The Powerlist

2016 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 11-12

Meghan Lynch and Ronald Dalmacio were the top 11-12 age groupers of the year for 2016.

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Leonard: Understanding Cultures And Changing FINA

John Leonard, an outspoken critic of FINA and founder of a rival swimming federation, has published a new open letter with his feelings on the current swimming governing body, alleging that FINA employees are compensated with lavish trips and lodging in exchange for keeping ideas for change and innovation quiet.

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College Swimming Round Up: 12/15/16-12/19/16

Final scores from this past weekends meets

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2016 Swammy Awards: Asia Female Swimmer Of The Year

Rie Kaneto proved that age is just a number this year with her gold medal-winning Rio performance at 27 years of age.

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Epic Showdowns: Ledecky vs. Adlington – London 2012 Olympic Games

In anticipation for the women’s 800 freestyle at the 2012 Olympics in London, commentators described the race as the “biggest moment in British swimming for who knows how long.”

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Rice Sweeps All 18 Swim Events A UIW Invitational

The Rice Owls won each of the six events on Monday to close out a three-day sweep of each of…

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Comparing Top Men’s NCAA Teams to Themselves Last Season

A simple way to get an idea of how strong a team is compared to previous years is to compare…

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Shouts From The Stands: Thank You Letter To My Teammates

SwimSwam welcomes reader submissions about all topics aquatic, and if it’s well-written and well-thought, we might just post it under…

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Michael Phelps Featured On 12th Sports Illustrated Cover

More than 12 years after first making it onto the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, Michael Phelps has made it a clean dozen, posing with all 23 Olympic gold medals for the cover of this week’s SI.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Ceccon Sets Pace For Italy’s Sprint Future

For Italy, the future is starting to look bright, in large part thanks to Thomas Ceccon.

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Swimmers Shatter Over A Dozen Records at 2016 NE Senior Champs

Several swimmers and relay teams shattered records at the 2016 New England Senior Championships last weekiend. Between the NE Records and RES Records that were broken, 15 total records went down.

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Indiana State Set Multiple School Records At Bearcat Invite

The Indiana State Sycamores may not have taken first in the Bearcat Invitational, which was the last meet that they…

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WATCH Thomas Ceccon Set Italian 15 & Under NAG With 50.4 100 LCM Free

Italian 15-year-old Thomas Ceccon had a big swim in the 100 free at the 2016 Italian Winter Open Championships.

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After 60 Years, Swimming Australia And Speedo Part Ways

After a 60-year partnership, Swimming Australia and swimwear company Speedo will be parting ways.

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