The Powerlist

Tickets now on sale for Charlotte Grand Prix, Lochte, Agnel, Schmitt highlight early entries

Ryan Lochte plans to make Charlotte’s Grand Prix one of the next stops on his comeback tour, where he’ll compete alongside French superstar Yannick Agnel and American freestyler Allison Schmitt, among many others.

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Canadian Swimming Trials Webcast

Watch the Canadian Swimming Trials Webcast streamed live, courtesy of Sportsnet Canada.  Finals sessions start at 6pm Pacific (9pm Eastern)…

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Lip Dub: Columbia Men’s Swimming and Diving Pump Up Music Video – Eminem’s Lose Yourself

Courtesy of Stanley Wong. Thanks to Matt Traub for sending SwimSwam this swimming video.

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Finis Tempo Trainer: Good For Training And Pranking Your Coaches

College of Charleston swimmers Sarah Graif & Jayme Groth decided to have a little April fools fun with their head coach…

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Savard, MacLean among top seeds after day 1 prelims of Canadian Trials

Canadian record-holder Katherine Savard is the top seed in the women’s 50 fly, just ahead of rising youngster Noemie Thomas.

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Olympian Alex Meyer Walks The 2014 YMCA Nationals Parade

2012 Olympian and open water World Champion, Alex Meyer, walks the famous YMCA Nationals Parade in Greensboro, North Carolina. Alex…

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Motivational Cal NCAA Highlight Video: Passion Has A Funny Way of Trumping Logic

The Cal Berkeley YouTube account posted a highlight video from the 2014 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. This inspiring two…

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San Antonio Swim Coach Under Investigation After Making Student-Athletes “Bear Crawl”

According to San Antonio news station KENS5, a swim coach in Northeast ISD is under investigation by Child Protective Services…

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Riding On A Crest Of A Wave…Support From A Home Crowd

With just a week until the British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow (10-15 April), Scotland’s Ross Muir can’t wait for his shot at qualifying for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

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Get To Know Your Canadian Hopefuls: Ryan Cochrane

Working on my sprinting and working on my shorter distance events can support my longer distance events…

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 3/26/2014

Short course season is wrapping up all over the country. Here are our Weekly Wonders for the weekend of March 21-23, 2014.

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Heading Into Trials Atkinson Discusses His First Year On The Job

It has now been just over a year since John Atkinson was hired as Swimming Canada’s High Performance Director…

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McEvoy Swims Lifetime Best to Win 200 Free on Day 2 of 2014 Australian National Championships

In addition to McEvoy, Alicia Coutts sealed up her spots on this summer’s rosters with a win in the women’s 100 fly.

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Another National Record Goes Down-2014 YMCA Short Course Nationals: Day 2 Prelims-Full Recap

Day 2 of YMCA Nationals was again highlighted by a new national record. This time it was Countryside’s Emily Slabe in the 100 backstroke.

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European Champion Vitalii Melnikov Provisionally Suspended After Positive Tests for EPO

Russian Sergey Melnikov has been provisionally suspended by FINA after a positive test for EPO at the 2013 European Championships.

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