Articles by Anya Pelshaw

College Swimming Weekly Preview: October 23-29

Ilya Kharun and Arizona State will travel to NC State for a dual meet this weekend for a top 25 matchup. See the full weekly schedule here.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: October 16-22

The defending National Champions on the women’s side Virginia will host Florida in one of the top dual meets this season. Florida finished 3rd at NCAAs.

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Luca Urlando Clocks 1:39.87 200 Fly In Return To Competition With Georgia

Urlando last swam in a dual meet for the Georgia Bulldogs in October 2022 and made his presence known on Friday night.

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Drexel Takes On Eliminator 1000 Freestyle During Intrasquad Meet

One swimmer is eliminated at the 200, 400, 600, and 800 marks and the final two battle it out until the touch in the eliminator 1000.

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Florida vs Alabama Dual Meet Canceled Due To Expected Impact Of Hurricane Milton

The Florida Gators have had another dual meet canceled due to a hurricane after the dual meet vs Nova Southeastern was canceled two weeks ago.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: October 9-15

Florida was set take on Alabama this week in a dual meet. Another dual meet to watch is LSU and Texas, another top 25 matchup.

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Paris Olympians And Paralympians Visit The White House: Social Media Edition

Team USA returned to the White House after Biden welcomed Olympians and Paralympians from Tokyo in 2022. Torri Huske spoke at the event.

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USA Swimming HOD Approves Amended Version of Club Dues Increase Proposal

The amended proposal will require more transparency and will have new clubs pay an increased $750 rate for the first year instead of the first three years.

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NCAA Division III ‘A’ Finalist Anthony Fitzgerald To Use Fifth Year At USC

Fitzgerald spent his undergraduate career at the Division III level at Wheaton College (IL). He made the D3 ‘A’ final of the 200 breast the last 2 years.

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Michael Phelps Announced As Guest Picker For ESPN’s College Gameday At Michigan vs Texas Game

Phelps returns to Ann Arbor after taking classes at the University while training under head coach Bob Bowman, who now is the Director of Texas swimming.

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Fifth Year Summary For The 2024-2025 Season

Alex Walsh of Virginia is the biggest name that will be using their COVID-19 5th year for the upcoming 2024-2025 NCAA season.

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Louisville Returns NCAA Qualifiers Dalton Lowe And Denis Petrashov For 5th Years

Denis Petrashov was the team’s highest scorer at 2024 NCAAs with 16 individual points as the team finished 15th overall.

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NCAA Qualifier Aris Runnels Of Florida Retires From Swimming

Runnels scored individually at 2023 NCAAs and earned an individual invite to 2024 NCAAs as well. She swam the leadoff leg on the 200 medley relay NCAAs

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NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Olivia Bray Returning To Texas For 5th Year

Bray has made at least one ‘A’ final in all four years with Texas including a 2nd place finish in the 200 fly as a freshman.

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2024 Olympic Gold Medalist Abbey Weitzeil To Take The Upcoming Year Off Of Swimming

Weitzeil is getting married this fall and said she is “just going to live life for a second.” She won gold and silver in Paris.

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