Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Tennessee Commit Pedro Sansone Swims 49.28 100 Free At Brazilian Summer Juniors

Sansone was 7th in the event this summer at World Juniors. Also highlighting the meet was Beatriz Bezerra who swam a 58.99 in the girls 100 fly.

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Junior National Champ Isaac Fleig Moving To Fishers Area Swimming; Joining ASU Next Fall

Fleig will train under Joe Keller in Fishers, Indiana. Fishers is also home to fellow distance freestyler Luke Whitlock.

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Washington State & Oregon State To Join West Coast Conference As Affiliate Members

The West Coast Conference does not sponsor swimming and diving for either gender. Washington State is home to a women’s-only program.

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NCAA Qualifier Catherine Russo Heading To Tulane For COVID-19 Fifth Year

Russo anchored the Ohio State 400 freestyle relay this past March at NCAAs, helping them earn a fifth place finish.

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2023 Swammy Awards: CAC Female Swimmer Of The Year — Kristen Romano

Over the summer at the CAC Games, Kristen Romano broke two of her own Puerto Rican National Records that stood since 2018.

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2023 Swammy Awards: Female Breakout Swimmer Of The Year – Erika Fairweather

Erika Fairweather became just the 5th woman to break the 4:00 barrier in the LCM 400 freestyle helping her win bronze at Worlds.

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Cal Freshman Aaron Shackell Returning To Carmel And Taking Olympic Redshirt

Shackell swam a personal best time in the SCY 200 butterfly at midseason earlier this month. He will return to Carmel, Indiana to train.

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Sandra Day O’Connor: History-Making Female Justice and Swim Mom

Not only was O’Connor the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, she also was a swimming mother too.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Tess Heavner Commits To Notre Dame For 2025

Heavner swims for Club Wolverine out of Michigan and won two Michigan Division II High School state titles last month.

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Kamminga, Steenbergen and Schouten Highlight Dutch 18-Swimmer Roster For Doha Worlds

Arno Kamminga tied for silver this past summer at 2023 Worlds in the men’s 100 breaststroke. See the full Dutch roster here.

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12 Year Old Jesse Yuan Swims 1:02.12 100 Breaststroke At Pacific Age Groups

Jesse Yuan of Santa Clara Swim Club became the 42nd fastest 11-12 boy ever in the 100 breaststroke swimming a 1:02.12 two weeks ago.

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Noah Jaffe Sets New American Record, Wins Swimmer Of The Meet To Close US Para Nationals

Two American Records went down in the final day of competition in Orlando. Jaffe broke his own S8 200 free record.

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David Curtiss And Ashley Twichell Highlight TAC Titans Blizzard Blitz

Now training with the TAC Titans David Curtiss swam a season best in the 50 free and posted a best time in prelims of the 100 butterfly.

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Luka Mijatovic Lowers Own 13-14 1000 Freestyle NAG With 8:46.50

Mijatovic lowered his own record Thursday while going out in the 1650 free and went even faster today, dropping nine seconds overall.

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Former Maryland Head Coach Sean Schimmel Joins Miami-OH Staff As Assistant Coach

Schimmel joins the Miami-OH staff after most recently spending time in Georgia. Schimmel was the head coach of Maryland before the program was cut in 2012.

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