Articles by Claire Wong

2024 Winter Juniors – West: Swims You Might Have Missed on Day 3

Emma Hussein’s 400 IM, which won the consolation final, would have placed 4th in the championship final. She dropped nearly 6 seconds on the day for a 4:13.88

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Quicksilver Swimming Takes Down Central Ohio Aquatics’ 15-16 NAG In The 200 Free Relay

Quicksilver’s quartet of Tyler Porter, Nathan Foucu, Clark Apuada, and Isaac Litwiller teamed up for a total time of 1:20.12 to destroy the 15-16 NAG record

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Winter Jr Qualifier Chloe Corbin To Remain In-State at SMU (2025)

Corbin, a sprint freestyler, will look to further bolster SMU’s roster following a mass exodus from the women’s team earlier this season

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Summer Juniors Finalist Derek Hitchens Will Swim for Columbia Lions (2025)

Hitchens is a versatile sprinter with times fast enough to score in 6 events at the Ivy League Champs; he will be a key contributor for the Lions’ relays

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Louisville Secures Commitment From Polish Junior Champion Szymon Misiak (2025)

Misiak is additionally a finalist at the World Junior Championships; his converted times in the 50/100 free would have scored at ACCs last year

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Jillian Cox Swims 15:34.66 in the 1650 Free to Become #10 Performer All-Time

Further, her swim today would have easily won the individual title at NCAAs earlier this year, ahead of Georgia’s Abby McCulloh (15:37.74)

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2024 Georgia Invitational: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

In what appears to be a preview of the 2025 SEC Championships, both Florida (400 IM) and Georgia (200 Fr) have placed 7 women in a championship final

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Summer Jr Qualifier Aya Ferguson Sends Verbal To Northwestern University for Fall of 2026

Ferguson, a sprint freestyler with times on the cusp of scoring at Big Tens, will play a crucial role in Northwestern’s relays when she arrives on campus.

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Harvard Women Move to 2-0 On The Season As The Crimson Win All But 2 Events Vs. Boston College

Just 2 events shy from sweeping BC, the Harvard women continued their strong start to their season after a win against Ivy-league rivals, Brown, yesterday.

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Maya Bezanson of Team Canada will Swim For The Louisville Cardinals Next Fall

With score-worthy times at ACCs and international experience under her belt, Bezanson is set to make an immediate impact for Louisville upon her arrival.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Sadie Murphy to Join Louisville’s Class of 2029

Murphy, a backstroke/IM specialist, is on the cusp of what it took to score at ACCs last season, where the Cardinal women placed 2nd.

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Futures Qualifier Laci Sterkenburg Will Head to the University of Utah next fall (2025)

Sterkenburg’s times would have ranked 2nd and 4th in the 50 and 100 back, respectively, on Utah’s roster last year, making her an immediate relay contributor

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Arizona HS State Champion Cali Watts Will Stay In-state to swim for ASU next fall

At the Arizona Senior State Championships, Watts took 2nd in the 100 breast (1:02.03) with a time would have scored at the 2024 Big-12 Championships

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Breaststroke/IM Specialist Abby King Verbally Commits to UGA for Fall of 2026

King, a Winter-Junior Championship Finalist in the 200 breast from 2022, will head to Athens to swim for the Dawgs in the fall of 2026.

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Texas Regional Champ Wesley Foster Will Stay In-State to Swim for Texas A&M Aggies (2025)

Foster was the Texas Region 4 – 6A champion in the 100 fly (48.40), before going on to place 6th at the UIL 6A Championship weeks later in 48.81.

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