The Powerlist

Duke Jumps Into 2018 Recruiting with Early Verbal from Melissa Pish

Melissa Pish, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from Normal Community West High School in Normal, Illinois, has announced her verbal commitment to Duke University for the 2018-19 season.

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5 Storylines, All the Links You Need for the 2016 US Winter Jrs West

The kingpin college recruit as a monster in sprint free, back, and fly, Arizona native Ryan Hoffer is the biggest name at this meet.

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5 Storylines, All the Links You Need for the 2016 US Winter Jrs East

Carmel’s Drew Kibler owns three top seeds in this week’s US Junior National Championships (East).

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Potomac Marlins’ Hannah Hale Signs NLI with Davis & Elkins Senators

Hannah Hale, of Potomac Marlins and Lake Braddock High School in Burke, Virginia, has signed a National Letter of Intent to swim for the Davis & Elkins Senators next year.

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Gunnar Schmidt Has Interim Tag Removed as Head Coach at Club Wolverine

Club Wolverine in Ann Arbor, Michigan has promoted Gunnar Schmidt to head coach, after an approximately 5-month tenure as the team’s…

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Stanford Coach Kostoff swam 4:16 500 free at 16 Years Old – Video

Jeff Kostoff, swimming legend, swam 4:16 500 in 1983 in high school. The record stood for 30 years. Now Jeff’s the Assistant Coach at Stanford, revving up the distance crew. With a mean crew of 500 talent like Grant Shoults (pictured above), Jeff plans to make a big dent in the NCAA final next March.

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Rising Star Josh Prenot Joins adidas

Josh Prenot – one of the hottest young swim talents in the world – has today joined the impressive roster of adidas athletes.

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4 Tips On How To Be A Great Swim Parent

We try our best at swim parenting and I don’t know a single swim parent who wants to be the reason our kids get stressed or want to quit.

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Melanie Margalis, Omar Pinzon Win U.S. Winter Nats High Point Awards

With 3 wins, Melanie Margalis was the female High Point Award winner in spite of not swimming in the last session of the meet.

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Kenyon College Men And Women Earn NCAC Swimmer Of The Week

For the second time this season, Kenyon College senior Arthur Conover was declared the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimmer of…

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Breeja Larson shares inspiring story about teammates from 2016 Trials

After winning a national championship this weekend, Breeja Larson reflected what her life has consisted of since the 2016 Olympic Trials

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Cornell Men Take First At Zippy Invitational

The Cornell men’s swimming and diving team took first at the Akron Zippy Invitational on Sunday afternoon at Ocasek Natatorium….

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Maya DiRado: Moments like this are really special (Video)

Swimswam got to check in with Maya at the AT&T Winter Nats over the weekend, that were hosted in Maya’s new home of Atlanta

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TYR Sport Signs 2016 Olympian Jacob Pebley

TYR Sport is proud to announce the signing of 2016 Olympian Jacob Pebley to its roster of sponsored athletes.

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Leonard: The Path To Clean Swimming

Critical of how FINA and the IOC have governed swimming, particularly in terms of doping punishment and prevention, John Leonard has proposed a bold move for athletes: separating from FINA and the IOC until changes are made in how the governing bodies operate.

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