Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Aidan Kreiley Transferring to St Bonaventure For 5th Year With Conference Leading Times

Kreiley’s best times would have won the 200 breast at the 2024 A-10 Championships and finished 3rd in the 100 breast.

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2020 US Tokyo Olympian Jake Mitchell Returning to Florida For Fifth Year

Mitchell scored 13 individual points at 2024 NCAAs and had a key relay split in the team’s 4th place 800 free relay.

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NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Caroline Bentz Transferring to Arizona State As One Of Three Fifth Years

Bentz arrives from Virginia Tech and the team also welcomes Mary Brinker from Penn State and returns Erin Milligan for another season.

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NCAA Qualifier Nikki Venema Using Final Year of Eligibility With Northwestern

Venema is a huge boost to the sprint free and fly events for Northwestern. She earned an individual invite to 2023 NCAAs.

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NCAA Relay Swimmer Kaden Smesko Transferring to South Carolina For Fifth Year

Smesko swam on Notre Dame’s 200 and 400 medley relays at 2022 NCAAs. He would have been 2nd on the roster in both backstrokes this past season.

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NCAA Qualifier Chris Nagy Transferring to Kentucky For COVID-19 Fifth Year

Arriving from Minnesota, Nagy boosts the distance group even more that includes NCAA qualifiers Carson Hick and Levi Sandidge.

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World Champion, NCAA Runner-Up Hubert Kos Announces Transfer To Texas

Kos is the first Arizona State swimmer to formally announce their transfer to Texas following the coaching change of Bob Bowman.

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Kentucky Welcomes Athletes from Lindenwood, Towson, Arkansas Through Transfer Portal

Heading into his second season as Kentucky head coach, Bret Lundgaard has been going to the transfer portal.

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NCAA Relay All-American Ella Ristic Transferring to USC For Fifth Year

Ristic helped the Hoosiers to a 5th place finish on the 800 free relay at 2024 NCAAs and an 8th place finish in the 400 free relay.

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Indiana Returns Tomer Frankel, Jassen Yep, and Gavin Wight For 5th Years

Frankel and Yep made NCAA A finals this past season while Wight swam on the team’s relays helping the Hoosiers to a 4th place finish.

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2024 NCAA Runner-Up Owen McDonald Transferring from ASU To Indiana

Owen McDonald swam in the 100 and 200 backstroke A finals which Indiana fifth year Brendan Burns was also in.

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Boston College Posts Head Coaching Job, Implying Intention To Continue Swim Program

The coaching staff was fired in the middle of January and the program is under a suspension until August following hazing allegations.

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World Record Holder Regan Smith Withdraws Name From Transfer Portal

Smith entered the portal on March 14th which was before Bob Bowman’s departure from Arizona State to take the job at Texas.

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Stanford’s Rex Maurer Enters Transfer Portal, #1 Recruit Coming Out Of High School

Maurer was the top recruit coming out of high school and swam most of his best times at midseason. He did not make an NCAA final.

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The NCAA Transfer Portal Window Closes Today For Women’s Swimming And Diving

Miranda Grana of Texas A&M is one of the latest athletes to enter the transfer portal. The window closes for women’s swim/dive today.

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