Articles by Yanyan Li

Texas vs. Virginia Dual Meet — Day One Live Recap

Follow along here as SwimSwam does a live recap of the highly-anticipated dual meet between the #3-ranked Texas and the #1/8-ranked Virginia.

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Olympic Medalist Elizabeth Beisel Announces Engagement To Jack Nichting

Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel, 30, announced her engagement to Jack Nichting, 27, whom she was on the American reality TV show Survivor with in 2019.

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FINA To Add Women’s 1500 Free At Indy World Cup For “World Junior Record Attempt”

At the Indy World Cup, there will be a race between Alexa Reyna and Katie Grimes in the 1500 free, as they both make an attempt at the World Junior Record.

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Texas-UVA Meet To Consist Of Light Show, Combined Scoring, 100 IM, And Mixed Relay

Texas plans on hosting a two-day competition against Virginia this weekend that will be a “one-of-a-kind dual meet experience”.

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Sprint Freestyler Jasmine Nocentini Splits 26.82 50 BR In Northwestern Tri-Meet

Nocentini, the Northwestern record holder in the 50 free, experimented with breaststroke events in her team’s season opener and had some formidable results.

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WATCH: Summer McIntosh Beats Katie Ledecky To Break 400 Free World Junior Record

On Friday, Summer McIntosh beat Katie Ledecky by 0.08 seconds in the women’s 400 free, breaking the World Cup and World Junior Records.

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World Championships Bronze Medalist Leah Hayes Verbally Commits To UVA

Hayes is the #2-ranked recruit in the girls class of 2024, and comes in with the accolades of being a worlds medalist and a former world junior record holder.

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WATCH: Walsh, Douglass, King, Liendo, And More Race At UVA-UF Dual Meet

Watch the race videos from Saturday’s dual meet matchup between Virginia and Florida courtesy of SwimSwam’s YouTube channel here.

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Virginia vs. Florida Dual Meet: Photo Vault

See some photos of Virginia swimmers from the UVA vs. Florida meet, which were taken by UVA photographer Johnny Pace, here.

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Anna Moesch, Top Sprinter In Class of 2024, Verbally Commits To UVA

Moesch holds best times of 21.97, 47.76, and 1:44.10 in the 50/100/200 free, making her the fastest sprint freestyler in the high school class of 2024.

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Gretchen Walsh Posts 50.53 100 Fly, Becomes Fastest Woman Ever Unsuited

Walsh beats out Maggie MacNeil’s mark of 50.84 from two weeks ago to become the second woman under 51 seconds in a practice suit.

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Virginia vs. Florida 2022 — Dual Meet Live Recap

Follow along as SwimSwam live recaps Saturday’s dual meet matchup between the #1/9-ranked Virginia and the #11/3-ranked Florida teams.

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Commonwealth Games Champion Pieter Coetze Verbally Commits To Cal For Fall 2024

Coetze is set to make an immediate impact when he arrives at Cal, holding long course times that would already be in NCAA scoring range if converted to yards.

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The Biggest Storylines From The Virginia vs. Florida Dual Meet

In this article, we review some of the biggest storylines that will be coming out of this weekend’s dual meet between Virginia and Florida.

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Dobler And Mikuta Post Times That Would Have Scored At 2022 NCAAs In USC Invite

Kaitlyn Dobler and Reid Mikuta went times of 57.83 and 51.41 in the 100 breast respectively, which both would have scored at NCAAs last season.

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