Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Gretchen Walsh Breaks Kate Douglass’ Week-Old 50 Free World Record With 23.55

Walsh breaks the record set just nine days ago by Virginia training partner Kate Douglass. Before last week, the two shared the American Record.

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Gretchen Walsh Sets Sette Colli Meet Record 54.82 100 Fly, #5 Performance All-Time

Walsh broke the 55-second mark for the 5th time in her career. She now holds the 15 fastest performances in history.

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Summer Jrs Qualifier Kenzie Hinrich, Daughter Of NBA Player Kirk Hinrich, Commits To Wisconsin

Kenzie Hinrich joins a strong breaststroke group for Wisconsin. Her dad played in the NBA from 2003-2016, spending most of his career with the Chicago Bulls.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Alex Kauffman Commits To Penn State For 2027

Kauffman is just off what it took to final in the 200 fly at the 2026 Big Ten Championships while her 1650 free time would have been 24th.

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Backstroker Parker Del Balso Announces Transfer From Pitt To LSU

Del Balso swam best times in all three of her individual events and one time trial at the 2026 ACC Championships. She swims back and free.

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Penn State Adds Mike Smiechowski As Associate Coach

Smiechowski joins Penn State after most recently serving as head coach at St. Bonaventure since 2022.

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North Florida Promotes Lindsey McKnight To Head Coach

McKnight joined the North Florida program in June 2022 and has spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach.

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Providence Hires Anthony Randall From Marist As Next Head Coach

Randall has been at Marist since June 2021. Marist was 2nd on both the men’s and women’s sides at the 2026 MAAC Championships.

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University of West Florida Head Coach Phil Kraus Retires After 8 Seasons With The Program

West Florida is set to begin its transition from D2 to D1 this upcoming season. Kraus was a 7x NSISC Coach of the Year honoree.

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Cal Promotes Noah Yanchulis To Associate Head Coach, Adds Maya Geringer To Staff As Assistant

Yanchulis has been with the Golden Bears since the start of the 2023-2024 season as an assistant coach. Geringer spent her COVID season swimming for the team

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Washington State Adds Five Transfers For 2026-2027 Season

All five women are key as Washington State was 2nd at the 2026 Mountain West Championships and had two swimmers score at the 2026 NCAA Championships.

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International Swimming League Paid Out $3,000 In Solidarity Payments Last Week

The payment comes with Friday’s news the league sent to athletes indicating that there is an update on the league’s status.

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Anna Moesch Breaks Torri Huske’s US Open Record With 52.11 100 Freestyle

Moesch also broke Siobhan Haughey’s Pro Series record from 2024. Moesch’s swim tonight was the 12th fastest performance all-time.

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Van Mathias Breaks Michael Andrew’s American Record With 58.01 100 Breaststroke

Mathias broke the previous American and US Open Records of a 58.14 set by Michael Andrew from 2021 and becomes the #4 performer all-time.

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Ilya Kharun Breaks Maxime Grousset’s US Open Record With 22.73 50 Fly

Kharun broke the previous record of a 22.80 set by Maxime Grousset of France earlier this year.

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