Articles by Will Baxley

Florida Tech Picks Up Summer Juniors Qualifier Andy Pleiman

Andy Pleiman, a sprinter from Kentucky, will contribute to the Panthers’ relays and sprint events beginning in the fall of 2025.

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Texas 6A State Runner-Up Ellen Garritson Commits To Arkansas For 2025

Ellen Garritson joins the Razorbacks with a 200 breaststroke best time that would’ve led the team by over three seconds this year.

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Michigan State Champion Joshua Martin Sends Verbal To Xavier University

Butterflier Joshua Martin is headed to Cincinnati this fall, where he’s poised to score big for the Musketeers on the conference level.

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Izabella Bartling Joins Family Legacy At University of Nebraska at Kearney

Izabella Bartling, who helped build her high school swimming program up, will swim at UNK, the same school several family members attended.

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Christian McAuley Commits To Lehigh For 2025-2026

Christian McAuley, a distance swimmer from Florida, has chosen to swim with the Mountain Hawks in Pennsylvania for the next four years

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Roos Vanotterdijk Blasts 2:09.73 To Destroy Own Belgian Record By 3.5 Seconds

Roos Vanotterdijk enters elite territory in the 200 IM with a 3.5-second personal best, beating her own 2-month-old Belgian record.

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Ariarne Titmus Dresses Up As Sandy From Grease For Charity

Watch Ariarne Titmus slide into pool of ice water while dressed as Olivia Newton-John at an Australian Rules Football game for Motor Neuron Disease.

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Kyle Chalmers Sets 50 Fly All Comers Record In 22.89

Kyle Chalmers became the first man to hit 22 in the 50 butterfly on Australian soil, tying his personal best in the process.

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How Do Ledecky and McIntosh Swim The 800? Stroke Count Analysis

Despite going similar times, 2016 Ledecky, 2025 Ledecky, and McIntosh all swim the 800 with varying degrees of stroke efficiency.

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Canadian Worlds Team to Host Staging Camp In Japan

Summer McIntosh and the rest of Canada’s 28-strong pool team will train in Saga, Japan, the week before the World Championships in Singapore

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Lani Pallister Scorches 8:10.84 800 For Australian Record, #3 All-Time

Lani Pallister hit a career-defining pb to break Katie Ledecky’s AllComers record and Ariarne Titmus’ national record. She ranks #3 all-time.

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Harrison Turner Hits 1:54.90 200 Fly To Become #2 All-Time Australian

Harrison Turner blasted a two-second personal best to make his first Long Course Worlds team and move himself to #2 among all-time Aussie performers

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Alexandria Perkins Posts 25.36 50 Fly For Official Allcomers Record

Perkins posted a 25.36 in the Australian Swimming Trials finals to break the official Allcomers Record and move to #2 in the world this year.

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Weber & Siroky to Swim-Off Their 50 Breaststroke 2nd Place Tie Saturday Night

Emma Weber and McKenzie Siroky’s 50 breaststroke showdown Saturday night could determine which of them makes the 2025 Worlds team

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Peplowski and Gemmell 200 Free Swim-Off Set To Happen Saturday

Erin Gemmell and Anna Peplowski will duke it out in the 200 free at the beginning of Saturday night’s finals session following their 4th-place tie

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