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Ariana Yeh, a senior at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, signed a National Letter of Intent on April 13 to continue her swimming career at Pepperdine University.
“Thank you to Coach Ellie and Kristyn for giving me this opportunity and a huge thank you to my coaches, teammates, friends, and family for always supporting me. I am so thankful for all the wonderful memories I have made over the years and I can’t wait for the next 4 in Malibu! #wavesup ”
A butterfly specialist, Yeh competes at the club level with the Santa Clara Swim Club. At last weekend’s Pacific Swimming SC Far West Championships, she recorded three season-best times in the 50 free (25.72), 100 breast (1:12.21), and 200 IM (2:21.52). Yeh hasn’t registered a personal best in an NCAA-schedule event since the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years ago.
Best short-course times:
- 50 fly: 27.42
- 100 fly: 58.93
- 200 fly: 2:09.39
- 50 free: 25.15
- 100 free: 55.04
The Pepperdine women won the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference (PCSC) Championships in February, the first team title for the Waves in their 36 years in the conference. The presumed departure of senior butterfly specialist Haley Bergthold leaves Pepperdine with just two swimmers (soon-to-be sophomore Jessica Calderoni and soon-to-be junior Tay Thomas) specializing in Yeh’s primary stroke.
Yeh’s personal best of 2:09.39 in the 200 fly would have placed her sixth in February’s PCSC Championships, just behind Calderoni’s fourth-place finish in 2:09.06. Her top 100 free time would have been less than one second from qualifying for the finals in that same meet.
In the fall, Yeh will join Maddie McCleay, AJ Adams, Lexi Fok, Anna Ryan, and Kylie Taylor in Pepperdine’s class of 2026.
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