Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Olympic Medalist Leah Smith Announces Retirement From Competitive Swimming

Smith last competed at 2024 US Olympic Trials and had shoulder surgery for a torn labrum in December 2024. She got married in September 2025.

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LA 2028 Prelims Swim Tickets Still Available At $1,116, Water Polo Starting At $248

Tickets for the closing ceremony also remain available, with prices starting at $4,961.20. No final sessions for swim are available.

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2026 NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Teagan O’Dell Of Cal Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

O’Dell scored 46 individual points at the 2026 NCAA Championships with three ‘A’ final appearances including a 2nd place finish in the 200 IM.

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Illinois State Head Coach Riley Hilbrandt Resigns After Two Years With The Program

The Illinois State women finished 7th at the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Championships, led by grad student Mia Snow.

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LA 2028 Olympic Tickets Open Today For General Public, No Finals Swimming Tickets Available

No finals tickets for swimming are available for non-locals in the current “drop 1.” Prelims tickets are only available in category A, the highest price.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Torri Huske “I am swimming until [20]28 probably…I think three is enough”

Huske said “I think it would be really cool to end it on a home games and then that would probably be my last meet ever. I think three is enough.”

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Anna Moesch, Jonny Kulow Highlight US Roster For AP Race London International

Jonny Kulow represented the US at the 2025 World Championships, most notably helping the men’s 4×100 free relay to bronze.

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Chase Kreitler On Pitt’s Historic Growth Over The Last 4 Years, Transfer Portal Thoughts

“This year’s results really just showed what we built in terms of the culture of the last 4 years and also just the work that we put in,” Kreitler said.

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Distance Free/IMer Isabella Zarkos Commits To Boston College For 2027

Zarkos would have scored in the 1650 free at the 2026 ACC Championships and is a huge addition as the team did not have any individual scorers at ACCs.

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Winter Juniors Finalist Sam Weaver Commits To BYU For 2026

Weaver’s best time in the 100 breast would have made the Big 12 ‘B’ final this past season, an event BYU had two ‘A’ finalists in.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Mae Winardi Commits To Cornell For 2026

Winardi is a versatile swimmer and is just off what it took to earn a 2nd swim in numerous events at the 2026 Ivy League Championships.

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NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Abdalla Yousseff Nasr Enters Transfer Portal After One Season With Auburn

Abdalla Yousseff Nasr scored 16 individual points at NCAAs and was highlighted by an 8th place finish in the 200 fly. He also was 12th in the 100 fly.

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2026 NCAA Division I Transfer Portal Update: April 7

No additional NCAA individual qualifiers have entered the portal since our last update. The portal is open until April 24th for women and May 1 for men.

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U.S. Olympian David Johnston Announces Transfer From Texas To Florida

Johnston will be able to train alongside newly minted NCAA record holder Ahmed Jaouadi who won the 2026 NCAA Championship in the 1650 free.

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Five Cal Baptist Freshmen Select Transfer Homes After Men’s Swim Program Is Cut

Ben Madson, Trent Bemis, and Holden Short will all transfer to Grand Canyon, and Jacob Smith and Samuil Danailov will transfer to Saint Mary’s College.

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