Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Jack Dahlgren Named Flag Bearer For USA At 2023 World University Games

Dahlgren just finished up his fifth year at Missouri and has also been named one of the swimming captains for competition beginning August 1st.

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Charlotte Crush Swims 1:00.44 100 Backstroke In Prelims of NCSAs (Day 3)

Charlotte Crush dropped over a second in her 100 back in prelims of day 3 in Indianapolis. She is the top seed tonight by around a second and a half.

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Dong Zhihao Breaks Own World Junior Record Again With 2:08.04 200 Breaststroke

Dong Zhihao (China) broke his own World Junior Record again, swimming a 2:08.04 to finish fourth at 2023 Worlds in Japan.

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Hubert Kos Sets New Hungarian National Record With 200 Back Win In 1:54.14

Hubert Kos won the 200 backstroke on Friday, breaking the Hungarian national record by almost a second and a half.

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Johnny Crush Swims Olympic Trials Cut With 54.95 On Night 2 Of NCSAs

Johnny Crush dropped almost a full second off of his 100 back personal best to win the event and earn a 2024 Olympic Trials cut.

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Nicole McConnell Promoted to Assistant Coach For Texas A&M Women

McConnell has been a volunteer assistant with the Aggie women since August 2020 while also coaching Aggie Swim Club.

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2023 World Championships: Night 5 Relay Analysis

Summer McIntosh had the second fastest flying start split of the women’s 4×200 freestyle ‘A’ final, even after winning the 200 fly earlier in the session.

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NCSA Summer Champs: Elizabeth Nawrocki Earns Trials Cut in 100 Breast With 1:09.41

Lilla Bognar (above) also had a big swim this morning, dropping over four seconds off her personal best in the 200 butterfly.

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Caeleb And Meghan Dressel Are Going To Be Parents

The Dressel’s both posted the pregnancy announcement Wednesday night. The baby is due in February 2024.

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Rutgers Hires 2013 US Nationals 50 Breast Champion Kevin Steel As New Assistant Coach

Steel, an Arizona graduate, spent the 2022-2023 season as a volunteer assistant at the University of Virginia.

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2023 TYR Pro Championships: Sullivan and McKenna Scratch Out Of 800 Free On Night 1

Top seed in the women’s 800 free Erica Sullivan has scratched on night 1 of the TYR Pro Championships. She was not the only big name to scratch.

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Nathan Townsend Announced As Little Rock’s Next Head Coach

Townsend arrives at Little Rock after spending the past four years as an assistant coach at Division II McKendree University.

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Carlton, Hoagland, Dickinson, Daigle, and Dahlgren Named 2023 US WUGs Team Captains

USA Swimming did not sponsor a team to head to Chengdu, China. Instead, the athletes self-funded their trip. Swimming begins August 1st.

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2024 Paris Olympic Torch Design Revealed

The design for the 2024 Paris Olympic Torch was revealed on July 25th. See what it looks like here. The Games start July 26, 2024.

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2022 SEC Champion Derek Maas Using COVID-19 Fifth Year While At NYU Med School

Maas’ best times would have won the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM at Division III NCAAs this past season by at least two seconds.

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