Articles by Anya Pelshaw

NCAA Qualifier Victoria Raymond Transferring From Tulane To Alabama

Raymond would have been the team’s fastest 200 butterflyer this past season and would have made the SEC A final of both fly events.

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Evansville Hires Alum & Former Head Coach Toby Wilcox As Next Head Coach

Wilcox spent the last 13 years as head coach at Division III Birmingham Southern which closes its doors tomorrow, May 31st.

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Anastasia Gorbenko Improves Own Israeli Record In 400 IM (4:36.57) After Breaking It In Canet

Gorbenko has now set five Israeli records in just six days. After setting the 200 and 400 IM records in Canet, she was faster in Barcelona.

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NCAA Division II Finalist Lutnya Bogdanova Transferring To Florida International

Bogdanova joins a strong FIU breaststroke group that was led by NCAA qualifier Christie Chue this past season.

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Anastasia Gorbenko Sets Another Israeli National Record With 2:08.54 200 Backstroke

Gorbenko broke two national records in one session as she also broke her own 200 IM national record on night 1 in Barcelona.

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Virginia Hires Margaret Zagrobelny From Johns Hopkins As Assistant Coach

Zagrobelny has been with Johns Hopkins since 2018 and was promoted to associate head in 2022. The team’s coaching staff is now the same size as last year.

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Alex Walsh Enters Trials Lineup For NCAP Elite Qualifier, Gemmell & Heilman Also On Psychs

Alex Walsh recently announced her event lineup for US Trials and will swim the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM this weekend.

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Georgia Southern Graduate Assistant Emily Hetzer Joins Cincinnati As Assistant Coach

Hetzer swam at Auburn for five years and graduated in 2022 and 2023. She spent this past season with Georgia Southern as a graduate assistant.

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NCAA Runner-Up Isabelle Stadden Returning to Cal For 5th Year

Stadden has been Cal’s highest individual scorer at NCAAs for the last two years and finished 2nd in the 100 backstroke this past season.

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NAIA Bethel University (TN) Cuts Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Programs

The Bethel men finished 19th at the 2024 NAIA Championships scoring 14 points. The school’s pool is set to close due to maintenance.

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Pac-12 Finalist Tia Lindsay Transferring to Ohio State for 5th Year

Lindsay spent her undergraduate career with Arizona. She primarily swims IM, backstroke, and mid-distance freestyle.

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NCAA Qualifier Ava DeAngelis Transferring to Ohio State After 3 Years With George Washington

DeAngelis helps re-boost the team’s breaststroke group that graduated Hannah Bach and Josie Panitz. DeAngelis has a best time of a 59.75 in the 100.

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Simone Manuel Swims Fastest 100 Freestyle Since 2019 Worlds With 53.10

Manuel now sits as the 3rd fastest US woman so far this season in the event, only trailing Kate Douglass and Torri Huske.

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Regan Smith Breaks Own American Record With 57.51 100 Backstroke

Smith broke her own record that she swam back at the 2019 World Championships leading off the US women’s 4×100 medley relay.

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Barbora Seemanova Sets Another Czech National Record With 1:55.12 200 Freestyle

Seemanova sits at #6 in the World so far this year in the 200 freestyle and was 6th in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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