Articles by Laura Rosado

Luka Mijatovic Lowers Own 13-14 500 Freestyle NAG to 4:15.71

The 14-year-old swam a time that would rank #16 in the NCAA this season, and is now the fastest performer in the 13-14 age group by over nine seconds.

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Sandpipers Lead After Night 3 of California Sectionals

While the 500 freestylers stole the show on night 3 of the Huntington Beach Sectionals, there were a number of other big swims to highlight the session.

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Katie Grimes Swims #2 17-18 500 Free; Weinstein #3 15-16

The Sandpiper duo hit best times to finish 1-2 and become the #2 U.S. swimmers in their age groups behind Katie Ledecky.

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Jersey Wahoo Dante Buonadonna Hands Verbal to Bucknell (2024)

Buonadonna is a breaststroke/IM specialist and a two-time recipient of the Atlantic City Press’ Boys Swimmer of the Year.

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Eric Hieber Swims #2 500 Free in D2; Grand Valley Sweeps Calvin Winter Invite

Hieber is the 2023 D2 NCAA Champion in the 1650 free. He improved in the shorter freestyle events at this meet to lead Grand Valley to dual team titles.

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UW-Stevens Point Wins 2023 Wheaton Invite; Anthony Fitzgerald Swims #2 200 Breast (D3)

Fitzgerald made his first NCAA appearance last season, placing 5th in the 200 breast after a breakout conference championship.

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Data Visualization: Winter Juniors Boys’ 200 Freestyle

Watch the simulated race between Maximus Williamson and Thomas Heilman, who rewrote the record books in the 200 free at the West and East meets respectively.

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Kelsey Wog Takes Down Canadian Record in 100 Breaststroke (SCM): 1:04.22

Swimming at the Prairie Winter Invitational, Wog clipped a 14-year-old record by six-hundredths of a second.

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Alex Shackell Breaks 100 Fly Winter Juniors Meet Record In Prelims (50.28)

All eyes will be on Shackell tonight, who qualified as the top seed by over a second. She now ranks #4 all-time among 17-18 girls.

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MIT Tops Sprints To Close Home Winter Invite; Tech Women and Tufts Men Win Team Titles

Ella Roberson and Tobe Obochi now own the top times in both the 50 and 100 free to close out the MIT Winter Invitational.

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Frank Applebaum Lowers Own D3 200 Fly National Record in CMS-PP Rivalry Meet

This is the third time in two years Applebaum has lowered the record, and the first he has done so outside of an NCAA final.

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Keiser’s Noel De Geus Blasts 1:00.93 LCM 100 Breast At Zippy Invite

The defending NAIA champion in the 100 breaststroke, De Geus dropped almost a second from his previous best set this past summer.

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MIT’s Roberson, Obochi Swim #1 D3 50 Frees; 6 More Top Times at MIT Winter Invite Day 2

2022 NCAA 100 free champ Tobe Obochi swam under 20 seconds for the first time in his career after a run of impressive relay splits.

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Denison Women, UIndy Men Win 2023 Denison Invitational

Two more pool records fell on the final day of the Denison Invite. Emory’s Jake Meyer continued to impress in the men’s breaststroke events.

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MIT Women Post #2 800 Free Relay in D3, #2 in Program History

The Tech women swam 7:26.94 to open the MIT Winter Invite, which stood as the #1 time in D3 until Denison overtook it.

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