The Powerlist

16 Year Old Ribeiro de Souza Breaks 50 Second Barrier in the 100 freestyle

Yesterday evening 16 year old Felipe Ribeiro de Souza took the boy’s 100 freestyle at the Brazilian Youth Championships in a time of 49.93…

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Freestyler Alexis Simpson to stay in state with Florida Gulf Coast University

Alexis Simpson (middle left) will move from Swim Florida to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles next season.

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Longtime high school and college coach Joe Gentry passes away

Joseph Gentry, a renowned coach at the college and high school levels for the past three decades, has passed away due to cancer at age 66.

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Swim Job: Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich seeks Aquatics Coordinator

Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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FINA Changes Rules to Allow Only 8-Lane Finals at World Championships

10-lane pools, like the one constructed last summer at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, will be limited to 8-lane usage in finals going forward.

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FINA Adds Mixed-Gender Events in Diving, Synchro

Mixed-gender synchro diving will be making its way into FINA’s event lineups sooner rather than later.

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Iowa State Swimming and Diving Ink 4 to the 2015-2016 Season

Head coach Duane Sorenson announced Tuesday that the Iowa State swimming and diving team will add four new members to…

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FINA Officially Has a 6th Discipline: 20+ Meters of High Diving

Orlando Duque (above) can now officially count his sport as a FINA discipline.

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Conor Ferguson Breaks Decade-Old Irish Junior Record in 200 SCM Backstroke

15-year old Irish swimmer Conor Ferguson has broken the Irish Junior Record in the 200 short course meter backstroke on Fruday at the…

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Boise State Swimming And Diving Ink 8 to the 2015-2016 Season

Boise State swimming and diving head coach Kristin Hill announced the signing of eight student-athletes to National Letters of Intent Wednesday.

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Plymouth Leander Swimmers Ready to Perform Well in Doha

Plymouth Leander will have six athletes competing at the World Short Course Championships…

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San Antonio’s Marian Yurchishin Signs with University of Alabama

Marian Yurchishin of Alamo Area Aquatics has signed an NLI to swim for the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2015-16.

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This Holiday Season Give Them a Competitive Edge

For Black Friday, BridgeAthletic is offering SwimSwam readers the ability to give the gift of an elite level strength program at a discount.

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Hailey Garlich Signs with D2 Grand Valley State

Hailey Garlich from Lake Central High School in northwest Indiana has signed with Division II power Grand Valley State University….

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Michigan’s Lydia Mattar Signs with Lady Cardinals of Saginaw Valley State

Breast/IM specialist Lydia Mattar of Lake Orion, Michigan has signed an NLI to swim with SVSU beginning in 2015-16.

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