Raya Mellott

2023 Swammy Awards: U.S. Club Coach Of The Year – Chris Plumb

Chris Plumb of Carmel Swim Club has been named the recipient of the 2023 Swammy Award for US Club Coach of the Year.

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Lakeside Wins Boys, Co-ed Meets; Small Crow Canyon Crew Wins Girls Title At Winter Jrs West

Cooper Lucas, Maximus Williamson, and the Lakeside Aquatic Club boys overcame a relay DQ to win a pair of team titles at this weekend’s Winter Juniors – West meet.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Lakeside’s Maximus Williamson is the top qualifier in the 100 free and 200 breast on Day 4 at Winter Juniors West.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

We’ve got heats of 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly on Day 4 at Winter Juniors West.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Friday night will feature finals of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back, and timed finals of the 200 free relay.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West Day 3: Williamson Scratches 100 Back, Will Swim 200 Free

Lakeside Aquatic Club’s Maximus Williamson, originally scheduled to swim 3 events on Friday, has bowed out of the 400 IM and 100 back.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Piper Enge is top seed in the 100 breast on Day 3 at Winter Juniors West. We’ll also have heats of 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, and 100 back.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West Day 2: McDevitt, Mellott, Hatcher Scratch 200 IM Finals

Raya Mellott from Crow Canyon has scratched out of tonight’s finals session, after having qualified 21st for the 200 IM.

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2023 Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Combined East/West Results – Day 1

Alex Shackell led off Carmel Swim Club’s 800 free relay with 1:42.28 to help Carmel post the fastest time (6:59.52) of the combined East/West meets.

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2023 Winter Juniors – West: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Maximus Williamson and his Lakeside Aquatic Club teammates will compete in the 800 free relay on Wednesday in Westmont, IL.

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Mikayla Tan, 13, Posts 7th-Best 13-14 200 Breaststroke in History

Mellott, one of the top breaststrokers in the class of 2024, finished just off of her lifetime bests in both breaststroke races.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 75.5% Think Virginia’s 2025 Recruiting Class Is Better Than Cal’s

Thomas Heilman heads up a talent-stacked recruiting class for the Virginia Cavaliers in the fall of 2025.

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2025 “Honorable Mention” Sophia Umstead Makes Verbal Pledge to UVA

Sophia Umstead, a 1:57/4:16 IMer from Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics, has announced her verbal commitment to UVA for the 2025-26 school year.

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“Best of the Rest” Backstroker Sylvia Roy (2025) Verbally Commits to Virginia

Sylvia Roy, an Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100m backstroke, has announced her verbal commitment to UVA for 2025-26.

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#4 Ranked Recruit Madi Mintenko Verbally Commits to Virginia For Fall 2025

Madi Mintenko is the #3 200 freestyler in the class in both LCM and SCY, right behind Alex Shackell and Claire Weinstein.

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