Abby Carlson

2024 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Friday morning’s slate includes prelims of the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke along with 3-meter diving.

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

There’s a tight team battle taking place through day one with Indiana (118) leading Ohio State (116) and Michigan (112) by just six points.

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Indiana junior Anna Peplowski (4:38.29) and Michigan freshman Hannah Bellard (4:38.44) enter as the top seeds in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday.

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The Buckeyes enter as the top seed in the 200 medley relay (1:34.46) tonight while Wisconsin owns the fastest entry time in the 800 free relay (6:59.75).

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2024 Women’s Big Ten Fan Guide: Veteran Stars Have Ohio State Primed for 5th-Straight Title

The Buckeyes essentially return the entirety of last year’s championship squad, putting them in the driver’s seat as they eye a five-peat.

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University of Wisconsin Adds Freestyler Sarah Larsen to Class of 2029

The addition of Larsen in 2025 will help stent the bleeding from Wisconsin’s future loss of top-performing distance freestylers.

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Phoebe Bacon Leads Wisconsin to Double Dual Victories Over UCLA, UCSD

It was Bacon’s first time swimming the 100 IM in over a year, and the backstroke specialist clocked the ninth-fastest time in the NCAA so far this season.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler will take on Texas’ Anna Elendt in the women’s 100 breaststroke on the third day of the 2023 Texas Invitational in Austin.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Kelly Pash comes into the first full night of finals in Austin as the top seed in the women’s 200 IM, having dropped an impressive 1:55.05 morning swim.

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The Revitalization of The Women’s 500 Free In The NCAA Has Arrived

Georgia’s Dune Coetzee sits atop the NCAA 500 free rankings, an event which has suddenly been reenergized after a stagnant few years at the collegiate level.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Luke Hobson, the defending NCAA champion, will take on freshmen stars Krzysztof Chmielewski and Rex Maurer in the 500 free on Thursday in Austin.

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Wisconsin Women Roll, Win 14 of 17 Swimming Events in Double Dual with Michigan and Arizona

Wisconsin hosted Michigan and Arizona for a double dual last weekend at the Soderholm Family Aquatic Center.

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SwimSwam’s 2024 Women’s NCAA Pre-Season Champion Picks

It was nearly unanimous among the nine writers contributing to this report that the Virginia women will again sweep the relays at the NCAA Championships.

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Badger Women Dominate, Elaraby Posts 19.74 50 FR As Wisconsin And Notre Dame Split Dual

Abby Carlson, Abdelrahman Elaraby, Tommy Janton, and Domink Mark-Torok were few of the standout performers at the Wisconsin-Notre Dame dual meet.

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Ranking The 2023 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8

The fastest 50 freestyler in the class, Hailey Tierney headlines a very solid group of freshmen joining the Wisconsin Badgers this season.

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