The Powerlist

Planned Design for Belmont Pool Projects 2020 Completion at Earliest

Thanks to Lucy Johnson for contributing to this report. At a public meeting of the city council on Saturday, The City…

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Brittany MacLean Throws Down Third Fastest 800 Free This Season

Brittany MacLean has been throwing down faster freestyle times all week long here at the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto, and just put up the third fastest 800m freestyle in the world this year.

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Penny Oleksiak Takes Half-Second Off World Junior Record At 15-Years-Old

Saying that Penny Oleksiak has been on fire this meet is the understatement of the year; after a Canadian record in the 100m butterfly and making the Olympic squad at just 15, Oleksiak took a huge half-a-second off the world junior record.

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2016 Canadian Paralympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Day five finals recap of the Canadian Paralympic Trials.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Penny Oleksiak will seek her third individual event for the Olympics tonight in the 100 free, coming into tonight as the top seed.

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Schuyler Bailar Profiled by 60 Minutes Tomorrow (April 10th)

Since joining the Harvard men’s swim team in the fall of 2015, Schuyler Bailar has been blazing the trail as the first openly transgender Division 1 NCAA Swimmer.

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Indiana Water Polo: Schroeder Scores Four as Indiana Downs Harvard

The Hoosiers held off a late charge by Harvard to secure their first CWPA win of the season, a 10-7 victory over the No. 13 Crimson. Candyce Schroeder led five Hoosiers on the score sheet with four goals, and Karrie Kozokar netted her fourth hat trick of the season.

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Ashley Twichell on 10K National Championship (Video Interview)

a tight finish between six swimmers gave way to USA’s Ashley Twichell for the win

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Indiana Water Polo: Defense Holds Down Stretch for Win Over Princeton

With only a minute and a half gone from the fourth quarter, the Hoosiers clung to a one-goal lead over Princeton. Up to this point, Indiana was 14-1 when leading after three quarters, but it would take a fortuitous defensive effort to keep the Tigers at bay.

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Canadian Divers Take Four Titles in Gatineau

The team of Canada collected four gold medals in the fourth leg of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2016, held in Gatineau (CAN) from April 7-10. China, the diving powerhouse, was slightly better than the locals, getting five titles out of the 10 events contested in the competition.

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Swim Cup Eindhoven, finals recap day 4

2016 EINDHOVEN SWIM CUP (DUTCH CHAMPIONSHIPS) Wednesday April 6th-Sunday April 10th Prelims -12:00 pm local (6:00 am EDT/3:00 am PDT); Finals…

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7 Things Swimmers Need to Know About Staying Motivated

It’s not enough that we spend hours upon hours in the water endlessly testing the limits of our physical capabilities, we also need to subject ourselves to the mental tug-of-war that comes along with it.

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Australian Championships: Day Three Live Recap

Mitch Larkin continues to chase Peirsol’s records while Emily Seebohm rocks another sub-59 swim.

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WATCH: Coleman Allen Ready To Rock In 100 Fly Final

Coleman Allen is in a great position to make his first Olympic team after finishing the morning prelims as the second seed heading towards tonight’s final.

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Phelps, Lochte, Hagino, Cseh: A Look At Rio’s Potential 200 IM Final

With Kosuke Hagino’s monster 1:55.07 200 IM at today’s Japanese Olympic Trials, one can’t help but look at what this event’s potentially legendary final may look like in Rio.

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