The Powerlist

Amy Bilquist Reflects on the Death of Her Coach Ryan Kent

Former US National Teamer Amy Bilquist has penned a memoriam to the coach who helped her fall in love with swimming as an age grouper.

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3 Reasons Why Swim Parents Are Happy and Positive

In a thin book, thick with advice, called 11 Habits of Happy and Positive Sports Parents, sports parenting expert Janis B. Meredith explores why some parents sit in the stands happy while others are negative and complaining. Here are three of my favorite habits from her list of 11 habits of happy sports parents.

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Katie Ledecky, Lilly King Speak at White House Anti-Doping Summit

Olympians Katie Ledecky and Lilly King were among the group of athletes to speak at an “emergency” anti-doping summit Wednesday.

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World Champion Laszlo Cseh to Compete at Energy for Swim 2018

World Champion Laszlo Cseh has been confirmed as a participant for Energy for Swim 2018

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Avance: ausencias importantes en la Copa del mundo de Pekín

La etapa de Pekín de la Copa del mundo contará con superestrellas como Katinka Hosszu, Sarah Sjostrom o Michael Andrew. Sin embargo presentará bajas importantes como la de Chad Le Clos, Mireia Belmonte o Jianjiahe Wang.

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9x NH State Champ Hannah Lord Verbally Commits to Lehigh

Seacoast Swimming Association and Exeter High School’s Hannah Lord has verbally committed to Lehigh University for 2019-20.

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BYU’s Gustafson, Ogunfeibo Earn MPSF Weekly Honors

BYU freshman swimmer Gwen Gustafson and senior swimmer Kunmi Ogunfeibo earned the MPSF/TYR Athlete of the Week awards after impressive racing at the Liberty Invite.

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Pyeongchang Olympics Organizing Committee Sees $55 Million Surplus

Organizers of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea are touting a $55 million surplus for the organizing…

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CSP Tideriders’ Mitchell, Snyder and Mather Make Verbal Commitments

CSP Tideriders’ Paige Mitchell, Bella Snyder, and Maddie Mather have recently committed to swim in college.

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UNLV Takes on Utah, BYU at Jim Reitz Pool on Friday, Saturday

The UNLV swimming and diving team will host a pair of former Mountain West rivals at the Jim Reitz Pool at UNLV this weekend, taking on Utah and BYU on Friday and Saturday respectively.

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Becker, Gridley, Boissier Garner Big Ten Men’s Weekly Honors

Minnesota’s Bowe Becker, Northwestern’s Ryan Gridley and Penn State’s Hector Garcia Boissier earned the Big Ten’s weekly swimming and diving awards.

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Poder ruso en los YOG 2018

Los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud, Buenos Aires 2018, han llegado a su final dejando muchas opiniones y estadísticas, tan…

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A Swim Mom’s Memory of the First Meet

My son missed his first event and the official in white scratched him out of his only other one. Then he was lectured by the meet administrator. “Wow. This is harsh! Not at all like T-Ball,” I thought.

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Beryl Gastaldello Speaks Candidly on Mental Health Issues, Training with A&M Men (Video)

Beryl Gastaldello has had a whirlwind year, both in and out of the pool. Ironically, her best year in the pool was her worst year out of the pool.

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Liberty’s Herich, Robinson CCSA Weekly Honors

After standout performances at the 2018 All-American Celebration Meet, Liberty redshirt sophomore Mikayla Herich and freshman Olivia Robinson have been honored by the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) with weekly honors.

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