Articles by Anya Pelshaw

2024 NSW STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Photo Vault

Check out photo highlights from competition in Sydney, Australia this week at the 2024 New South Wales State Open Championships.

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Missouri’s Karolina Bank Earns Trials Cut During Time Trial Alone In 1:10.22 100 Breast

Bank just missed the cut on Saturday in the 100 breast and time trialed the event ALONE on Sunday, the final night in Columbia to earn the cut.

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4x Olympic Gold Medalist Allison Schmitt To Give Georgia’s Undergrad Commencement Address

Schmitt graduated from Georgia in 2013. She helped the Georgia Bulldog women to an NCAA team title in 2013 as well.

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Penn State’s Victor Baganha Scratches NCAAs, Arizona State’s Jack Wadsworth In

Jack Wadsworth brings Arizona State’s roster to 18 swimmers, the maximum allowed for the NCAA. Wadsworth began his collegiate career at D3 Ithaca.

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2024 NCAA Women’s Championships: Fast Facts, First Invites, And More

Florida International currently holds the longest mid-major streak with an individual invite to NCAAs the last 13 years. See other facts here.

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Sydney Schoeck Drops Over 5 Seconds To Win 200 IM In 2:18.12 to Close Columbia Sectionals

Sydney Schoeck won the 200 IM in a 2:18.12 for her 3rd win at Columbia Sectionals. She earned a Trials cut in the 200 back.

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Missouri Freshman Alex Ochsenbein Earns 2nd Olympic Trials Cut With 1:01.97 100 Breast

Missouri’s Alex Ochsenbein dropped over a second in the men’s 100 breast to get the Olympic Trials cut.

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USA Swimming Reveals Olympic Trials Medals For June, Eiffel Tower On Gold & Silver

The gold and silver medals for US Olympic Trials each feature an outline of the Eiffel Tower while the bronze does not.

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Sydney Schoeck Wins 400 IM On Night 2 Of Columbia Sectionals

15 year old Sydney Schoeck was just off earning her second Trials cut in the 400 IM after earning the 200 back last night.

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Virginia Drops Swimmer To Add Diver Elizabeth Kaye To NCAAs, Duke’s Catherine Belyakov In

Duke now has their 7th individual swimmer (Catherine Belyakov) qualify for NCAAs as Virginia has scratched Ella Bathurst from the meet.

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15 Year Old Sydney Schoeck Earns 1st Olympic Trials Cut With 2:12.31 200 Backstroke

Two teenage girls were under the Olympic Trials cut in the 200 backstroke on night 1 in Missouri.

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NC State Drops #25 Seed In 200 Backstroke JT Ewing From NCAA Roster

This is the 3rd year in a row in which NC State has had to drop a swimmer from NCAAs due to the roster limit of 18 athletes with divers counting as half.

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Gretchen Walsh Swims 21.02 50 Free At Virginia Sprint Olympics

Walsh broke her own record of a 21.03 from a year ago and was overall faster by 0.19 seconds with improvement on breaststroke.

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2023 NCAA ‘A’ Finalist In 400 IM Jake Foster “Picks” 100 Breast Over 400 IM For NCAAs

Jake Foster did not swim the 400 IM in either of his two dual meets but is the #11 seed in the 100 breast for NCAAs.

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(UPDATED) Projecting The Cutline: 2024 Men’s NCAA Championships

Kentucky’s Ryan Merani is projected to be the final swimmer in the men’s NCAAs in Indianapolis while Florida State’s Mason Herbet is the first alternate.

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