Colin Jacobs, Daisy Collins Win Junior 7.5K US Open Water National Titles
Collins won the girls 15&Under 5K race last year and won the 7.5K this year. The race for 2nd on the girls side and 3rd on the guys side were close.
Kaii Winkler, Erika Pelaez Each Win Two Events On Night 3 In Fort Lauderdale
Pelaez swam her 3rd fastest 50 freestyle in her career as she was only 0.06 seconds off of her best. She also won the 100 fly.
UVA Associate Head Coach Blaire Bachman To Be Director of Swimming and Diving At Texas A&M
Bachman has been with Virginia since 2017 and an associate head coach since 2021, serving as the women’s recruiting coordinator.
#6 Ranked Recruit In Class Of 2023, Aaron Shackell Announces Transfer To Texas
Shackell joins the Texas roster and would have made NCAAs this past season. He is currently the #3 American this season in the LCM 200 freestyle.
Entries Show Summer McIntosh In 200 Freestyle, Still No 800 Freestyle
McIntosh is listed in the 100 and 200 freestyles on SplashMe in addition to the 400 free, 200 IM, 100 back, 200 fly, and 400 IM.
Saint Petersburg Aquatics Sweeps 15&Under 5K Open Water Jr. National Titles
Brinkleigh Hansen won the girls 5K while Cobe Hehenberger won the boys event. All swimmers were 15& under as of the end of the year.
Erika Pelaez Earns 200 Free Trials Cut With 2:00.51, Wins 100 Fly In Same Session
Pelaez has dropped over half a second in the 200 free this season already and earned another Trials cut as the cut is a 2:00.89.
NCAA Qualifier Tommy Palmer Transferring From Arizona to Arizona State
Palmer helps boost the sprint freestyle group and would have fit right into the team’s 200 free relay that was 3rd at 2024 NCAAs.
Division II Champion Kyle Micallef Transferring to Alabama For 5th Year
Micallef is just off what it took to make the D1 2024 NCAA Championships. He won the D2 50 freestyle NCAA title this past season with Florida Southern.
Josh Matheny and Luke Barr of Indiana Enter Transfer Portal, But Have No Intention to Transfer
Both Matheny and Barr entered with “do not contact” labels but are not leaving Indiana. Instead, the move allows them to give back scholarship money for the benefit of the team.
Florida State NCAA Qualifier Yordan Yanchev Returning For 5th Year
Yanchev was the team’s highest individual scorer at 2023 ACCs and has made NCAAs in all four seasons with Florida State.
Kaii Winkler, Erika Pelaez Highlight Pysch Sheets for Fort Lauderdale 18&Under Spring Cup
Winkler is the top seed in five events while Pelaez is the top in all six of her entries. Night 1 recap of the distance session can be read here.
Pitt Associate Head Coach Roman Willets Announces He Will Step Away From Coaching
Willets graduated from Michigan in 2014, spent time coaching club swimming before coaching college swimming where he most recently spent a season at Pitt.
Finn Winkler Enters Transfer Portal After Freshman Season At Texas
Winkler is the older brother of the #1 ranked recruit in the class of 2024, Kaii Winkler, who is headed to NC State this fall.
Arizona State NCAA Qualifier Ieva Maluka Transferring to Georgia
Maluka helps fill in the gap that Zoie Hartman graduates as Hartman just finished her fifth year with the Bulldogs.
