Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Best Of The Rest Ranked Recruit Summer Mudadu Commits To Texas A&M For 2027

The mid/distance freestyler Mudadu is the 2nd BOTR already committed to Texas A&M for fall 2027, joining Emma Liebler.

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Distance Freestyler Jana Härtel Of Germany Commits To Nebraska For 2026

Härtel joins a heavy international class so far for Nebraska that also includes Georgia Holgate from Germany and Dominika Borkowska from Poland.

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NCSA Finalist And Nevada State Champion Emery Vannah Joining Pitt In Fall 2026

Vannah primarily specializes in butterfly and sprint/mid-distance freestyle. She swims for Sandpipers of Nevada.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Tommy Lussier Commits To Virginia Tech For 2027

Lussier is primarily a sprint freestyler and butterflyer. He is the first announced commitment for the Hokies for fall 2027.

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Ilya Kharun Throws Down 19.84 Flat Start 50 Fly In ASU Intrasquad

Kharun holds the fastest two relay splits of all-time in the 50 fly. Today his swim came from a flat start in an intrasquad where he also swam on two relays.

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Defending Men’s NCAA Champions Texas Announces 2025-2026 Schedule

Texas will host Tennessee on October 24th in its only true home “dual” meet this year Texas will host the US Open in December and Pro Swim Series in January

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Summer Juniors Champion, BOTR Ranked Recruit Caroline Mallard Commits To Purdue For 2026

Mallard is a huge pick up for the Purdue women as she is on the border of the ‘A’ final in the 200 fly and her 100 fly would have made the ‘B’ final as well.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Ethan Linville Commits To USC For 2026

Linville would already score in the 1650 free at the conference level. He is not far off the ‘C’ final in the 200 free and 500 free as well.

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American Record Holder Rex Maurer Among Five Captains For Texas In 2025-2026 Season

Maurer enters his junior season this fall. Also named captains are Baylor Nelson, Will Modglin, Nick Harris, and Ryan Branon.

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2024 ACC ‘A’ Finalist Tate Bacon Transferring To SMU For Spring 2026

Bacon will arrive in the spring and is a huge boost to the team’s butterfly group that had zero scorers at ACCs this past season.

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USA Swimming Announces Junior National Team For 2025-2026

Sean Green was named to the US National Junior Team in five events. Long Island Aquatic Club placed three boys and four overall swimmers.

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#20 Ellis Crisci Kicks Off Texas Men’s Recruiting Class For Fall 2027

Crisci is primarily a distance freestyler and was 2nd in the 1500 free at Summer Juniors in August. He is the #20 ranked recruit.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Dawson Walters Commits To Minnesota For 2026

Walters primarily swims butterfly and sprint freestyle. He has best times of a 48.36 in the 100 fly and a 1:48.44 200 fly.

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Ilya Kharun Posts 44.15 100 Butterfly In Practice At ASU Pentathlon

Kharun’s time would have still made the ‘A’ final at 2025 NCAAs, and he swam an additional 4x100s after it only 15 minutes apart.

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Texas, Virginia Lead Way With 14 Swimmers On 2025-2026 US National Team Roster

Virginia led the way on the women’s side with 11 athletes while Texas had 10 men named to the roster. See the full breakdown of NCAA ties.

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