The Powerlist

Nearly Half-A-Million Dollars on the Line in Doha, Qatar World Cup Stop

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu should walk away from Doha, Qatar with checks somewhere in the neighborhood of $60,000. That’s only the tip of the iceberg, though, with half-a-million dollars at stake.

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Utah Men Pull Big Upset Against Arizona; Wildcat Women Win in a Rout

Utah’s Nick Soedel was the swimmer-of-the meet as Joe Dykstra’s first win with the Utah men was a big one.

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Queens Picks Up Nine B-Standards in Rout of Gardner-Webb

Matt Josa and the Division II Queens University Royals posted solid early season times and gained 9 NCAA B-Standards in their victory over Division I Gardner-Webb.

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Breaststroker Shea Hoyt Verbally Commits to Iowa Women

The Iowa Hawkeyes, for the second straight year, have picked up a solid breaststroke recruit.

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Germantown Distance Swimmer Emily Erwin Verbally Commits to Rutgers

Emily Erwin from the famed distance program at the Germantown Academy has verbally committed to Rutgers.

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Tom Shields: His Confidence Grows With Every Stroke; In Durden He Trusts

Tom Shields has already earned $9,000 at this year’s FINA World Cup, but the confidence he’s earned could be worth so much more.

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Iowa Downs Spartans, 182-113

The Hawkeyes opened the dual in dominating fashion, posting a 1-2-3 finish in the 200-medley relay. The quartet of David Ernstsson, Andrew Marciniak, Dustin Rhoads and Jackson Allen won the event in 1:30.35.

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Two Milwaukee County pools in danger of being closed

The Schroeder South Swim Team will still exist if the Pulaski pool closes (the team uses several pools in the area), but it will be far less convenient for many swimmers to make it to practice and lessons since Pulaski is in the center of the community.

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Hawkeyes Post 2 Dual Wins

“We’re not satisfied with this performance, but it’s great to get the win,” said UI head coach Marc Long. “Michigan State is a good team, and they’re well-coached. They race hard, so it’s good to get this win.”

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Agnel Focused On The Now, But Could He Be At NBAC Past Rio?

It was in May that Olympic champion Yannick Agnel informed the swimming world that he would be leaving his training…

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FINA World Cup Point Standings After Dubai

The World Cup series will move on to Doha, Qatar tomorrow with the top three in the the point standings…

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Seminoles Top Florida Gulf Coast on Backs of ACC’s Top Two Sprinters

Florida State’s Tiffany Oliver went two season-bests to sweep the sprint events at the annual Paint it Pink meet in Tallahassee.

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Northwestern Men Rout Eastern Michigan, Women Top EMU and University of Illinois

Northwestern sophomore Jordan Wilimovsky continues to impress in college with his two individual wins in the 1,000 and 500 yard freestyle, which were key to the Wildcats’ win over the Eastern Michigan University Eagles.

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Minnesota Men and Women Leading After Day 1 at Wisconsin

Minnesota men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled south to take on border rivals Wisconsin in a two-day meet…

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Purdue Women Win Season Opener at Miami

The Purdue Boilermakers won 14 of 16 events to beat Miami University’s RedHawks in the season opener for both teams.

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