Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Cal Freshman Aaron Shackell Returning To Carmel And Taking Olympic Redshirt

Shackell swam a personal best time in the SCY 200 butterfly at midseason earlier this month. He will return to Carmel, Indiana to train.

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Sandra Day O’Connor: History-Making Female Justice and Swim Mom

Not only was O’Connor the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, she also was a swimming mother too.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Tess Heavner Commits To Notre Dame For 2025

Heavner swims for Club Wolverine out of Michigan and won two Michigan Division II High School state titles last month.

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Kamminga, Steenbergen and Schouten Highlight Dutch 18-Swimmer Roster For Doha Worlds

Arno Kamminga tied for silver this past summer at 2023 Worlds in the men’s 100 breaststroke. See the full Dutch roster here.

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12 Year Old Jesse Yuan Swims 1:02.12 100 Breaststroke At Pacific Age Groups

Jesse Yuan of Santa Clara Swim Club became the 42nd fastest 11-12 boy ever in the 100 breaststroke swimming a 1:02.12 two weeks ago.

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Noah Jaffe Sets New American Record, Wins Swimmer Of The Meet To Close US Para Nationals

Two American Records went down in the final day of competition in Orlando. Jaffe broke his own S8 200 free record.

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David Curtiss And Ashley Twichell Highlight TAC Titans Blizzard Blitz

Now training with the TAC Titans David Curtiss swam a season best in the 50 free and posted a best time in prelims of the 100 butterfly.

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Luka Mijatovic Lowers Own 13-14 1000 Freestyle NAG With 8:46.50

Mijatovic lowered his own record Thursday while going out in the 1650 free and went even faster today, dropping nine seconds overall.

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Former Maryland Head Coach Sean Schimmel Joins Miami-OH Staff As Assistant Coach

Schimmel joins the Miami-OH staff after most recently spending time in Georgia. Schimmel was the head coach of Maryland before the program was cut in 2012.

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Olympic Redshirt Midseason Update, How Are They Doing?

Torri Huske is taking an Olympic Redshirt for the 2023-2024 NCAA season while still training at Stanford. See how others are swimming here.

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Full List of 2023-2024 NCAA Olympic Redshirts and Deferrals

There are a total of 19 Olympic Redshirts and 3 first-year deferrals with the 2024 Paris Olympics coming up this summer.

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Luka Mijatovic Sets 13-14 400 IM NAG Once Again With 3:49.32 In Finals

After breaking the NAG record in prelims, Mijatovic was over a second faster tonight in finals to now hold eight 13-14 NAGs.

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William Mulgrew Swims 14:48.26 1650 Freestyle To Become #4 15-16 All-Time

Mulgrew has dropped over forty seconds in the race over the last year and dropped over 17 seconds off of his previous best which he swam just last week.

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Claire Weinstein Posts Another Best Time On Night 2 Of California Sectionals

After swimming a huge personal best in the 1000 free on night 1, Claire Weinstein swam the 9th fastest 15-16 200 free all-time.

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SwimAtlanta Sets New 10 & Under NAG Record in Mixed 200 Free Relay With 1:47.09

From left to right Parker Wheeler, Haley Bolduc, Mallory Klemmer, and Alex Kirsling set a new NAG record Friday in the 10&Under 200 free relay.

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