The Powerlist

Watch Race Videos from Day 3 of 2019 FINA World Junior Championships

Watch some of the racing from Day Three of 2019 World Junior Championships, thanks to James Foster who is in Budapest this week.

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Croatia Gets On The Board, But America Dominates World Junior Medals

America holds on to its medal lead after 3 days of competition in Budapest, but other nations are seeing strong performances at these World Junior C’ships.

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2019 African Games: Erin Gallagher Takes Back South African 50 Fly Record

The 2019 African Games’ swimming competition kicked off with 20-year-old Erin Gallagher not wasting any time making her mark on the competition.

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Farida Osman, Oussama Sahnoune, Michael Houlie Get It Done In Africa

Egyptian World Championships medalist Farida Osman collected hardware through 2 days of swimming competition at the 2019 Africa Games in Morrocco.

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Mundial Junior día 3: Athena Meneses, 14 años, récord mexicano en 50 mariposa

Con un tiempo de 26.78, la mexicana de 14 años Athena Meneses se ha clasificado para la final mundialista de 50 mariposa y ha roto el récord de Lili Ibáñez.

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2019 FINA World Junior Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Russia’s Andrei Minakov is the top seed heading into the men’s 100 fly final on Day 3 of the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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Curtiss Becomes 3rd American 17-18-Year-Old Under 22-Second Barrier In 50 Free

David Curtiss hit his first-ever sub-22 second 50m freestyle at just 17 years of age, becoming just the 3rd American in his age group ever to do so.

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Gretchen Walsh Hops Over Manuel To Become 2nd Fastest 15-16 U.S. 100 Freestyler

16-year-old Gretch Walsh just dipped under the 54-second threshold in the women’s 100 free, making her the 2nd fastest American ever in her age group.

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#17 Matthew King Switches Verbal from Indiana to Alabama for 2020

King, one of the top sprinters in the entire class of 2024, had initially verbally committed to Indiana in January of this year.

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Ryan McMillan Goes Under Pair of Canadian 11-12 NAGs At BC Summer Provincials

Ryan McMillan unofficially broke a pair of Canadian 11-12 National Age Group Records at BC Summer Provincials in Kamloops.

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2019 World Junior Championships: Pancake Hot Take – Day 3 Finals

I was about to give this finals session 1 pancake. And then the mixed 400 free relay saved the day, and it bumped Day 3 up to…

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America Produces World Junior Record In Mixed 4×100 Free Relay

Luca Urlando led-off the United States’ mixed 4x100m free relay, helping the nation take gold in a new World Junior Record-setting performance.

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Legendary Georgia High School Coach Pete Higgins Dies at Age 86

Georgia high school coach and 2016 NISCA Hall of Fame inductee Robert Nash “Pete” Higgins died yesterday at the age of 86.

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17-Year-Old Jonathan Tan Takes Over Schooling’s 50 Free Singaporean Record

Jonathan Tan took over the men’s 50m free Singaporean National Record from Joseph Schooling en route to taking the 3rd seed at World Juniors.

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Neill Takes 800 Free Bronze And Becomes 7th Fastest Aussie Performer Ever

Australia’s Thomas Neill entered these Championships as a viable contender but has already established himself as a bona fide budding freestyle superstar. 

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