The Powerlist

2019-2020 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Rankings: February Edition

IU is rising, Florida is falling. Who else is on the move in our latest edition of NCAA Power Rankings heading into Conference Championship season?

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Baker Busts Out Near-Lifetime Best 200 IM To Open FFN Golden Tour – Nice

America’s Kathleen Baker put on a show during the women’s 200m IM, putting up the 2nd best time of her career while competing in Nice.

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U.S. Olympic Trials Women’s 50 Free Projection: GMM presented by SwimOutlet.com

Making the U.S. Olympic Team is all about timing, and Erika Brown is peaking in the right year. Who will make the Olympic Team in the 50m free at US Trials?

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Club Wolverine’s Sydney Stricklin Sends Verbal to Kentucky for 2021

At the Winter Junior Championships – East in December, Stricklin made it to the 100 free B-final, clocking a 50.70 to take 15th.

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Farber Splits 18.8 as Denver Beats Air Force in Sprint Meet

Sid Farber was one of the standouts of the meet. He started off the meet with an 18.87 anchor split on Denver’s 200 medley relay.

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Francis Doubles as UCSD Beats Town Rival USD

Sophie Francis put up a pair of wins for UCSD. She delivered her first win in the 200 free, narrowly edging out teammate  Juli Arzave.

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Toledo Leads Bowling Green by Just 4 Points Through Day 1 of Rivalry Dual Meet

Daisy Platts put up a highlight swim for Bowling Green in the 100 back. She won in 55.28, marking the 10th fastest time in program history.

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Lots O’ Cash On Offer As We Rank Top 3 Japanese Records Most Likely To Fall

As with the upcoming Konami Open, the Japanese Olympic Trials will also be offering cash prizes for broken records. But, which ones are likely to go down?

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Andrea Toniato Lascia Il Nuoto Agonistico: Elogio Alla Dedizione

Andrea Toniato un giorno mi ha spiegato cosa mi piace del nuoto. Eravamo a Praga, Eurojunior del 2009 e ho capito che non si può dare nulla per scontato.

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Vladimir Salnikov: Olympic Ban Criteria Should Apply To Everyone

Russian Swim Federation President Vladimir Salnikov said last week that all nations should face the same criteria when it comes to Olympic anti-doping bans.

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Bucknell, UC San Diego Host Tournaments to Headline Women’s Water Polo Week 4

The women’s collegiate water polo season continues with the spotlight turning to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and La Jolla, California, for two tournaments.

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Dolfin Swim of the Week: Venema’s 22.3 Powers Princeton Over Yale in HYP

Venema cut more than half a second in her 100 free, and about four tenths in the 50 free, putting herself in the mix for NCAA invites in her rookie campaign.

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Racing Into Your Turns (Part 1 of 2-Part Flip Turn Series)

Most swimmers are given lots of training on the fundamentals of their turns. However, there are 2 turn problems that get worse with endless practices

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SwimSwam Pulse: 66% Pick UVA To Win Women’s ACCs, 23% Pick NC State

Our latest poll: two-thirds of voters picked the Virginia Cavaliers to knock off NC State for this year’s ACC Women’s title.

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Shaffer, Baker Hit Best Times as Pitt and Ohio State Square off in SCY and LCM

Maddie Shaffer was one of the standouts for the Pitt women. She hit a new lifetime best as she won the 200 meter butterfly.

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