Articles by Anya Pelshaw

Johnny Crush Swims Olympic Trials Cut With 54.95 On Night 2 Of NCSAs

Johnny Crush dropped almost a full second off of his 100 back personal best to win the event and earn a 2024 Olympic Trials cut.

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Nicole McConnell Promoted to Assistant Coach For Texas A&M Women

McConnell has been a volunteer assistant with the Aggie women since August 2020 while also coaching Aggie Swim Club.

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2023 World Championships: Night 5 Relay Analysis

Summer McIntosh had the second fastest flying start split of the women’s 4×200 freestyle ‘A’ final, even after winning the 200 fly earlier in the session.

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NCSA Summer Champs: Elizabeth Nawrocki Earns Trials Cut in 100 Breast With 1:09.41

Lilla Bognar (above) also had a big swim this morning, dropping over four seconds off her personal best in the 200 butterfly.

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Caeleb And Meghan Dressel Are Going To Be Parents

The Dressel’s both posted the pregnancy announcement Wednesday night. The baby is due in February 2024.

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Rutgers Hires 2013 US Nationals 50 Breast Champion Kevin Steel As New Assistant Coach

Steel, an Arizona graduate, spent the 2022-2023 season as a volunteer assistant at the University of Virginia.

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2023 TYR Pro Championships: Sullivan and McKenna Scratch Out Of 800 Free On Night 1

Top seed in the women’s 800 free Erica Sullivan has scratched on night 1 of the TYR Pro Championships. She was not the only big name to scratch.

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Nathan Townsend Announced As Little Rock’s Next Head Coach

Townsend arrives at Little Rock after spending the past four years as an assistant coach at Division II McKendree University.

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Carlton, Hoagland, Dickinson, Daigle, and Dahlgren Named 2023 US WUGs Team Captains

USA Swimming did not sponsor a team to head to Chengdu, China. Instead, the athletes self-funded their trip. Swimming begins August 1st.

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2024 Paris Olympic Torch Design Revealed

The design for the 2024 Paris Olympic Torch was revealed on July 25th. See what it looks like here. The Games start July 26, 2024.

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2022 SEC Champion Derek Maas Using COVID-19 Fifth Year While At NYU Med School

Maas’ best times would have won the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM at Division III NCAAs this past season by at least two seconds.

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2023 World Championships Day 3 Prelims Preview: Will Marchand Take Over the 200 Fly?

Day 3 prelims will feature the men’s 100 breast, women’s 200 free, men’s 200 fly, and men’s 800 free. Who will lead the way?

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2023 World Championships Day 2 Prelims Preview: It’s Popovici Time

Day 2 prelims will feature the women’s 100 back, men’s 100 back, women’s 100 breast, men’s 200 free, and women’s 1500 free.

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SCM Worlds Swimmer Jakub Poliacik Commits to Virginia Tech For 2024

Poliacik competes internationally for Slovakia where he swam at World Juniors last summer and SCM Worlds last December.

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Breaststroke and Freestyler Will Taylor Commits to Alabama For Fall 2023

Taylor dropped in all of his primary events this past season during his senior year of high school and will arrive at Alabama this fall.

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