Articles by Yanyan Li

2023 W. NCAA Previews: Douglass And MacNeil Meet For The Final Time In The 100 Fly

Maggie MacNeil is the only woman in history who’s beaten Kate Douglass at an NCAA Championships meet, and she has one more chance to do so in the 100 fly.

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Charlotte Crush Breaks Her Own U.S. 13-14 NAG With 50.44 100 Back At Southern Premier

Crush has broken the 13-14 NAG in the 100 back three different times in the less than a year, and today she became the youngest swimmer to go sub-51.

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McFadden Posts 1:33.0 200 Free, Baltaytis Clocks 20.42 50 Fly Split At NJ State Finals

After scaring the national high school record in prelims, McFadden was just 0.04 seconds off that time in finals, clocking a 1:33.01.

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Swims You Might Have Missed On Day 4 Of The Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series

Erika Pelaez set a personal best in the 100 back tonight, moving her up from 11th to 8th all-time in the U.S. 15-16 age group rankings.

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Henry McFadden Scares National HS Record With 1:32.97 200 FR In NJ State Champs Prelims

McFadden’s swim from prelims was just 0.12 seconds off Aaron Shackell’s national HS record time of 1:32.85, and he still has a shot at the record in finals.

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Leon Marchand Swims 3:31.57 400 IM To Break His Own US Open And NCAA Record (RACE VIDEO)

This swim marks Marchand’s second time breaking the 400 IM NCAA record in a year, as he previously clocked a 3:31.88 to break the record in January.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Hong Kong National Record In 50 Breast With A 31.21

In only her second time ever racing the long course 50 breast, Haughey took down Jamie Young’s old Hong Kong record time of 31.69 set back in 2019.

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Amy Fulmer To Swim 200 Free, Felicia Pasadyn Opting For 200 Back/200 Fly Double At NCAAs

Fulmer’s decision to swim the 200 FR means she won’t be on all five relays this year, while Pasadyn will try to pull off a grueling double on night four.

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Despite 50.07 100 Fly, Olivia Bray Will Swim 500 Free/100 Back/200 Back At NCAAs

Bray has done a 180 regarding her NCAAs lineup from last year to this year, as she dropped the 100 fly and 200 fly for the 500 free and 200 fly.

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NCAA Releases Pre-Selection Psych Sheets For 2023 Women’s NCAA Championships

The pre-selection psych sheets for the 2023 NCAA Championships have been released, which give us an idea of who’s swimming what at the meet.

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Curzan Doing 100 Back/100 Fly Double, Ruck Only Swimming Freestyle At NCAAs

Stanford teammates Taylor Ruck and Claire Curzan have opted for the “divide-and-conquer” approach, with Curzan taking on backstroke and Ruck taking on free.

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Canadian Junior Pan Pacs Finalist Jordan Greber Commits To ASU With Pac-12 Scoring Times

Greber comes in with 100 and 200 back times that would have made the ‘B’ final at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships this year.

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Newly-Crowned Big Ten Champ Nyah Funderburke Wants To Create Her Own Legacy

Going from being left off the conference scoring roster to a Big Ten champ, Funderburke has one of the most unique trajectories in swimming.

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Crile Hart’s Best Times Would Add Up To Be One Of The Fastest DIII 400 Medley Relays

Simillar to Kate Douglass in DI, Crile Hart’s added up best times in the four 100-yard events would be faster than all DIII teams but Kenyon and Emory.

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Torri Huske Sweeps All Of Her Events At Pac-12s, Wins Swimmer Of The Meet Award

Torri Huske didn’t lose a single race at Pac-12s this year, an accolade that earned her swimmer of the meet honors for the second year ina row.

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