The Powerlist

Officials Push WADA to Implement Presidential Candidate Age Minimum of 45

WADA did not deny that the proposal is under consideration, though they did not initiate the discussion.

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3x WIAA Division 1 State Champ Wes Jekel Verbally Commits to Wisconsin

Wes Jekel of West High School and Badger Aquatics Club in Madison, Wisconsin has sent a verbal commitment to the Badgers for 2019-20.

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2017 IHSA 100 Fly Runner-Up Julia Heimstead Sends Verbal to Arizona

As a sophomore last season, Heimstead was part of the Normal Community HS team that placed 4th at the 2017 IHSA State Championships in November.

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Avance Copa del mundo de Tokyo: Hosszu y Efimova se acercan a Sjostrom

La Copa del mundo continúa en Tokyo y Katinka Hosszu buscará de nuevo el asalto al trono de Sjostrom. Se incorporan estrellas como Kyle Chalmers, James Guy, Rikke Moller Pedersen y Marco Koch.

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Hong Kong National Teamer Katii Tang Sends Verbal to Michigan

Hong Kong’s Katii Tang has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Michigan.

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Red Flash Women Top Vulcans in Keystone Showdown

At a midweek home meet, the Saint Francis Red Flash swim team won a decisive win over the Vulcans of California University of Pennsylvania by the score of 154-72.

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BYU’s Sorenson Tabbed as MPFS Athlete of the Week

BYU senior swimmer Payton Sorenson claimed the MPSF/TYR Athlete of the Week award for his leading performances in the dual meet against UNLV.

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2018-2019 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: November Edition

As in previous years, SwimSwam’s Power Rankings are somewhere between the CSCAA-style dual meet rankings and a pure prediction of NCAA finish order….

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Olympic Gold Medalist Jack Conger Joins UVA Post-Grad Training Group

Conger grew up about 2-and-a-half hours from Charlottesville. He’s been named a member of the 2018 and 2019 US World Championship teams.

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Top NCAA D1 Men Lag Behind Last Year

We’re a more than a month into the men’s NCAA season and nearly every championship relevant team has competed multiple…

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Versatile Sam Rennard Makes Verbal Pledge to Nittany Lions

Red Bank YMCA’s Sam Rennard has verbally committed to Penn State for 2019-20.

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Ball State Hires Miami All-American Kelsi Hall as New Assistant

Kelsi Hall swam for new Ball State head coach J. Agnew in high school.

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Ten Ways to Make Swimming a Bigger and Better Sport

In 1996, shortly after the Olympic Games of Atlanta, I wrote an article with the same title as this one. I will recap the original 10 suggestions now and provide an assessment of where we are today with new suggestions on how we might make swimming a bigger and better sport.

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Conner Snare Joins Michigan State as New Mid-Season Assistant Coach

Anderson University head men’s and women’s swimming coach Conner Snare has resigned to take a job as the assistant coach at…

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Michigan’s Swanson, Ohio State’s Fielding Honored by Big Ten

Michigan’s Charlie Swanson was tabbed as Big Ten Swimmer of the Week, while Ohio State’s Jacob Fielding garnered Diver and Freshman of the Week nods.

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