Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Former College Swimmer Emma Vu Aboard Alaska Airlines Plane “I Thought I Was Going to Die”

Vu swam at the University of La Verne and graduated last spring. She was aboard the Alaska Airlines flight that had a door-sized hole in the side of the plane

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: January 3 – 9

The Florida Gators will take on South Carolina this week. See the full schedule for the first full week of the new year here.

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SwimSwam Writer Wild Predictions For 2024 And Alter Ego Takes

The writers here at SwimSwam have each given their “wild predictions” and “alter ego” takes for 2024.

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Miami (FL) Women Win 10 Events In Sweep Of Vanderbilt And Iowa

Fifth year Talia Bates helped Miami to two relay wins and she also won the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle.

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Aiden Hayes Rips 20.36 50 Backstroke Suited In Practice During Winter Training

Aiden Hayes led off in a time that would make him the 7th fastest performer all-time. He won the NCAA title in the 200 fly last spring.

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Snoop Dogg To Help With NBC Primetime Coverage During The 2024 Paris Olympics

Snoop Dogg hosted a comedic version of Olympic highlights in 2021 for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside Kevin Hart.

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Tokyo Olympians and Michigan Alumni Felix Auboeck And Catie DeLoof Get Engaged

Auboeck represented Austria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics while DeLoof represented the US. Both graduated from Michigan.

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Winter Juniors ‘A’ Finalist Lila Higgo Commits To Michigan For 2025

Higgo finished 5th last month in the 100 back at Winter Juniors-East. She would already make two Big Ten ‘B’ finals.

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European Juniors Silver Medalist Marian Ploeger Commits To Michigan For 2024

Ploger’s best converted times would have been 4th this past spring at Big Tens in the 1650 freestyle and would have made the ‘B’ final of the 500f ree.

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SwimSwam Writer Wild Predictions For 2023…How Did We Do?

Some were right, some were wrong, see whose wild predictions turned out to be right and whose did not.

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SwimSwam’s Top 10 Most Liked Instagram Posts Of The Year

Records, Taylor Swift, Prom Flexes, and many more highlighted the most liked Instagram posts of 2023. See the top 10 pictures here.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Jenna Gogel Commits to Nebraska For 2024

Gogel’s best 100 breaststroke time would have made the Big Ten Championship ‘C’ final this past season.

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American Record Holder Matt Brownstead Gets Engaged To Teammate Quinn Schaedler

Brownstead is a member of Virginia’s 200 freestyle relay that set the American Record in 2022.

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2023 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmers Of The Year- 17-18

Katie Grimes and Maximus Williamson take home age group swimmers of the year for the 17-18 age group. Both swimmers broke NAG records this year.

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Throwback Thursday: Today’s Veterans, Yesterday’s College Commits

Let’s celebrate Throwback Thursday looking at today’s veterans and what their college commitment pictures were back in high school.

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