Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Pitt Associate Head Coach Roman Willets Announces He Will Step Away From Coaching

Willets graduated from Michigan in 2014, spent time coaching club swimming before coaching college swimming where he most recently spent a season at Pitt.

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Finn Winkler Enters Transfer Portal After Freshman Season At Texas

Winkler is the older brother of the #1 ranked recruit in the class of 2024, Kaii Winkler, who is headed to NC State this fall.

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Arizona State NCAA Qualifier Ieva Maluka Transferring to Georgia

Maluka helps fill in the gap that Zoie Hartman graduates as Hartman just finished her fifth year with the Bulldogs.

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Iowa State Hires Former Washington State Head Coach Matt Leach As Next Head Coach

Leach most recently was the head coach of Washington State and started the Indiana State women’s program from the ground up in 2015/2016.

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Did Summer McIntosh’s New Sponsor Just Leak Her Olympic Trials Schedule?

McIntosh’s sponsor claims that she picked the 200 IM over 800 free and will also swim the 400 IM over the 200 freestyle individually.

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NCAA Relay Champion Coby Carrozza Returning To Texas For Fifth Year

Carrozza helped the Texas men to NCAA titles in the 800 free relay in both 2022 and 2023. He swam for the US at 2022 Worlds.

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Aidan Kreiley Transferring to St Bonaventure For 5th Year With Conference Leading Times

Kreiley’s best times would have won the 200 breast at the 2024 A-10 Championships and finished 3rd in the 100 breast.

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2020 US Tokyo Olympian Jake Mitchell Returning to Florida For Fifth Year

Mitchell scored 13 individual points at 2024 NCAAs and had a key relay split in the team’s 4th place 800 free relay.

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NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Caroline Bentz Transferring to Arizona State As One Of Three Fifth Years

Bentz arrives from Virginia Tech and the team also welcomes Mary Brinker from Penn State and returns Erin Milligan for another season.

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NCAA Qualifier Nikki Venema Using Final Year of Eligibility With Northwestern

Venema is a huge boost to the sprint free and fly events for Northwestern. She earned an individual invite to 2023 NCAAs.

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NCAA Relay Swimmer Kaden Smesko Transferring to South Carolina For Fifth Year

Smesko swam on Notre Dame’s 200 and 400 medley relays at 2022 NCAAs. He would have been 2nd on the roster in both backstrokes this past season.

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NCAA Qualifier Chris Nagy Transferring to Kentucky For COVID-19 Fifth Year

Arriving from Minnesota, Nagy boosts the distance group even more that includes NCAA qualifiers Carson Hick and Levi Sandidge.

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World Champion, NCAA Runner-Up Hubert Kos Announces Transfer To Texas

Kos is the first Arizona State swimmer to formally announce their transfer to Texas following the coaching change of Bob Bowman.

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Kentucky Welcomes Athletes from Lindenwood, Towson, Arkansas Through Transfer Portal

Heading into his second season as Kentucky head coach, Bret Lundgaard has been going to the transfer portal.

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NCAA Relay All-American Ella Ristic Transferring to USC For Fifth Year

Ristic helped the Hoosiers to a 5th place finish on the 800 free relay at 2024 NCAAs and an 8th place finish in the 400 free relay.

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