The Powerlist

Wright State Hires Canadian Coach Sean Dwyer as New Assistant

Sean Dwyer is leaving the Trent Swim Club in Ontario to take an NCAA coaching job.

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MIT hires Karin Brown as Associate Head Coach for Swimming & Diving

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Karin Brown has been named the associate head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs…

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Austin Swim Club Future Home, Olympic-Sized Myrtha Pool For High-Caliber Swimmers, Masters and Triathletes

Todd Foley’s Austin Swim Club will have a new address in the future at the Austin Aquatics & Sports Academy site being developed in Southwest Austin.

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SwimSwam Film Fest: Bodysurfing Ho’okipa

From Mike Donohoe, the filmmaker: “If you’ve been to Maui you may know Ho’okipa surf break. There aren’t too many regular body surfers there… It’s one of my favorite places to swim. Since retiring from swimming in 2007, I have struggled to get back into competitive swimming. Body surfing has replaced racing as my favorite in water activity.

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Swimming Canada Restructures High Performance Centres

After a period of review Swimming Canada has decided to reduce the number of high performance centres that are being funded largely by the national organization and redirect their funding to four high performances centres rather than five.

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Florida State Snags Canadian Sprinter Lyons

Florida State’s brilliant outdoor scenery will be the home of Canadian sprinter Anthony Lyons for at least the next four years.

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Grand Canyon to Add Diving as Part of Division I Transition

As Grand Canyon University begins its transition to a full-blown Division I program this season, they saw the need to…

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The 8 Habits of Highly Effective Athletes

What’s something you can do in this upcoming year to become your best self in the water?

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Stanford Win First PAC-12 Duel of the Season vs. Washington State

Washington State faced out fellow PAC-12 school Stanford at the Avery Aquatic Center Thursday afternoon. STOCK

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Six Olympians Headline Fantasy Camp with 15 Olympic Medals Represented

Olympic icon and masters swimming world record holder, Rowdy Gaines, joins Olympic Champions Ricky Berens, Janet Evans, Garrett Weber-Gale, Gold Medal Mel Stewart and Olympic Coach David Marsh to host the most exclusive Fantasy Swim Camp in history.

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Emily Brunemann checks in from Hong Kong atop standings FINA 10k Open Water Swimming World Cup

Emily Brunemann leads the FINA 10k Open Water World Cup standings going into the final race in Hong Kong

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For the First Time in Primary Events, Cal Tops Pacific at Home

Cal looked very solid in their true season-opener, though UoP had some bright spots with two event wins as well.

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Purdue Gains Verbal Commitment from In-State Breaststroker Annie Spalding

Indiana native, Annie Spalding, verbally commits to Purdue University. Spalding’s strongest event is the 100 breaststroke. She will be joining Purdue’s Emily Fogle (pictured above) for the 2014-2015 season.

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Sprinter Kaitlin Kitchens Commits to Indiana

Indiana coach Ray Looze is hitting his target with this impressive women’s class.

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Auburn to Induct 7 Members into Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame

AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn University Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame is inducting seven new members this year. The inductees…

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