The Powerlist

Arizona State Picks Up Win Over Nothern Arizona In Final 2016 Meet

Meet Stats Complete Results Hosted by Arizona State December 16, 2016 Score Arizona State 172, Northern Arizona 114 Press Release…

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Cal Swims To Victory Over San Jose State 178-113

Meet Stats Complete results Hosted by Cal December 21, 2016 Score Cal 178, San Jose State 113 Press Release Courtesy…

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The Top 16 Swimming Stories of 2016

The New Year is upon us! So we at SwimSwam are wrapping up our 2016 Swammy Awards with a look back at the 16 biggest stories of the year 2016.

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SwimMom Musings: Dear Swimmer

We are swim coaches and parents everywhere who are longing for the chance to see you race again, hide out in the locker room from a tough set, or leave your wet towels everywhere. We are used to getting up at 4 am and we secretly love it.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

Hungarian iron lady Katinka Hosszu wasted no time redeeming herself after missing the 400 IM podium in 2012.

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The Top 20 Most-Read SwimSwam Stories of 2016

The year 2016 was dominated by the Rio Olympic Games and a host of stories surrounding them – qualifying meets, doping suspensions and athlete scandals in Rio. We’ve counted down the 16 most important overarching stories of the year, but what individual single-post stories gained the most traction in readership?

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The Top 20 Most-Commented SwimSwam Stories of 2016

SwimSwam published well over 11,000 stories in the year 2016. Some skated by without comment from readers, but some spurred…

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Adam Peaty erhält Orden von der englischen Königin Elisabeth II.

Olympiasieger Adam Peaty wird von Königin Elisabeth II. mit dem Verdienstorden “Member of the order of the British Empire” ausgezeichnet….

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New FINA Bylaws Take Effect Jan. 1

With the coming of the new year comes the installation of FINA’s updated bylaws, as decided by the swimming federation earlier this year.

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FINA Holds Development Clinic in Palestine

As part of FINA’s development program, FINA representative John Stathis conducted a development clinic for Palestinian coaches in Ramallah, Palestine October 29th through…

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Spain’s RFEN Hires New Technical Staff, Vergnoux Gets Promoted

La Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN), Spain’s National Governing Body for aquatic sports, will welcome in the new year…

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Adam Peaty Earns Queen’s MBE Honors

Adam Peaty is on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for 2016.

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12/31/16 In Briefs: Belmonte Magazine Cover, Chupkov Military Oath

Catch up on smaller swim news stories from around the world in this edition of ‘In Briefs.’

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Michael Phelps #2 On Short List Of Most Marketable U.S. Athletes

Michael Phelps sits only behind Peyton Manning as the most marketable athlete in the U.S., according to Nielsen.

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Natalie Coughlin Wins The NFL Celebrity Fantasy Football League

After a dicey regular season of fantasy football, Olympic Gold Medalist Natalie Coughlin’s team surged in the playoffs of the NFL Celebrity Fantasy Football League to emerge victorious for the 2016 season.

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