Sophie Hansson

2020 Women’s ACC Championships Fan Guide: Virginia Looking to Reclaim the Crown

For 10 of the past 12 years, the University of Virginia women’s won the team title at the ACC Championships. Only in 2017 and 2019 did they place second.

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Stewart Triples, Hits 45.5 in 100 Back, to Lead NC State Over Virginia Tech

The NC State men and women each won by wide margins over Virginia Tech, the school where Wolfpack head coach Braden Holloway was at before NC State.

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2020 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

This morning, the 200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, and 400 IM will be contested at the first prelims session of the 2020 Pro Swim Series- Knoxville.

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2019 NC State Invite Day 3 Finals Live Recap

MJ Mao will be going for the breastroke sweep tonight after winning the 100 breast yesterday and putting up the fastest 200 time in this morning’s prelims.

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Beata Nelson Posts 1:50.88 200 Back at Wolfpack Invite Day 3 Prelims

Julie Meynen, an Auburn senior, tore to a 47.89 in the 100 free this morning, marking her 3rd fastest flat-start performance of her career.

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2019 NC State Invite Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Fans in Greensboro might be watching some nation-leading swims tonight from the likes of Beata Nelson and Coleman Stewart.

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Beata Nelson 50-Point Fly/Back; Bybee Hits Two Career-Bests At NC St. Prelims

Beata Nelson was 50-point in the 100 fly and 100 back. Arizona State sophomore Cody Bybee hit lifetime-bests in a tough 100 fly/200 free double in prelims.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Greensboro: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The last finals session of the Greensboro PSS will headline world champions Katie Ledecky, Kylie Masse, Simone Manuel, and teen Maggie MacNeil.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Greensboro: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Reigning 100 fly world champion Maggie MacNeil will contest the women’s 100 fly on the final day of the 2019 Pro Swim Series stop in Greensboro.

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Watch Dean Farris’s 49.7 100 Free and Other Races From Greensboro Night Two

Farris posted a sub-50 swim of 49.74 in the 100 free, now the second-fastest American swim of the 2019-20 long course season.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Greensboro: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

World champ Simone Manuel was the top 100 free qualifier this morning, checking in at #8 in the world. She’ll challenge the PSS record of 53.12 tonight.

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Alons and Stewart Triple as NC State Men and Women Top South Carolina

Kylee Alons and Coleman Stewart each earned individual three wins — in the exact same events — as the NC State men and women each down South Carolina.

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Ida Marko-Varga Announces Return From 2nd Retirement, Seeking 5th Olympics

4-time Swedish Olympian Ida Marko-Varga has made her official return to competitive swimming, just in time for the 2020 Rio Olympics.

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SwimSwam’s 2019-2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Preseason Picks

The NCAA swim season is upon us, and it’s time for a time-honored tradition: SwimSwam’s staff predicting NCAA event champions half a year out.

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College Swimming Previews: #4 NC State Women Building Title-Contending Relays

NC State has immense relay potential, with young stars in back (freshman Katharine Berkoff) and breast (sophomore Sophie Hansson) plus elite free sprinters.

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