The Powerlist

Perry Collects Two Gold On The Second Night Of New Zealand Age Group Championships

18 year old Sam Perry took both the 100 freestyle and 50 butterfly on the second day of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand National Age Group Championships…

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Shouts From the Stands: The Company That We keep

As the NBA deals with its own discrimination scandal, should the USA Swimming Foundation keep a more careful eye on who it associates with?

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Iowa Names Dustin Rhoads, Olivia Kabacinski MVP’s at Annual Award Winners at Banquet

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa swimming and diving team handed out its annual team awards April 27 inside…

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Are athletes getting faster, higher and stronger like the Olympic Motto?

When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation.

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UW-River Falls to suspend swimming and diving programs in budget cuts

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls announced today it would be suspending both its men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs starting in 2014 due to budget cuts to the athletic department.

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Arizona State Establishes Permanent Endowment to Support Swimming Programs

TEMPE, Ariz.—Sun Devil Athletics, working in conjunction with the Sun Devil Swim Association (SDSA), is pleased to announce the creation…

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Alabama Coach, Team Captain React in Immediate Aftermath of Servati’s Death

Alabama head coach Dennis Pursely described Servati as having “great character.”

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A “Coach’s Eye”: Ryan Lochte’s 200 Freestyle (With Race Video)

We’ve taken a look at Lochte’s 200 freestyle race from two Grand Prix events, just as we did with Phelps’ 100 butterfly.

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Video: Incredibly Entertaining 5th Grade Synchronized Air Swimming Talent Show Skit

The 5th graders at W.A. Porter Elementary School in Hurst, Texas, wowed the crowd during their Air Swimming Talent Show skit. Now the video’s going viral.

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Cincinnati Announces Swimming & Diving Coaching Change

University of Cincinnati director of athletics Mike Bohn announced Tuesday that men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Monty Hopkins’ contract has not been renewed by the University.

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Photo Vault: When Student-Athletes Are Also Artists – 2014 SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival

SCAD Savannah’s men’s and women’s swimming teams were among the competitors in the 33rd Annual SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival this past weekend at Forsyth Park in Downtown Savannah.

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Huegill Apologizes; Court Date Set For May 14th

Former world record holder and multiple Olympic medalist Geoff Heugill will be in court, along side his wife Sarah, in Waverly on May 14th facing a charge of possessing an illicit drug…

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CSCAA announces 2014 Annual Major Awards Recipients

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) takes great pleasure in announcing the 2014 recipients of its five annual major awards.

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Alabama Swimmer Killed By Severe Weather

Alabama Swimmer, John Servati, was killed as a result of the severe weather sometime between monday night and tuesday morning.

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Law school-bound Oliver named Florida State MVP along with Sankovich, Jacobi

Florida State’s Tiffany Oliver closed out her collegiate swimming career as one of three Seminole MVPs – but this won’t be her last hurrah with the school.

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