Articles by Anya Pelshaw

USC Quarterback Caleb Williams Says Swimming Is Harder than Football

Caleb Williams said that swimming tests everything. His teammates argued that football has defense, a big crowd, and 300 pound players coming to tackle.

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SwimSwam’s 2023 NCAA Pre-Season Champion Picks

Alex Walsh of Virginia was voted to win the 200 and 400 IMs by all 10 of the SwimSwam writers contributing to this report.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: Oct 5-11, 2022

2022 NCAA Champ in the 100 breast Kaitlyn Dobler and the USC women will travel to SMU for the SMU Classic this Friday and Saturday.

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2022 NCAA Women’s 100 Fly Showdown On the Clock

The top four performers in history could potentially showdown in 169 days in the women’s 100 fly at NCAAs in Knoxville. See their competitive history here.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: Sept 28-Oct 4, 2022

Luca Urlando and the University of Georgia are set to host Arizona State and Missouri this week for the Bulldogs’ first meet of the season.

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College Swimming Previews: Elite Freshman Class Bolsters #3 Stanford Women

Led by Claire Curzan, the Stanford Cardinal have an unmatched freshman class this season that will help propel them back into national title contention.

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College Swimming Previews: Fifth-Years, New Additions Will Be Key For #5 NC State

Katharine Berkoff will once again be a driving force for the NC State women as they aim to move up from their fifth-place finish at the 2022 NCAAs.

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College Swimming Previews: #11 Indiana Doesn’t Looze Much from 2021

Recent National Champion in the 200 LCM breast Mackenzie Looze will be returning to Indiana to use her COVID-19 fifth year.

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2021 NCAA B Finalist Miriam Guevara Returning to Northwestern for 5th Year

Guevara scored 58 individual points helping the Wildcats to a fifth place finish at the 2022 Big Ten Championships.

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College Swimming Previews: #11 Virginia Tech Men Flying into 2022-2023 Season

Rising junior Youssef Ramadan won ACC Championships Most Valuable Swimmer in 2022 and went under the 44 second mark in the 100 fly at NCAAs.

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College Swimming Previews: #12 Kentucky Women Strong in the Stroke 200s + 400 IM

The team’s highest scorer at NCAAs Lauren Poole returns for her senior season and have a class of incoming freshmen coming in to fill gaps.

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The US Wins Duel in the Pool: Social Media Trophy Edition

The US won Duel in the Pool defeating Australia. See their posts on social media with the trophy here.

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2020 ACC Champion Colton Paulson Transfers to Notre Dame for 5th Year

Paulson scored 51 points at the 2022 ACC Championships which would have been the second most on Notre Dame’s roster.

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2022 French Elite Champs Runner-Up Kai Van Westering to Join Indiana in Fall

Van Westering already has best times in both backstroke events that would have made the B and C final at the 2022 Big Ten Championships.

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Division II ‘B’ Finalist Natalie Van Noy Transferring to Vanderbilt for 5th Year

Van Noy made the B final in the 100 butterfly at the 2022 NCAA Division II Championships. She graduated from Queens in May.

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