Articles by Anya Pelshaw

US Women’s Water Polo Team Attends Taylor Swift Concert At Olympic Venue

The concert was held in the Paris La Defense Arena which will be the site of swimming and water polo (finals) for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Utah Adds Aly Tetzloff To Coaching Staff As Assistant

Tetzloff graduated from Auburn in 2019 and was a 14x NCAA All-American. She then spent time with the ISL before coaching FGCU.

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American Rapper Flavor Flav Backing US Women’s Water Polo To Paris

Flav reached out after 3x gold medalist Maggie Steffens posted on Instagram in hopes of support for the team as they look to make it 4-straight Olympic golds

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Allison Schmitt Delivers Georgia Commencement Address, Speaking From “Failure” to Success

Schmitt spoke on missing the 2013 Worlds team and how that “failure became the catalyst of my greatest successes.” She also spoke on finding her “why.”

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Pullbuoy Records Documentary With British Record Holder Imogen Clark

Clark holds numerous British swimming records and has a full-time job as she trains as an elite athlete. See his film here.

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US Open Qualifier Will Siegel Commits to Michigan For 2025

Siegel would have been 15th at 2024 Big Tens in the 1650 freestyle and is just off of finaling in the 500 freestyle as well.

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Ohio High School State Champion Hayden Hollingsworth Commits to Georgia For 2025

Hollingsworth is just off of making the SEC C final in the 50 free and has the potential to boost the team’s sprint group.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Molly Simmons Commits to Wisconsin For 2024

Simmons made the Summer Juniors final of the 200 back as she finished 23rd in a 2:18.35 in 2023. Simmons will stay in the midwest as she is from Indiana.

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George Washington NCAA Qualifier Ava Topolewski Withdraws From Transfer Portal

Topolewski entered the portal earlier this week as head coach Brian Thomas left the program. She was 1 of 2 women to make 2024 NCAAs from GWU.

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World Aquatics Says 2024 Paris Olympic ‘B’ Cut Swimmers “May Not” Qualify Due To Athlete Quota

26 less swimmers will compete in Paris compared to Tokyo. Universality swimmers also have priority over ‘B’ cut swimmers.

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NCAA Relay All-American Ava Longi Returning to Texas For 5th Year

The team’s sprint group looks strong for next season as Longi returns, Grace Cooper returns, and Abby Arens arrives from NC State.

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2024 NCAA ‘B’ Finalist Abby Arens Transferring to Texas For 5th Year

Arens made NCAAs in all four years with NC State and finaled the last two seasons. She won the 100 fly B final at NCAAs in 2023.

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A Summary Of Current Open Division I Head Coaching Positions (May Update)

Penn State is one of numerous Power 5 programs that currently has their head coaching position open. 11 open positions are currently active.

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Andrew Billitto Transferring to Florida Atlantic After Freshman Season With Auburn

Billitto would have been #2 on the roster for FAU this past season in both the 50 and 100 freestyles. He also would have made numerous conference ‘A’ finals.

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Sarah Pauley Transferring to James Madison After 1 Season With Campbell

The JMU women captured the 2024 Sun Belt title. Pauley’s best times would have made numerous conference ‘A’ finals.

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