The Powerlist

Australia’s Blair Evans Back to Racing Form

Injury is a swimmer’s worst enemy, as Australia’s Blair Evans can unfortunately testify. The Perth swimmer is getting back into…

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10 Do’s and Don’ts of your first College Championship

This one goes out to all of our incoming freshman. Congratulations on committing to the school of your dreams! Now here are some tips for your first college championship meet.

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Tennessee Women Getting Hype for 2015 NCAA Championships (With Rare Top-Arm Breakout Footage)

With only two days left until the start of the 2015 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, the Tennessee women are ready and loose.

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15 Year Old Baxter Goes 1:51.91 to Break South African Age Group Record

15 year old Jarryd Baxter and 12 year old Luan Grobbelaar both dominated their age groups at the South African SA National Level 3 Age Group Championships…

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VIDEO: Aringo Photography’s look at the 2014-2015 Texas Longhorns

Andy Ringgold of Aringo Photography put together this compilation of photos highlighting the men of the 2014-2015 Texas Longhorn Swimming & Diving team, a crew that look like the favorites to win the NCAA title next week.

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Barrington’s Kirsten Jacobsen wins twice to close Iowa City Sectionals

Barrington, Illinois 17-year-old Kirsten Jacobsen capped off a successful Iowa City Sectional meet with double wins on the final day, winning the shortest and longest events of the session.

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Suffield Academy Threepeats in Girls New England Prep Division I Meet

Suffield’s girls team made it three titles in a row while their boys’ team was a three peat runner up in the New England Prep Division I championship

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2015 W. NCAA Picks: Reaney looks to repeat in 200 breast, but tough field has caught up

With American record holder (and last year’s champion) Emma Reaney seeded in fourth place by over two seconds, this year’s 200 yard breaststroke could go to anyone.

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Georgia women add diver Olivia Ball, drop freshman Stephanie Peters from NCAA team

The two-time defending NCAA champion Georgia Bulldogs have made one final roster adjustment heading into this week’s NCAA Championships, swapping out freshman distance swimmer Stephanie Peters for SEC Champion diver Olivia Ball.

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2015 NCSA Junior National Championships – All the Links You’ll Need

Follow along on SwimSwam and via our Twitter handle @SwimSwamLive as we bring you up-to-the-minute coverage of the 2015 NCSA Spring Championships.

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Shouts From the Stands: Why My Swim Team is Different than a Fraternity or a Sorority

SwimSwam welcomes reader submissions about all topics aquatic, and if it’s well-written and well-thought, we might just post it under…

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Shout From the Stands: Why I Swim at Georgetown

“Coach Jamie Holder has been an excellent coach for the university. In his tenure here, only 5 years, swimmers have broken every single record on the Georgetown record board.”

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Final Day of Western Sectionals Recap

FEDERAL WAY, Washington – The King Aquatic Club’s killer relays finished the Western Section Sectionals (held March 11-15) by qualifying for…

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Russian Vitaly Melnikov banned for two years after positive doping test from 2013 Euros

FINA has officially banned Russian swimmer Vitaly Melnikov for two years and stripped him of two European Championships medals for a failed drug test at the 2013 Short Course European Championships.

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VIDEO: Watch Highlights of Towson Tigers’ Third-Straight Conference Championship

The Towson Tigers won their 3rd-straight conference championship meet in 2015.

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