Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Winter Juniors Qualifiers Kuba Shaw, Yofang Yu Announce Commitments to UNC For 2026

Shaw is primarily a freestyler while Yu is primarily a fly/sprint freestyler. Both will arrive next fall and just competed at Winter Juniors.

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Mikayla Tan Breaks Lydia Jacoby’s Winter Jrs West Meet Record With 2:06.74 200 Breast

Tan dropped two seconds off her lifetime best and broke Jacoby’s record that stood at a 2:06.81 since 2022. Tan is only 15 years old.

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Gabi Brito Posts 47.77 100 Free, Becomes #7 15-16 Performer All-Time

Brito is only 15 years old and has over a year to keep moving up in the age group rankings. She came into today as the #13 performer in the age group.

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Backstroker Mike Marder Of Israel Commits To Northwestern For 2026

Marder was 3rd in the 200 backstroke at Israel’s World Championship Trials back in May. Northwestern was 7th at the 2025 Big Ten Championships.

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Summer Juniors Finalist Livi Roberts Staying In-State With Commitment To Texas A&M

Roberts is just off what it took to score in the 200 breast at the 2025 SEC Championships, an event the team had two ‘C’ finalists in.

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Wisconsin High School State Champion Annika Curran Commits To Wisconsin For 2026

Curran won the Division I Wisconsin High School state title last month in the 100 breast swimming a lifetime best 1:01.85.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Aidin Muminovic Commits To Louisville For 2027

Muminovic will arrive in 2027. He specializes in fly, back, and sprint/mid-distance freestyle. Louisville was 5th at 2025 ACCs and 14th at 2025 NCAAs.

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Over/Under: How Much Will Ryan Lochte’s Medals Go For In The Auction?

Will the three golds go for more than $430K total? Or less? Lochte’s medals started with opening bids of $20,000.

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European Juniors Finalist Lukas Fritzke Commits To Georgia For 2026

Fritzke primarily specializes in mid-distance freestyle and finaled in the 200 free and 400 free at German Nationals back in May.

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World Junior Team Member For Canada Maxine Clark Commits To USC (2026)

Clark’s best converted times in the 100 fly and 200 free would have been on the border of the Big Ten ‘B’ and ‘C’ finals this past season.

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Worlds Qualifier Kenan Dracic Of Bosnia and Herzegovina Commits To Alabama For 2026

Dracic most recently swam at the 2025 SCM European Championships. His converted 200 free is on the border of the SEC ‘B’ and ‘C’ finals.

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Quicksilver Swimming Posts New Meet Record and NAG Records With 1:18.67 Boys 200 Free Relay

The previous record before today included Caeleb Dressel, Santo Condorelli, Joseph Schooling, and Emiro Goossen from Bolles School Sharks.

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Rylee Erisman Smashes Katie Ledecky’s 15-16 NAG Record With 1:40.93 200 Freestyle

The old record held by Ledecky was a 1:42.03 from 2013. Erisman posted a 1:40.93 tonight, with a huge 23.46 on the opening 50.

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2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

The 500 free looks to be a tight battle between Sydney Schoeck (above) and Kayla Han as the two were separated by only 0.36 this morning.

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Ohio High School State Champion Jude Banks Commits To Georgia For 2026

Banks best time of a 52.99 is just 0.01 what it took to make it back at SECs in the 100 breast. Georgia scored 38.5 points at 2025 SECs in the event.

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