Articles by Anya Pelshaw

University of West Florida Transitioning From D2 To D1, Women’s Swim to Join ASUN Conference

The school will not be eligible to compete in the NCAA tournaments for three seasons. The women’s swim and dive program was 4th at 2026 D2 NCAAs.

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UIL Champion Cadence Johnson Sends Commitment To UCLA (2027)

Johnson won the UIL 6A 100 fly back in February. She also had a strong showing at Justin Sectionals with lifetime bests in all of her events.

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Winter Juniors Finalist Malia Groen Commits To Alabama For 2027

Groen’s best time in the 1650 free would have been 20th at the 2026 SEC Championships and she still has a year and a half until she arrives on campus.

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13 Year Old Lillie Dirito Swims 53.67 100 back, #36 13-14 All-Time On Day 3 Of YMCA Nationals

Dirito was 2nd behind Maggie Dickinson in the event. Dickinson also swam alongside sister Anne to win the girls 200 free relay.

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Distance Free/IMer Mia Briant Commits To Boston College For 2027

Briant’s best times would have led the team in both the 1650 free and 200 breast this past season. She is originally from Colorado.

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Winter Juniors ‘A’ Finalist and ‘BOTR’ Ranked Luan Barnard Commits To Utah For 2026

Barnard’s best time in the 100 back would have already made the 2026 Big 12 ‘B’ final. He stays in-state with his commitment.

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2026 NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Nick Simons Enters NCAA Transfer Portal As Grad Transfer

Simons was 7th in the 200 back at the 2026 NCAA Championships and is the latest NCAA ‘A’ finalist to enter the portal on the men’s side.

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2026 Swammy Awards: Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving

Torri Huske wins the Swammy for Women’s NCAA Swimmer of the Year for the first time following a strong showing at the 2026 NCAA Championships.

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2026 NCAA Finalist Julian Koch Of Pitt Enters Transfer Portal

Koch was the top seed coming out of prelims in the men’s 100 free at NCAAs last week. He ended up 4th in the event with a 40.43.

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Sprint Freestyler Kate Murray Transferring From Auburn To South Carolina

Murray’s best time in the 100 free would have been 2nd on South Carolina’s roster this past season and her 50 free would have been 3rd.

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Sara Czirjak Wins 200 Breast In 2:10.86 On Day 2 Of Y-Nationals

Sara Czirjak, a Virginia commit for this fall, dropped from her previous best of a 2:11.37 that she swam at 2024 Y-Nationals.

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Luka Mladenovic Expected “More at the NCAA Championships and I’m not entirely satisfied”

Mladenovic just finished his freshman year at Michigan and made ‘A’ final appearances in both breaststroke events at 2026 NCAAs.

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Minna Abraham Rips Fingernail And Bone Out Of Finger Just Seven Weeks Before 2026 NCAAs

Abraham details her journey from the end of January with surgery to just two weeks out from NCAAs when she had the pin removed from her finger.

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World Juniors Finalist Skye Carter Commits To Stanford For 2026

Carter was 8th in the 50 free at 2025 World Juniors. Her best converted time in the event would have been 0.01 off what it took to make 2026 NCAAs.

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Cincinnati Head Coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle Announces Retirement

Commons-DiSalle has spent the last 12 seasons as head coach of Cincinnati. The women notably finished 4th out of 10 teams at the 2026 Big 12 Championships.

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