The Powerlist

Dana Vollmer Takes Top Seed in 100 Free With Great Prelims Mark of 54.20

Today was the last set of morning prelims from USA Swimming Nationals in Palo Alto, and as expected the women’s…

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Clary's Meet Done As Well on Final Day From Nationals

Add Tyler Clary to the list of swimmers who have called it a meet from Palo Alto. After scratching the…

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Hersey Makes it Four-Straight in 200 Fly on Day 4 at US Nationals

Day 4 in Palo Alto was missing many of the sport’s biggest names, but what it lacked in star-power it…

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Dwyer, Weber-Gale High Points Amongst Mediocre Day 4 Prelims

The 4th day of prelims at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships didn’t produce a whole lot of big times,…

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Diann Uustal Breaks Masters National Record in 65-69 Age Group in 50 Breaststroke

For most swimmers, even swimming back-to-back races is enough to make them cringe. For 65-year old Masters swimmer Diann Uustal,…

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Clary, Lochte Scratches Leave Nolan as 200 IM Top Seed on Day 4

Day 4 of 5 prelims is just an hour away at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships, and World Championships swimmers…

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Top 5 Ways to Stay in Touch with Shark Week While Watching US Nationals

Many swimming fans have lamented throughout the week the choice between watching the Discovery Channel’s now cult-status Shark Week programming,…

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Nathan Adrian Moves to 4th in the World with 21.84 for 50 Free Title on Day 3

Women’s 100 breaststroke Last year at the USA Swimming National Championships, Jessica Hardy struggled in this 100 breaststroke. She finished…

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Adrian Clocks 22.1 as Field Continues to Thin at USA Nationals (Day 3 Prelims)

With the United States’ two most high-profile swimmers already out of this meet (Natalie Coughlin and Michael Phelps), Ryan Lochte…

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Kukors' 400 IM, Lochte's 100 Fly Only Major Scratch on Day 3 of USA Nationals

Headed into day 3 of the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships, we’ve seen a big dropoff in the number of…

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Missy Franklin Downs 100 Back 15-16 NAG Record

With Missy Franklin chasing American, textile, and World Records, it’s easy to forget that, being only 16, she still has…

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Ryan Murphy, John Conger Trade 15-16 NAG Records in 100 Backstroke

In the morning heats of the 100 backstroke, Ryan Murphy of the Bolles School in Florida broke the USA Swimming…

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Franklin Posts Career-Best, Top 5 Time on Day 2 at USA Swimming Nationals

Day two at the 2011 USA Swimming (LCM) National Championships got off to a rip-roaring start in Palo Alto, beginning with…

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Press Release: Former USC All-Americ​an Lindsay Benko Mintenko among 16 Trojans selected for the 10th class of USC's Athletic Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES–Sixteen Trojan luminaries have been selected to the 10th class of USC’s Athletic Hall of Fame and they will…

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NCAA Releases D-II and D-III Time Standards for 2011-2012 National Championship Meets

The NCAA has released the 2011-2012 Time Standards for both Division II and Division III: the smaller of its two…

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