wonders includes some standout swims from 16-year-old Colin Zhang, who now sits 22nd all-time in the boys’ 15-16 200 breaststroke.

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Miami Hurricanes Sign Coach Andy Kershaw To Three-Year Contract Extension

Kershaw, who is in his ninth year at the helm of the Hurricanes swimming program, has guided Miami through a steady ascension since arriving in 2013.

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18-Year-Old Kohen Rankin Drops 9 Seconds to Win 200 BR at Columbia Sectionals

Rankin took the race in 1:56.35, taking over 9 seconds off his previous best of 2:05.54.

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Sean Binning Returns From Lifesaving Emergency Brain Surgery To Win MAAC Diver of the Year

After being in a coma for 18 days and having to re-learn basic human functions in 2019, Binning was named the 2022 MAAC Men’s Diver of the Year.

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Olympian Fantine Lesaffre on Training with NC State, Struggling with Burnout

Fantine takes us through what it’s like to train with the wolfpack and how it is radically different from her old training base in France.

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