The Powerlist

American Women, Brazilian Men, Sweep Day 3; de Deus Reclaims Gold Medal on Appeal

Women’s 400 Free Young Gillian Ryan, even at only 16 years old, is already showing the nerves of a polished…

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Pan Am Games Embarrass Themselves Again Amid "CapGate" Drama

So first, the Pan Am Games tried to cut swimmers who had earned automatic qualifying times. If that wasn’t bad…

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Canadian Ashley McGregor, Pan Ams Bronze Medalist, Commits to Texas A&M

During Monday’s third finals session of the 2011 Pan American Games, There were two Texas A&M Aggies in the final. One…

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Chinese Inter-City Championships Kick Off with 2nd-Ranked 400 IM from Ye Shiwen

The Chinese Inter-City Swimming Championships kicked off today in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. In the never-ending quest to decipher the inner-workings…

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Moscow World Cup Preview: Phelps, Franklin, Schmitt Join the Fun (LIVE VIDEO LINK)

Thus far at the 2011 edition of the FINA/Arena World Cup, the Americans have been buoyed by participants few-and-far betwen….

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2011 Pan Ams Games Day 3 Preview: Women's 100 Breast Most Intriguing Final

We’re midway through day 3 at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara Mexico, and the medals look like they…

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5 Thoughts, Standings From Stockholm World Cup

The level of competition stepped up significantly at the Stockholm stop of the World Cup over the weekend, and that…

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Junior National Teamer Sarah Haase Chooses Stanford

Throughout this recruiting season, we’ve maligned (and heard several college coaches do the same) about the lack of breaststroke depth…

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Bootsma Breaks Pan Ams Record, Cielo Ties Van den Hoogenband on Day 2 at Pan Ams

The Brazilian men had a great day of competition, to sweep the three finals, as did the American women, who…

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Anthony Ervin Caps Pacific Masters Champs with Stellar 50 Free Effort, National Record

Yesterday, comeback Olympic Champion Anthony Ervin looked a touch slow in his 100 freestyle at the Pacific Short Course Meters Championships….

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2011 Pan Ams Day 2 Finals Preview: Liz Pelton Seeks to Lower Meet Record (Live Video Link)

American Liz Pelton wow’ed the crowd in the day 2 prelims session from Guadalajara, Mexico when she broke the 3rd-oldest Games…

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Pac-12 Roundup: Edwards Beats Nolan Twice as Stanford Wins UoP Invitational

Cal Men 154, Hawaii 135 The Cal men welcomed in defending Conference USA Hawaii on Thursday evening and though the…

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Americans Win 4 of 5 Golds on Day 1 at Pan Am Games

The American contingent scored 4 gold medals, and the maximum possible 9 medals, on the first day of the 2011…

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Anthony Ervin Post 51.67 at Pacific Masters Championships

During today’s Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships, we got another look at the comeback potential of 2000 Olympic gold…

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Big East Sends Invites to 5, Including Two New Swim Programs

Thus far, we’ve tried to do a pretty good job of keeping up with all of the changes to the…

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