Articles by Annika Johnson

2023 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Ups/Mids/Downs

Aurora Roghair (above) is one of Stanford’s 10 ‘A’ finalists tonight. Ranked second, she leads a pack of four Stanford swimmers in the 500 ‘A’ final.

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2023 Women’s Pac-12 Championships – Day 1 Race Videos

Catch up on all the action you may have missed on night one of the women’s Pac-12 Championships by watching race videos of the 200 medley and 800 free relays.

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Chile’s Bárbara Hernández Swims World Record-Breaking 2.5k in Antarctic Ocean

Hernández broke the world record for the longest Antarctic swim in under 46 minutes to raise awareness for the protection of the Antarctic Ocean.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Anna Wetteland Commits to UCLA (2024)

Anna Wetteland of Eclipse Aquatics swam a lifetime best time of 50.8 in the 100 yard free at the Winter Junior Championships in December.

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NCSA 100 Fly Champion Rian Graham Commits to Louisville (2024)

Rian Graham of Machine Aquatics will help patch the hole that five-time ACC 200 fly champion Nicolas Albiero has left in the Cardinals’ butterfly group.

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Olympic Bronze Medalist Tina Punzel Retires from Diving

Two-time Olympian Tina Punzel (right) won gold in both the women’s and mixed 3-meter synchronized events at the 2022 European Championships.

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Nebraska Gets Verbal from British Champion Amelia Riggott (2023)

Mount Kelly’s Amelia Riggott is headed to Lincoln, Nebraska for the fall of 2023. She won the 50scm breast at the 2022 Swim England Winter Nationals.

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Swiss World Championship Finalist Robin Yeboah Commits to Georgia Tech (2023)

Yeboah, a free and fly specialist, anchored the Swiss national record-setting 4×100 free relay in Abu Dhabi at the 2021 Short Course World Championships.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Lauren Bernardo Sends Verbal to LSU (2024)

SwimMAC Carolina’s Lauren Bernardo has a lifetime best 100 back time that would have made her LSU’s highest finisher at the 2022 SEC Championships (56.06).

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2022 Short Course World Champs: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Japan’s Daiya Seto (above) and Ippei Watanabe are the top two seeds in the men’s 200 breast. Seto won silver in the 200 fly last finals session.

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2022 Short Course Worlds: Day 3 Finals Preview

No one has been able to stop Crooks in the men’s 100 free so far in Melbourne. The race for the gold medal will likely be between him, Grousset, and Chalmers.

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Americans Crush 4×50 Mixed Medley Relay World Record

The United States’ team of Murphy, Fink, Douglass, and Huske crushed the previous world record set by the Netherlands by more than one second.

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Popovici Blasts 100 Free World Junior Record: 45.91

18-year-old Popovici placed 5th in the 100 free semifinals of the short course world championships with a WJR time and his second Romanian record of the day.

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Lani Pallister Breaks Own 800 Free Australian Record, #7 Performer All-Time

20-year-old Lani Pallister blasted a time of 8:04.07 to win her second gold medal of the meet so far and beat her own national record by three seconds.

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Italy Downs European Record in Mixed Medley Relay to Win Silver

Italy’s leadoff swimmer Lorenzo Mora blasted a time of 22.59, a time faster than the Italian national record in the 50 back.

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