Articles by Anne Lepesant

U.S. Open Qualifier Connor Lauritzen Commits to Saginaw Valley State for 2025-26

Breaststroker Connor Lauritzen from Club Wolverine has announced his verbal commitment to Saginaw Valley State for 2025-26.

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5x Arkansas HS State Champion Zoe Smith (2026) Verbally Commits to NC State

Zoe Smith, a sprint free/back/fly specialist from Arkansas Dolphins, will swim for NC State beginning in 2026-27.

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Summer Nationals Qualifier Evan Gluck Will Be a Tar Heel in 2026

Summer Nationals qualifier Evan Gluck from COR Swimming has committed to the University of North Carolina for 2026-27.

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Kenneth McGlothen, a 3rd Generation D1 Swimmer, Verbals to West Virginia for 2026

U.S. Open qualifier Kenneth McGlothen has made a verbal commitment to West Virginia University’s class of 2030.

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Summer Nationals Qualifier Max Buff (2025) Commits to NC State

Max Buff, a 47.3/1:43 backstroker from Bowling Green, Ohio, has made a commitment to the NC State Wolfpack for the 2025-26 season and beyond.

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Summer Nationals Qualifier Jack Haley (2025) Flips Commitment from Northwestern to Princeton

Jack Haley, who has a Summer Nationals cut in the 200 fly and Summer Juniors standards in the 200/400 free and 200/400 IM, is headed to Princeton.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 4 Scoring Analysis

Virginia scored 161 points on Saturday to secure their fifth-straight NCAA women’s swimming and diving title.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 4 Relay Analysis – Sub-46 Splits from Walsh and Huske

Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske produced the #2 and #11 rolling splits of all time on Saturday night, both breaking 46 seconds.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships Day 4: The Race for Second Place – Who’s Got the Edge?

The race for second place between Texas and Stanford will probably come down to the last relay.

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Emma Sticklen Lowers Own 200 Fly NCAA Championship Meet Record to 1:49.90 in Prelims

Emma Sticklen of Texas took .05 off the NCAA Division I Championship Meet Record in the 200 fly in prelims on Saturday.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 3 Scoring Analysis

Louisville is one of just four teams to outperform the psych sheet by double digits on Friday.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 3 Relay Analysis – 56.3 Breast and 47.3 Fly for Walshes

Claire Curzan (49.63), Alex Walsh (56.37), Gretchen Walsh (47.35), and Anna Moesch (46.85) lowered their own 400 free relay meet record with 3:20.20.

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How Has the New Day 3 Event Lineup Affected Swimmers at 2025 Women’s NCAAs?

The extra 23 minutes helped Miranda Grana, now at Indiana, make the A finals in both the 100 fly and 100 back.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 2 Scoring Analysis

Wisconsin finished Day 2 seven points ahead of their seedings with 53 points, only 1 point behind 10th-place NC State.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Champs Day 2 Relay Analysis: G Walsh Ties 50 Free Record; Huske Also Sub-21

Gretchen Walsh tied her NCAA, American, and U.S. Open records leading off the UVA relay with 20.37 and Torri Huske broke 21 seconds for the 1st time.

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