The Powerlist

2015 Art Adamson Invitational Will Feature Long Course Prelims

One of the most interesting showdowns here could be the race between Brock Bonetti and UGA’s Tynan Stewart in the backstrokes.

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Schedule for London 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships Released

Over 900 athletes are expected to compete at the last major aquatics event prior to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor is excited at the prospect of completing her own personal first.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Ruck Rattles Jr World Record At Day 3 Finals

Canada’s Taylor Ruck broke her own meet record and moved to within a tenth of the junior world record in finals of the 100 free, then helped Canada win gold in the mixed 4×100 free relay.

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NCAA Host Georgia Tech Releases 2015-2016 Schedule

Four home weekends and serving as the host site of the 2016 NCAA Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships highlight Georgia Tech’s 2015-2016 schedule released Tuesday.

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2024 Los Angeles Olympic Swimming Venue Would Be New Soccer Stadium

Organizers of the Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Olympic Games have released their proposed venue plans, including a brand-new soccer stadium that would house the swimming & diving events.

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Atherton, Australia dominating world backstrokes after another Jr World title

With Minna Atherton’s second backstroking gold medal in Singapore, the Australian women have now swept the Olympic distance backstroke races at Worlds and Junior Worlds.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 2 Highlights Video

Check out Maxime Rooney’s gold medal-winning 200m freestyle swim and all the other action from Day 2 at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

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Rikako Ikee Breaks Meet Record, Puts Scare On Junior World Record

Rikako Ikee of Japan broke the championship record in the women’s 50m butterfly Thursday night in order to take the top seed heading into finals and put a scare on the junior world record.

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Taylor Ruck Wins 100m Freestyle In Championship Record Timing

Taylor Ruck of Canada continued her sprint-freestyle domination at the 2015 Junior World championships, once again dipping under the 54-second mark in the 100 in order to claim gold in the final.

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Daniil Pakhomov Re-Breaks Own 100m Fly Championship Record To Win Gold

After breaking the championship record in the semifinals of the 100m butterfly, Daniil Pakhomov of Russia managed to do so again in order to claim gold in the final and better his time.

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Minna Atherton Breaks Championship Record In 200m Backstroke Final

Rising Australian backstroke talent Minna Atherton secured her second win of the 2015 junior world championships with a 200m backstroke victory in championship record timing.

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FINIS Launches The Posture Trainer

The Posture Trainer is a small, but mighty tool that can help improve head alignment for swimmers of all ages and abilities.

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7 Reasons Why Tracking Your Practices is So Powerful

Elite swimmers know the value in tracking their training history. Here are 7 reasons tracking your practices will power you to fast swimming this year.

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CWPA Releases 2015 Men’s Varsity Preseason Polls

The University of California-Los Angeles, Whittier College and Brown University will open the 2015 men’s varsity season where they concluded the 2014 campaign – on top of the rankings.

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Chasing the Olympic Dream with Kristy Kowal

Kristy Kowal: “Two weeks before the 1996 Olympic Trials, I had broken the national high school record, unshaved and unrested, so I felt that I was on a great path to swimming fast. However, Trials was the absolute scariest meet I have ever been to.”

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