Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Aaron Shackell Swims 1:56.07 200 Fly Breaking Andrew Seliskar’s Meet Record

18 year old Shackell swam his third fastest 200 fly ever. He will compete in Dublin, Ireland for U23 beginning August 11th.

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Tess Howley Breaks Own Meet Record With 2:06.85 200 Butterfly; #2 17-18 All-Time

Howley now is the 4th fastest American this season and will sit at #9 in the World this season. She would have been 2nd at US Nationals with this time.

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WATCH: Ian Call Breaks Reece Whitley’s 13-14 NAG Record With 1:02.64 100 BR At Summer Jr

Call has dropped over four seconds in the 100 breast over the past year, consistently dropping at almost every meet, now breaking the NAG record.

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2023 Summer Junior Nationals: #10 Seed In Both Boys And Girls 200 Fly Scratch Finals

Lynsey Bowen and Matthew Marsteiner have both scratched the 200 fly in favor of their respective distance freestyle event tonight.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Payden Rafferty Commits to Arizona State For 2024

A backstroke specialist, Rafferty is already just off of making the Pac-12 ‘B’ final in the 100 back and will arrive in fall 2024.

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Landon D’Ariano And Thomas Mercer Close NCSAs With 200 IM Olympic Trials Cuts

Both D’Ariano (above) and Mercer had already qualified for Olympic Trials in the 400 IM but now added the 200 IM to their lineup.

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2023 NCAA Qualifier Max Berg of Kentucky Enters Transfer Portal

Berg was Kentucky’s highest scorer at 2023 SECs by over 20 points, notably making two ‘A’ finals. He also swam at 2023 NCAAs.

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Tess Howley Swims 2:07.56 200 Fly Breaking US Summer Jr Meet Record; #5 All-Time 17-18

Howley dropped over half a second off of her best time and cruised to the top time of the morning in Irvine.

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Audrey Derivaux Swims 2:11.54 200 Fly; #1 US 13 Year Old Ever

Derivaux also now sits at #10 all-time in the 13-14 age group. She is the third seed heading into tonight’s final in Irvine.

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2023 US Summer Junior Nationals: Jillian Cox Scratches 800 Free On Night 1

After competing in Worlds this past week, Jillian Cox has scratched the 800 free in Irvine. See the rest of the scratches here.

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2022 NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Lola Mull of Northwestern Enters Transfer Portal

Mull has qualified for NCAAs in all three of her years at Northwestern. She made the top eight in the 1650 free as both a freshman and sophomore.

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2023 Summer Junior Nationals: Henry McFadden, Luka Mijatovic Highlight Psych Sheets

National Age Group (NAG) record holder 14 year old Luka Mijatovic is entered in five events this week in Irvine.

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2023 Summer Juniors Girls Preview: 10 US World Junior Roster Members Highlight Psychs

Piper Enge (above) is the top seed in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes for Summer Juniors in Irvine this week.

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Lilla Bognar Adds 200 IM To Her List of Trials Cuts With PB 2:15.16 (NCSAs Day 5)

16 year old Lilla Bognar adds the 200 back to her Trials cut resume after already qualifying in the 200 back and 400 IM.

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USA Men Win 4×100 Medley Relay in Championship Record 3:27.20 To Close Worlds

Nic Fink split a 58.03 on the breaststroke leg, about half a second faster than Eric Shanteau was on the old 2009 record breaststroke leg.

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