The Powerlist

Women’s 200 Free Sets Up as Highlight on Day 3 in Greensboro (HEAT SHEETS)

The women’s 200 free will feature a collision between Stanford training partners Katie Ledecky, who won the 400 free on Thursday, and Simone Manuel, who won the 100.

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Allison Schmitt Posts Time Faster Than 2019 World Champs Lead-Off in 100 Free

Allison Schmitt clocks 54.41 in the 100 LCM freestyle, faster than the lead-off leg at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Korea earlier this summer.

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Khader Baqlah Takes Down Jordanian 200 Fly NR In Greensboro

Khader Baqlah raced to a first place finish in the 200 fly B final at the Greensboro Pro Swim Series and set a Jordanian National Record.

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Watch Dean Farris’s 49.7 100 Free and Other Races From Greensboro Night Two

Farris posted a sub-50 swim of 49.74 in the 100 free, now the second-fastest American swim of the 2019-20 long course season.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Greensboro: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

World champ Simone Manuel was the top 100 free qualifier this morning, checking in at #8 in the world. She’ll challenge the PSS record of 53.12 tonight.

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Quinn Schaedler Changes 2020 Commitment from Michigan to Virginia

Austin, Texas freestyler Quinn Schaedler has verbally committed to the University of Virginia for 2020-21, after having first made a commitment to Michigan.

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Surkova Wins 100 Free, Sets Russian Record in 50 Fly on Day 3 of Russian Nats

Three women broke Russian records on day 3 of Short Course Russian Nats: Arina Surkova, Maria Kameneva and Anastasia Kirpichnikova.

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Nitro’s Jack Grieshop Gives Verbal Nod to UC San Diego for 2020

UC San Diego has earned a verbal commitment from Jack Grieshop for the 2020-21 school year.

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Russia: Fight Breaks Among Sports Leaders Over Doping Data Breach

Disputes erupted between Russian countrymen on Thursday during the World Conference On Doping In Sport in Katowice, Poland.

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2019 Nico Sapio Trophy Meet Preview – 5 Storylines To Follow

14-year-old Italian Record Holder Benedatta Pilato will be one of 18 Italian National Team members in action this weekend in Genoa.

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Saskatchewan, Canada Record Holder Michael McGillivray Commits to Cal

Michael McGillivray (above) comes from one of the biggest and broadest swimming families in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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WADA President-Elect Witold Banka Pushes for Corporate Funding

To extend WADA’s reach and efficacy, Banka is seeking help from corporations. WADA is currently funded by public bodies, like the IOC.

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Griffin Hadley, Member of Nation-Leading 400 Free Relay, Commits to Tennessee

Griffin Hadley was 4th at the Indiana HS State Championships as a sophomore in the 100 free – the only non-senior in the top 10 at that meet.

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David Fitch Posts 2 Nation-Leading Times as Denison and Kenyon Split DIII Dual

Fitch first won the 100 back, swimming a 49.76 to finish first, but also establishing the #1 time for DIII swimmers this season.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Greensboro: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The first full day of racing at the first stop of the 2019-2020 Pro Swim Series gets underway this morning in Greensboro.

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