Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Galossi on Golds 15 Minutes Apart “I felt nothing but pain”: Day 5 Euro Juniors

Lorenzo Galossi won the boys 800 freestyle only 15 minutes before anchoring Italy’s boys 4×200 freestyle relay to gold.

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Where has the LCM Men’s 100 Free Gone 100 Years After the First Sub-1:00 Swim?

100 years ago today, the 1:00 barrier was broken in the men’s 100 freestyle for the first time as Johnny Weissmuller swam a 58.6.

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4 National Records go Down on Night 5 of 2022 European Junior Championships

Romania’s Vlad-Stefan Stancu set a new national record in the 800 freestyle. That was his second national record of the meet.

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2022 Worlds Bronze Medalist Ksawery Masiuk of Poland Commits to NC State

Masiuk’s converted LCM 100 backstroke time would already have qualified for the A final at the 2022 ACC Championships.

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Ksawery Masiuk Swims European Juniors Championship Record in 100 Back with 53.11

Masiuk is the top seed heading into tomorrow night’s final by over a second and a half after swimming a 53.11 in tonight’s semifinal.

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Carson Foster Swims 3:45.29 400 Free in Time Trial; #10 US Performer All-Time

Foster time trialed the 400 freestyle tonight swimming a personal best time that would have been first at the 2022 US International Team Trials in April.

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European Junior Championships: Day 4 Flash Quotes

Eneli Jefimova set an Estonian National Record in the girls 200 breaststroke. She said she made a plan with her coach and had “some luck at the end”

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Kenyon College Changes its Name to the “Owls”

The Kenyon women captured the 2022 NCAA Division III Swimming title making it their 24th title ever. The Kenyon men finished 5th at NCAAs.

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NC State Women Return 3 NCAA Scorers as 5th Years This Upcoming Season

NC State has three returning fifth year women including Kylee Alons (above). The three women scored a combined 200 individual points at 2022 ACCs.

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2022 European Junior Championships Day 4: Prelims Recap

Lana Pudar swam a 2:12.66 in the girls 200 fly in prelims to be the top seed heading into semifinals. She was 6th in the event at Worlds just a few weeks ago

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Swedish Olympian Victor Johansson to Transfer to Alabama for Graduate Year

Johansson won the 500 freestyle at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships during his freshman season. He represented Sweden at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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European Junior Championships Day 3: Prelims Recap

After winning the 50 back last night, Ksawery Masiuk of Poland swam the fastest time this morning in the boys 200 back. He is the defending champ in the event

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Longtime Swimming Announcer Sam Kendricks Dies After Battling Cancer

Kendricks was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer back in August 2021. He had been the announcer at US Jr and Senior Nationals for the last 2 decades

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NC State Men Return Two 2022 NCAA Qualifiers as 5th Years This Season

Giovanni Izzo (above) and Rafal Kusto will both be returning to NC State for a fifth year. They scored a combined 97 individual points at 2022 ACCs.

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2022 World Para Swimming Gold Medalist Morgan Stickney of US has Surgery

Stickney won the Women’s 400 meter freestyle S8 at 2022 Para Worlds. She has since undergone surgery last week and has another surgery scheduled this week.

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