The Powerlist

Katie Ledecky Blasts 4:26.43 500 Free During Florida-Georgia Dual, #5 Performance All-Time

Ledecky has posted two of the top five performance all-time now during 2025, as she swam the #3 performance back in January during another Florida dual meet.

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Warren Central Girls, Boys Win First State Titles at Mississippi Class II State Championships

Central left the pool with two trophies as the girls and boys each won titles. The girls’ team were co-champions along with West Jones High School.

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Saint Andrews Episcopal Sweeps Titles In Dominant Fashion at Mississippi Class I Championships

The girls’ team won six of eight individual events and all three relays, while the boys’ team won every event at the meet to win going away.

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University Of Wisconsin Adds Multi-Event Talent Brynn Sundell To Its Class Of 2031

Brynn Sundell of Middleton, Wisconsin has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of Wisconsin, starting in the fall of 2027.

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Josh Liendo Throws Down 43.87 100 Butterfly As Florida Sweeps Georgia

Liendo’s best time is a 43.06 that he swam to win the event at the 2025 NCAA Championships. He holds the top time in the NCAA this season.

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Canadian Distance Freestyler Paige Stepanoff Commits To South Carolina For Fall 2027

Paige Stepanoff, a freestyler from Toronto, Canada, has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of South Carolina.

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Freestyle Prodigy Luka Mijatovic, #1 In Boys’ High School Class of 2027, Commits To Texas

Mijatovic, one of the best recruits in recent memory and a National Age Group Record-breaking machine, is headed in Austin in the fall of 2027.

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New SwimSwam Feature: Our Commitment Databases Are Now Available on the Site

Now you can access our master databases for the current recruiting classes whenever you want – you’ll find them under the COLLEGE tab on the homepage.

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Florida’s Josh Liendo Fires 18.6 50 Free Days after 100 Fly SCM WR in First Day of Dual Vs UGA

Liendo showed no signs of slowing down after his historic performance at the World Cup in Toronto, blasting an 18.68 50 free and 19.69 50 fly against Georgia.

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Gretchen Walsh After World Cup: “There’s a lot of things I’ve become hungry for”

After a hard block of fall training, Walsh had been unsure where she would be at the start of the circuit and did have some promising results

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SwimSwam Pulse: 84.7% Pick McKeown v. Smith As Sport’s Best Female Rivalry

Kaylee McKeown and Regan Smith have been consistently raising the bar in the women’s backstroke, with McKeown winning most of the head-to-head battles.

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The Tide Swells as Alabama Adds 2026 BOTR Breaststroker Gunnar Hansen to its Roster Next Fall

Hansen will add his talents to Alabama next fall, as they look to rebuild their breaststroke group after graduating their fastest two 100 swimmers.

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Madison Central Girls Continue Dynasty, Tupelo Boys win at Mississippi Class III Championships

The Tupelo boys team captured its first state title since 2019, while the Madison Central girls squad won its 12th straight state title.

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Carson Foster on 400 Free LCM: “If there’s any summer to test it, maybe this one”

Foster has been putting more of an emphasis on longer freestyle training this season so far and has enjoyed training and racing the longer events

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arena Swim of the Week: Daniel Gracik Pops 22.48 50 Fly For New Czech Record

Three days after his 21st birthday, Gracik, racing for the first time in 10 months, lowered his Czech Record in the SCM 50 fly by two-tenths in 22.48.

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