Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Twins Lilly And Claire Mehok Commit To Northwestern For 2024

Lilly and Claire Mehok both swam numerous best times at NCSAs this past week. They both helped their high school team win a state championship this year.

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Rush Clark Transfers to Florida Atlantic With Three Conference ‘A’ Final Best Times

Clark competed as a freshman at Florida State before transferring to Ohio State this past year. He did not compete for the Buckeyes.

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WATCH: Howley, Shackell, and Mijatovic All Break Records On Night 1 Of Junior Nationals

Luka Mijatovic broke the oldest 13-14 national age group record last night in the 1500 freestyle. Watch his race out of lane 2 here.

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2023 Summer Junior Nationals: Jillian Cox Scratches, Henry McFadden Still In 100 Free

McFadden competed for the US at the 2023 World Championships last week swimming on the prelims 4×200 mens free relay and is the top seed in the 100 free.

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14 Year Old Luka Mijatovic Breaks Oldest NAG In The Books With 15:27.38 1500 Freestyle

Luka Mijatovic broke the oldest NAG record in the books swimming a 15:27.38 in Irvine for third place at Summer Junior Nationals.

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Ian Call Breaks Own NAG Record From Prelims With 1:02.22, Fastest 13-14 By Over A Second

Call has dropped almost five seconds off of his best 100 breaststroke time in the past year. He is the fastest 13-14 year old ever by 1.01 seconds.

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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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