Articles by Mark Wild

Five Storylines (& Some Bonuses) to Follow at the 1st 2025 Swimming World Cup Stop (Carmel)

Regan Smith, the 2024 World Champion and World Record Holder in all three SCM Backstroke events, will be under pressure from not only rival Kaylee McKeown but also by 2025 50 Back World Champion Katharine Berkoff.

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U.S. 2026 Pan Pac Roster Announced: Exactly as Predicted with Douglass Debuting in Five Events

2025 World Champion Kate Douglass will have her hands full, as the UVA based swimmer leads the Pan Pac roster with five qualified events…

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2026 USA Pan-Pacs Roster Still MIA, but Meet Expected to Run 4 Days Despite Inclusion of 50s

Regan Smith’s seven National team events means that should she swim them all, she could face a day 1 triple of the 50 fly, 100 back, 200 fly, as the 2026 Pan-Pacs are to be contested across just four days.

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Canada’s Matea Gigovic, 2x World Junior Semifinalist, Set to Join Tennessee Next Fall (2026)

Matea Gigovic joins a long line of Canadian swimmers to head south to Tennessee as the Alberta Native will look to follow in the footsteps of her compatriots.

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World Juniors Sees Erisman, Dobson added to the US Pan-Pac Team, Roster Appears to be Final

Rylee Erisman’s 15-16 NAG record of 52.79 in the 100 free booked her a spot on the Pan-Pacs roster, as did Kennedi Dobson massive new PB of 4:06.66 in the 400 free.

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2025 World Junior Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Expect a fast and furious Day 4 Finals session with eight of the ten events being contested finals and half of the ten only 50 meters long.

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Two Days Before Her 16th Birthday, GB’s Amalie Smith Resets her 2nd Age Group Record

Great Britain’s Amalie Smith reset her 2nd 15-year-old Age Group Record of the week as she captured silver in the 200 IM this evening.

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Florida 3A State Finalist Arnas Monkelis Brings his Sprint Talent to NJCAA Champs Indian River

Making the trip east across Florida, Sprinter Arnas Monkelis will begin his college career swimming for the 51-time NJCAA champions, Indian River.

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Delaware gains Distance Freestlyer Broder Swenson for 2025 already with School Record Times

North Carolina native Broder Swenson will make the trip up to Delaware to compete for the Blue Hens in their inaugural season in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

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OSU Gains Sectionals Distance Triple Winner and Jr. Nats Finalist Gherman Prudnikau (2025)

Colorado’s Gherman Prudnikau will head east with Big Ten conference scoring times in the mile and 200 fly to swim for OSU this coming fall.

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New Zealand’s Mya Ketel Heads North to Swim for Saginaw Valley State this Fall (2025)

Breaststroker Mya Ketel will head over 8,000 miles from her home in New Zealand to compete for Saginaw Valley State University this fall.

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Adam Peaty Continues His 2028 Olympic Campaign With First Olympic-Distance Triathlon

Peaty competed in the London T100 Triathlon, where he finished 248th out of 1,625 participants in the Olympic Triathlon in a time of 2:34:37.

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Pan-Pac Roster Update: Shackell, Mathias Jump On With Only World Junior Champs Left

Van Mathias and Aaron Shackell both pulled out PBs to earn their way onto the Pan-Pac roster, which is set to be finalized after the World Junior Championships.

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2025 U.S. Summer Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Entered in just one event this meet, can the 2022 World Champions Justin Ress make a run in the 50 back after having not competed since last…

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2025 Summer Championships – Day 4 Prelims Scratches & Preview: Johnston Adds 1500 to Schedule

After a runner-up finish in the 400 IM last night, David Johnston has added the 1500 free into his line-up in order to better defend his spot on the Pan-Pacs Roster.

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