Articles by Anya Pelshaw

NCAA Transfer Portal Rules And Summary

The transfer portal 45-day window begins on Wednesday for women’s swimming and diving while the men’s begins March 19th.

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Turkish Olympian Merve Tuncel Plans To Enter The Transfer Portal

Tuncel, a Turkish Olympian, arrived at Louisville this fall after a “problem with admission” as she was originally committed to USC for 2023.

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What Do Swimmers Get In Their Gift Bag For Making Division II NCAAs?

See what swimmers and divers earned for qualifying for the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships.

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Watch: The Top Races From The 2025 Pro Series Stop In Westmont

Summer McIntosh set a new US Open record in the 400 IM while in Westmont. She also swam to wins in the 200 fly and 200 IM.

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Distance Swimmers from Ohio State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Make Hay in Last Chance Swims

Morris dropped almost a second and a half from his best time in the 200 IM that he swam just last week at Big Tens to earn a likely NCAA invite.

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Cal’s Frank Applebaum Posts Lifetime Best With 1:40.39 200 Fly At SMU Last Chance

Applebaum is in his fifth year at Cal and swam his undergrad career at D3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. His time this weekend sits at #14 in the NCAA.

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A New World Order: How Conferences May Fall In The Pecking Order

Conference revenue distribution, social media followings, and competitive success are three categories that may impact the conference hierarchy.

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10 Year Look Back: How Have NCAA Invite Times Progressed Since 2015? (Women’s Edition)

How much faster have the NCAA cutlines gotten since 2015? Spoiler alert: the 100 back saw the largest difference.

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CSU Bakersfield Vili Sivec On Bubble For NCAAs After 41.98 100 Free (Sunday Last Chance)

Sivec was under the time it took to make NCAAs last year in the 100 free but the event has gotten much faster this season.

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Georgia Tech Swims ‘A’ Cut In Men’s 200 Medley Relay At Last Chance (Saturday Round-Up)

The Georgia Tech men swam to the team’s first NCAA relay ‘A’ cut this season in a school record. Jed Garner of Tennessee also likely earned a spot at NCAAs.

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Northwestern Women Punch Ticket To NCAAs With ‘A’ Cut In 200 Free Relay (1:28.34)

The team got under the cut by 0.08 after missing it last week at Big Tens by 0.10. Numerous other swimmers improved upon their chances of making the cutline.

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Army Men Capture ‘A’ Standard In 400 Medley Relay With 3:04.51 At ECACs

The relay of Johnny Crush, Kohen Rankin, Daniel Verdolaga, and Thomas Hadji dropped almost a second from their time last week to punch at ticket to NCAAs.

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Josh Liendo Breaks Own SEC Championship Meet Record With 43.70 100 Butterfly

Liendo descended his final 3 25s, coming home in an 11.40 on the final 25. He is the top seed tonight by 0.83 seconds.

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Lucas Henveaux Breaks ACC Record With 4:08.83 500 Freestyle

Cal has welcomed the ACC with another record, this time from Lucas Henveaux in the 500 free as he broke both the meet and overall conference records.

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Texas Men Break Own American Record With 6:03.24 800 Free Relay

Luke Hobson led the relay off in a 1:30.45 and stays in the record books in the event as he led off in a 1:29.43 in 2023.

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