Articles by Anya Pelshaw

UTRGV To Remain Affliated Member Of Western Athletic Conference For Women’s Swim And Dive

UTRGV will be in its first season for women’s swimming and diving this fall and will remain in the WAC after the school moved to the Southland Conference.

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NAIA William Carey Will Train At Hattiesburg (Main) Campus In Inaugural Season This Fall

The team was originally planned to begin on its Biloxi (Tradition) campus, which is a 53 minute drive away from its Hattiesburg (Main) Campus.

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2024 NCAA ‘B’ Finalist Jordan Tiffany Of BYU Enters Transfer Portal For 2025-2026

Tiffany began his career during the 2020-2021 COVID year with Tennessee, took time off with the sport, became a sprinter and made two NCAA B finals last month

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Fordham Expected To Announce Olympic Medalist Tom Wilkens As Permanent Head Coach

Wilkens was hired in October 2023 as interim head coach after longtime head coach Steve Potsklan’s departure last August.

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Thomas Ceccon, Chad le Clos, Tes Schouten Highlight Initial Names For 2024 Mare Nostrum Monaco

World Record holder Thomas Ceccon is one of the 17 initial athletes listed to compete in the final stop of the Mare Nostrum series.

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Former Boulder Swim Coach Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault

The former coach of Boulder Swimming originally was scheduled for trial in November of 2023 but had his trial moved to April 2024.

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Elijah Winnington, Sam Short Post Top 2 Times In World This Season In 400 Freestyle

Winnington was 2nd in the World coming into this meet after winning silver behind Woomin Kim in the event at 2024 Worlds in February.

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Kaylee McKeown Blasts 2:08.66 200 IM In Prelims Of Australia Open, 35.52 Breaststroke Split

Kaylee McKeown had a monster 35.52 breaststroke split, but the question remains as to whether or not she will swim the event in Paris with the schedule.

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Laure Manaudou Named First French Athlete In Paris 2024 Torch Relay

Manadou will receive the torch from Greek Olympian Stefanos Douskos on Greek soil. Manadou won France’s first ever gold in women’s swimming in 2004 in Athens.

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Washington State Joining The Mountain West Conference For Women’s Swimming

Washington State joined the West Coast Conference for *most* sports but football, baseball, and women’s swimming will compete in the Mountain West.

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Notre Dame Surpasses Last Year’s Historic Finish With Program High 10th Place Finish At NCAAs

The Notre Dame men finished a program high 18th at 2023 NCAAs under first year head coach Chris Lindauer and finished higher in 2024 in 10th place.

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East Carolina Assistant Riley Hilbrandt Named Head Swimming And Diving Coach Of Illinois State

Hilbrandt most recently spent time at East Carolina as an assistant coach for three seasons. She graduated from Nevada in 2017.

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Northwestern’s Kevin Houseman Enters Portal As Graduate Transfer, Seeking Medical Redshirt

Houseman began to use his COVID-19 fifth year but is currently seeking a medical redshirt after he “had an incident in December after US Open.” 

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2024 NCAA ‘B’ Finalist Kathryn Ackerman Announces Transfer To Purdue For COVID-19 Fifth Year

The Purdue women had no swimmers invited to 2024 NCAAs while Ackerman earned an invite in all four years of her undergraduate career with Michigan.

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Jack Kelly Of Brown Speaks On Becoming The Program’s First NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Since 1944

Jack Kelly made the 200 breaststroke ‘A’ final at NCAAs, becoming Brown’s first ‘A’ finalist since 1944, a stat Kelly called “shocking.”

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