Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Bobby Finke tells Himself to “Settle through the Pain” on last 50 of 800 Free

Finke won the gold medal in the 800 freestyle after coming home in a 25.93 on the last 50. That was the fastest last 50 of the field by almost a full second.

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Australia’s Lani Pallister Speaks on Rebound after 4th in 400 Free by 0.08

Pallister earned a bronze medal in the 1500 freestyle making it her first senior international medal. She also swam a best time by six seconds in the process.

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Ledecky: Sharing Moment With Grimes Is “Really Special” After 1-2 In 1500 Free

Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes went 1-2 in the Women’s 1500 freestyle tonight. Ledecky was faster than she was in Tokyo and Grimes set a new personal best.

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IOC Announces 44 Paris 2024 Refugee Athlete Scholarships in Initial Listing

The IOC has announced at least 44 athletes in their initial list for the Paris Refugee Scholarship in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Michael Andrew on 50 Fly “Every day I hope to be on top of the podium with Caeleb”

The United States won a total of six medals on day two. Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew can be seen above during the 50 butterfly award ceremony.

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Annie Lazor Disqualified for Non-Simultaneous Kick in Semi-Finals of 100 Breast

Lazor was the third seed coming into semifinals and finished fourth in the second heat of semifinals before the disqualification was announced.

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16 Year Old Leah Hayes Sets New World Junior Record in 200 IM with 2:08.91

Hayes also broke her 15-16 NAG record and moved up from 13th to eighth in United States history. Hayes earned a bronze medal in the process.

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Apostolos Christou Sets Championship Record in 100 Back with 52.09 at 2022 Worlds

Greece’s Apostolos Christou set a new Championship Record and is the top seed heading into the Men’s 100 Backstroke final tomorrow night.

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Cody Bybee to Stay; Max McCusker to Transfer into Arizona State for 5th Year

Both Bybee and McCusker qualified for the 2022 Men’s NCAA Championships. McCusker spent his undergrad at Florida State.

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2022 World Para Swimming Championships: Overall Summary

Italy topped the medal table for the second straight World Para Swimming Championships. Italy’s Simone Barlaam(above) can be seen celebrating his world record

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Miriam Sheehan Goes :53 100 Fly and Back SCY at IA DASH into Summer Meet

Sheehan competed for Puerto Rico in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and went 52 seconds in both the 100 back and 100 fly back in February 2022.

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NCAA Qualifier Daisy Platts to Transfer to Auburn for 5th Year

Platts best times would have scored 51 individual points at the 2022 SEC Championships where Auburn finished only 41 points behind Texas A&M.

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Beata Nelson Swims 58.5 100 Fly at Wisconsin BAC Meet

Nelson just missed the 2022 US Worlds Team after finishing third in the 200 IM at the 2022 US World Championship Trials.

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2022 World Championships: Ledecky Comments on Gold “I’m really happy with that.”

Ledecky captured her 12th individual gold medal at a World Championships tonight, setting a Championship Record in the process of the 400 LCM freestyle.

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2021 NCAA ‘B’ Finalist Will Chan to Transfer to Texas for 5th Year

Chan’s best time in the 100 breast would have been second on the Texas roster this past season. It also would have finished sixth at 2022 NCAAs.

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