Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Caeleb Dressel Swims Fastest 100 Freestyle Since Comeback With 48.30

Dressel has continually progressed in the 100 freestyle since finishing 19th in the event at 2023 US Summer Nationals last June.

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Sarah Sjoestroem, Tom Dean Highlight Lastest Names Expected To Compete At Mare Nostrum

Sjoestroem is listed that she will compete in the 50 and 100 freestyles as well as the 50 and 100 butterfly events at Mare Nostrum.

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NCAA Record Holder Maxine Parker Returning To Virginia For 5th Year

Parker has been at the core of the Virginia sprint freestyle group and swam at 2023 Worlds for the US last summer in the women’s 4×100 free relay.

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Alex Shackell Swims Best Time 57.22 100 Butterfly During Prelims In Indy, #3 17-18 All-Time

Alex Shackell is the 5th fastest American so far this season and was 6th in the event at 2023 US Summer Nationals.

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Kayla Han, Luke Whitlock Open Indianapolis Spring Cup With Distance Free Wins

Whitlock swam a best time by 0.15 seconds to win the event to open the meet in Indianapolis. Gwen Woodbury of Ohio State picked up an Olympic Trials cut.

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Northwestern Hires Joe Bonk From Virginia As Assistant Coach

Bonk graduated from NC State in 2017 and has spent time in college coaching and club coaching. He spent the 2023-2024 season with Virginia.

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Oliver Dawson Breaks Own Canadian 15-17 Age Group Record With 2:12.42 200 Breast

Dawson has dropped almost six seconds in the event over the last year and charged home on the final 50 to earn the win.

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Former Texas A&M Men’s Head Coach Jay Holmes Announces Retirement After US Trials

Holmes has led the men’s program since 2004 and has been at Texas A&M for 40 years. Holmes will still coach for another month through US Olympic Trials.

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Thomas Heilman, Anna Moesch Highlight Richmond Super Sectional As Tune Up For Trials

Heilman is entered in the 50 and 100 freestyles and 100 and 200 butterfly events just less than a month before US Trials begins in Indianapolis.

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NCAA Champion Jake Magahey Returning to Georgia For Fifth Year

Jake Magahey won the 500 free at 2021 NCAAs and has made the ‘A’ final of the event at the last three years as well.

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Shima Taghavi Breaks 37 Year Old 11-12 Canadian Age Group Record With 1:10.78 100 Breast

Taghavi broke the oldest 11-12 Canadian age group record that was still standing as it was set in 1986. Taghavi now holds both LCM breaststroke records.

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2024 NCAA A Finalist Miranda Grana Transferring to Indiana After Freshman Season At Texas A&M

Grana made the NCAA ‘A’ final of the 100 and 200 backstrokes but also has strength in butterfly that will boost Indiana’s relays.

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Tristan Jankovics Drops 5 Seconds To Hit Olympic Qualifying Time In 400 IM At Canadian Trials

Canada has not had a man in the 400 IM at the Olympics since 2012. Jankovics dropped over five seconds off of his best time to earn the cut.

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Rex Maurer Entered With Longhorn Aquatics For Longhorn Elite Invite

Rex Maurer entered the transfer portal at the end of April and will swim in three events in Austin this weekend.

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Texas Swimmers, Fink/Foster Highlight Longhorn Elite Invite Psych Sheets

Carson Foster will swim the 200 and 400 freestyles as well as the 200 and 400 IM events in Austin this upcoming weekend.

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