The Powerlist

Tupelo Sectional Finishes With Personal Bests, First-Ever Swims

Jaqueline Turner took the women’s 100 free, breaking 1:00 for the first time ever with a 59.68.

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Holloway, Desorbo, Looze & Bottom To Coach ACC/Big Ten Challenge Teams

Coaching staffs are taking shape for the inaugural ACC/Big Ten Challenge, with Braden Holloway and Todd Desorbo to lead the ACC All-Stars and Ray Looze and Mike Bottom heading the Big Ten All-Stars.

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Ryosuke Irie Talks Bowman Training Camp with ASU, UGA Men (Video)

Justin Ress had the slight lead at the 50 in 25.80 (with Irie at 25.87), before the three-time Olympic medalist from Japan charged back in 27.21 to take the win by just over two tenths

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1960 NCAA Champion and U.S. Olympian Bruce Hunter Dies at 79

Bruce Hunter had a roller-coaster of a swimming career that included a 4th-place finish in the most controversial Olympic swimming race of all-time.

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King, Finnerty Named IU Athletes of the Year

The Indiana University Department of Athletics announced on Monday that senior women’s swimmer Lilly King, senior swimmer Ian Finnerty and men’s soccer’s Grant Lillard have been named IU’s 2017-18 Athletes of the Year.

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Anastasia Sorokina Breaks 34-Year Old Russian Youth Record

Anastasia Sorokina (middle) broke a 34-year old Russian Junior girls’ record in swimming.

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Predicting Tokyo: SwimSwam International Olympians Draft, Part 1

Which swimmers do we expect to dominate in Tokyo? How do we value up and coming swimmer’s chances? Do we expect aging stars to win more medals or fall off?

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Montevallo Hires Buffalo Assistant Mahaney as First Head Coach

The University of Montevallo Athletics Department is pleased to announce Aaron Mahaney as the first head coach for the Falcons’ men’s and women’s swimming programs.

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Happy But Never Satisfied: Balancing Academics and Athletics (Video)

Dan is a Boston College presidential scholar, an ACC postgraduate scholarship recipient, and a two-time Boston College scholar-athlete of the year

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Rikako Ikee Diversifies With World’s 6th Fastest 200 IM

Already the World Junior Record holder in the 200m IM,Japan’s Rikako Ikee sent a message that she’s ready to take on the senior ranks in this event.

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Reece Whitley Talks Taper Time, Staying Honest with Training (Video)

While Reece Whitley dipped under 1:01 for the first time this year in 1:00.78, he’s looking forward to resting for Nationals

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International Testing Agency Kicks Off Anti-Doping Efforts in Lausanne

With the slogan “Keeping Sports Real,” the ITA will aim to act independently of any sports organization or national interest.

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Smith, Kalisz Secure Pro Swim Series Leads In Columbus, Nats Remain

Leah Smith took over the Pro Swim Series points lead from absent Melanie Margalis, while Chase Kalisz expanded his lead over Zane Grothe with just one Pro Swim Series scoring event remaining.

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Ali DeLoof Took 4 Months off to Focus on Grad School (Video)

Ali Deloof has been managing grad school, student teaching, and elite-level training all year, just recently finding the time to incorporate doubles into her practices

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Yet Again, Krayzelburg Wins SwimSquad Title in Columbus, Leads By 53

The KrayzelburgSquad has won its fourth-straight SwimSquad meet with a 10-point victory in Columbus. Krayzelburg has now won five of the six stops and leads the series by 53 points.

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