The Powerlist

British Swimming Launches Inaugural Awards

The nominees are Tom Daley, Rebecca Gallantree, Jack Laugher, Jessica-Jane Applegate, Ollie Hynd, Tully Kearney, James Guy, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Adam Peaty.

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College Swimming Previews: #12 Indiana Men Building On Young Team

Head Coach Ray Looze brought in another large freshman class and is hoping to build off of their 12th place finish at the NCAA Championships last season.

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Pitchfork Aquatics Joins USA Swimming, Will Operate out of ASU’s Pool

Bob Bowman will run Pitchfork Aquatics’ pro team, though it’s not yet clear if the pro/non-ASU swimmers will represent the club formally in competition.

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Celebration of Life Planned for Sept. 4 for Former CSU Coach Arbini

A Celebration of Life is planned for Friday, Sept. 4, for former Colorado State swimming and diving coach Morry Arbini.

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Commentary: Is the Rule that FINA is Interpreting Even Necessary?

Is the rule that makes Ryan Lochte’s IM technique illegal even necessary? Video Courtesy: Universal Sports.

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Australian Age Records Drop Like Flies In Singapore

Its been an Australian Age record breaking night at the World Junior championships in Singapore. Getting in on the action…

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5 Unfortunate Swim Meet Moments

Swim meets are always fodder for some sort of folly or story. With many swimmers making a career of swimming for life, most of these moments are sure to have happened once to them or to someone they know.

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Fa’Amausili Nabs New Zealand National Record in 50 Backstroke

Fa’Amausili lost her World Junior Record in the 50m backstroke, but gained a New Zealand National Record in today’s racing.

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Arizona St. Completing Renovations on Swimming Pool, Lobby to Begin Bowman Era

Bob Bowman traded in his NBAC red for Arizona State maroon this month as he officially made the move to Tempe, Arizona.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Gunes wins 100 breast, 200 IM golds on day 4

Turkish star Viktoria Zeynep Gunes completed a tough double at day 4 finals, winning gold in the 100 breast and 200 IM – her second and thrid golds of the meet so far.

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Rooney’s 1:46.5 Split Leads Team USA To JR World Record In 4×200 Free Relay

Maxime Rooney (left) and Grant Shoults (right) put up key splits as the American men smashed the junior world record in the 4×200 free relay.

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Ukranian ex-pat Gunes breaking new ground for Turkey with first 3 world golds

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes was forced to flee the Ukraine when Russia invaded last year. Now she’s won the first-ever world-level gold medals for her new home nation of Turkey.

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Minna Atherton Breaks Junior World 50 Back Record Again In Semifinals

The hot streak continues for Australia’s Minna Atherton at the 2015 Junior World Championships. The 15-year-old broke yet another junior world record, going 27.92 out of semifinals in the 50 back.

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2015 FINA JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO

Re-watch your favorite races from day 3 at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

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Anton Chupkov Downs Another World Juniors Meet Record In 200 Breast

Anton Chupkov overtakes his own meet record in the 200m breaststroke at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

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