The Powerlist

Barrington’s Kirsten Jacobsen wins twice to close Iowa City Sectionals

Barrington, Illinois 17-year-old Kirsten Jacobsen capped off a successful Iowa City Sectional meet with double wins on the final day, winning the shortest and longest events of the session.

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Suffield Academy Threepeats in Girls New England Prep Division I Meet

Suffield’s girls team made it three titles in a row while their boys’ team was a three peat runner up in the New England Prep Division I championship

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2015 W. NCAA Picks: Reaney looks to repeat in 200 breast, but tough field has caught up

With American record holder (and last year’s champion) Emma Reaney seeded in fourth place by over two seconds, this year’s 200 yard breaststroke could go to anyone.

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Georgia women add diver Olivia Ball, drop freshman Stephanie Peters from NCAA team

The two-time defending NCAA champion Georgia Bulldogs have made one final roster adjustment heading into this week’s NCAA Championships, swapping out freshman distance swimmer Stephanie Peters for SEC Champion diver Olivia Ball.

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2015 NCSA Junior National Championships – All the Links You’ll Need

Follow along on SwimSwam and via our Twitter handle @SwimSwamLive as we bring you up-to-the-minute coverage of the 2015 NCSA Spring Championships.

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Shouts From the Stands: Why My Swim Team is Different than a Fraternity or a Sorority

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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Shout From the Stands: Why I Swim at Georgetown

“Coach Jamie Holder has been an excellent coach for the university. In his tenure here, only 5 years, swimmers have broken every single record on the Georgetown record board.”

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Final Day of Western Sectionals Recap

FEDERAL WAY, Washington – The King Aquatic Club’s killer relays finished the Western Section Sectionals (held March 11-15) by qualifying for…

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Russian Vitaly Melnikov banned for two years after positive doping test from 2013 Euros

FINA has officially banned Russian swimmer Vitaly Melnikov for two years and stripped him of two European Championships medals for a failed drug test at the 2013 Short Course European Championships.

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VIDEO: Watch Highlights of Towson Tigers’ Third-Straight Conference Championship

The Towson Tigers won their 3rd-straight conference championship meet in 2015.

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Divers Help Purdue Men Get a Relay Entry to NCAA Championship Meet

Lyam Dias (above) and the Purdue Boilermakers are now eligible to swim the 200 medley relay at the NCAA Championships.

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Ocean County College’s Swim Program Set to Dissolve Effective August 2015

“Ocean County College has also announced that we will no longer be competing with our Men’s and Women’s Swim Programs…

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Pinto wins three events over final two days of Plantation Sectional

Venezuelan Olympian Andreina Pinto won three more races over the final two days of the Plantation Sectional to bring her win total to 5 for the weekend.

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Proposed FINA Amendments Abolish Bureau Age Limits; Create New Role of VP

Current FINA President, Julio Maglione would be able to potentially run for a third and final term as head of FINA until the year 2021 under a proposed amendment.

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Swim Job: Envious Swimming seeks Lead Site Swim Coach

Envious Swimming is Rhode Islands Premier swim school with over 800 members over its 3 locations.

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