By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
With the NCAA season now brought to a close, the long course season is in full swing. For top U.S. swimmers that means meets like the currently ongoing Pro Swim Series are the target, but for those who represent another nation the choice can be more varied.
There are a number of swimmers from the NCAA who have headed back home to get some long course reps in, including at various National Championships. Great Britain, Italy, and South Africa were among those nations which held their selection meet for the summer championships in April, which saw several NCAA swimmers make podiums.
The NCAA contains a huge number of swimmers, from a wide variety of nations. Stars like Leon Marchand, Hubert Kos, Sara Curtis are the ones which come to mind, but there are numerous national champions from other nations currently plying their trade while studying in the U.S.
We’ve tried to catch all of those which have been in action recently, including several who won national titles.
Aquatics GB Championships
The most successful NCAA swimmer was Texas’ Eva Okaro, who won three British titles while competing at the Aquatics GB Championships. She claimed gold in the 100 free (53.75), 50 fly (25.95), and 50 free (24.42), with all three times marking lifetime bests. She has just finished up a successful first season with Texas, making the NCAA ‘A’ final in the 50 free and placing 9th in the 100 free.
Also claiming a British title was Arizona State junior Reece Grady. He won the 800 free in 7:56.42 and the 1500 free in 15:14.76, both of them new lifetime bests. That saw him go one better than last year, where he won the 800 in 7:59.71 and placed 5th in the 1500 in 15:21.90. He also set a lifetime best last week in the 400 free, dipping under 3:50 in 3:49.99.
Yale swimmer Nick Finch, who placed 9th in the 100 fly at NCAAs and is the reigning Ivy League champion in the 100 fly and 50 free, placed 4th in the 100 fly in a time of 52.04. That saw him move up to 12th all-time on the British rankings, and lowered his PB by 0.17 seconds. He set lifetime bests in the 50 free (22.54), 100 free (49.52) as well.
Cal’s Jack Brown was also in action, placing 6th in the 100 fly final in 52.21. He was 2nd last year in 51.87, and also clocked 49.76 in the 100 free last week.
Florida’s Charlie Hutchison won silver in the 400 IM behind Max Litchfield, swimming his fifth-fastest time ever at 4:15.79. That saw him qualify for a home Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland.
South Carolina’s Harvey Freeman and Virginia Tech’s Oscar Bilbao went 1-2 in the 200 breast ‘B’ final, Freeman touching in 2:15.78 to Bilbao’s 2:15.81. Bilbao scored at NCAAs in the event this year, placing 15th in 1:52.00
Erin Little of Ohio State put her name into the hat for the women’s 4×200 free relay, placing 5th in a lifetime best of 1:58.47. She swam on OSU’s 800 free relay at NCAAs this year as well as placing 33rd in the individual 200 free.
Arkansas’ Harriet Rogers took silver in the 50 fly in 26.28, hacking half a second off her PB to move up to 6th all-time among British women. She swam a lifetime best of 54.97 in the 100 free and went 25.00 in the 50 free as well, and scored at NCAAs this year in the 50 free after placing 16th.
Harvard’s Alexandra Bastone just missed qualifying for the Welsh Commonwealth Games team in the 800 free, touching 0.80 seconds away from the qualification time in 8:40.79.
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Charlie Hutchison (SCO) – Florida *400 IM – Silver* Reece Grady (ENG) – ASU *800 Free – Gold, 1500 Free – Gold* Darcy Revitt (ENG) – Washington State *50 Free – Bronze* Erin Little (ENG) – OSU Eva Okaro (ENG) – Texas *50 Free – Gold, 100 Free – Gold, 50 Fly – Gold* Megan Barnes (ENG) – LSU Harvey Freeman (ENG) – South Carolina James Shevchenko (ENG) – Florida Atlantic Haydan Annan (ENG) – Georgia Tech Oscar Bilbao (ENG) – Virginia Tech Harriet Rogers (ENG) – Arkansas *50 Fly – Silver* Hollie Widdows (ENG) – Notre Dame Henry Gray (ENG) – Michigan Nick Finch (ENG) – Yale Grace Cummings (ENG) – ISU Alexandra Bastone (WAL) – Harvard *800 Free – Silver* Alex Painter (ENG) – Florida Calvin Fry (ENG) – Texas Jack Brown (ENG) – Cal Nula Gow (SCO) – Florida Atlantic Amelia Riggott (ENG) – Nebraska Natasha Whittall (ENG) – West Virginia Lillie Grover (ENG) – San Jose State Holly Robinson (ENG) – ArkansasItalian Championships
Virginia’s Sara Curtis was the star of the show, winning gold in four events and setting Italian records in the 50 free (24.29) and 50 back (27.33) She defended her three titles from last year and added the 50 fly, a new addition to her program this season.
Anita Bottazzo also ended up on the podium, with the current Florida Gator taking silver in the 50 breast and bronze in the 100, having won both events at the meet in 2025. She was under the qualifying time for the European Championships in the former, but will need to wait until after the Sette Colli at the end of June for her place on the team to be confirmed.
Sofia Sartori and Matteo Palmisani were the other medalists, both in the 200 fly. Sartori, of LSU, and Palmisani, of Cal, both set new lifetime bests to wind up on the podium in 2:10.14 and 1:56.00 respectively.
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Davide Harabagiu (ITA) – Minnesota Anita Bottazzo (ITA) – Florida *50 Breast – Silver, 100 Breast – Bronze* Sara Curtis (ITA) – Virginia *50 Free – Gold, 100 Free – Gold, 50 Fly – Gold, 50 Back – Gold* Sofia Sartori (ITA) – LSU *200 Fly – Silver* Matteo Palmisani (ITA) – Cal *200 Fly – Bronze* Giulia Zambelli (ITA) – LSU Aurora Zanin (ITA) – Nebraska Alessandra Gusperti (ITA) – IndianaHungarian Nationals
Zalan Sarkany wound up on top of the podium in the 1500 free and took bronze in the 800 free, setting new season best times in both. He was fresh off a pair of top-four finishes at NCAAs having placed 2nd in the mile in 14:12.20 and 4th in the 500 free in 4:07.95, both lifetime bests.
Oli Kos took 100 back bronze in a lifetime best of 54.49, and touched in the same position in the 50 back. He set PBs in all three backstroke events, following up his strong NCAA season which saw him qualify for NCAAs for the first time.
Beatrix Tanko of Nebraska, who also qualified for NCAAs, won the 100 fly in 58.53 as she sliced 0.01 seconds off her PB from last summer.
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Dora Molnar (HUN) – USC Zalan Sarkany (HUN) – Indiana *1500 Free – Gold, 800 Free – Bronze* Oli Kos (HUN) – Northwestern *100 Back – Bronze* Boldizsar Magda (HUN) – Michigan Beatrix Tanko (HUN) – Nebraska *100 Fly – Gold*Bergen Swim Festival
Indiana’s pro group were in attendance in Norway, and were joined by current NCAA swimmers Jonette Lagreid and Mikkel Lee. Lee set lifetime bests in the 50 free (21.95), 100 free (48.69) and 50 fly (23.19), taking silver in the 50 free and bronze in the 50 fly.
Lagreid was just off the podium in the 200 breast, placing 5th in 2:34.37, while Queen’s Emil Harlem set PBs in the 50 fly, 100 fly, and 100 free.
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Emil Harlem (SWE) – Queens Jonette Laegreid (NOR) – Indiana Mikkel Lee (SGP) – IndianaRotterdam International Meet
Koen de Groot did the breaststroke double in Rotterdam, winning the 50 in 27.65 and the 100 in 1:00.80. The former was just under a second off his Dutch record of 26.71 from the World Championships semi-final last summer, where he placed 7th in the final in 26.81.
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Koen de Groot (NED) – Florida *50 Breast – Gold, 100 Breast – Gold*South African Nationals
Ruard van Renen set lifetime bests in three events as he qualified for the Commonwealth Games, placing 2nd in the 50 back (24.92), 100 back (53.61) and 100 fly (52.27). That was his first time under 25 seconds in the 50 back and 54 seconds in the 100 back.
Aimee Canny won four events, setting a new African record of 1:56.64 in the 200 free and carrying her NCAA form in breaststroke over to win the breaststroke double, clocking 1:06.57/2:23.61. She added lifetime bests in the 100 free (54.27) and 200 IM (2:10.90) as well.
Louisville’s Guy Brooks set PBs in the 100 free (49.12) and 200 free (1:49.81), dipping under 1:50 for the first time in the latter. Olivia Nel, who had a fantastic summer at the World University Games in 2025, won 100 back gold as well as medals in three other events.
Georgia’s Kris Mihaylov won the 200 free (1:48.24) and 200 fly (1:58.61), just missing his PB of 1:48.19 in the former. Michaela de Villiers, Simone Moll, and Milla Drakopoulos, all three of whom swam at the NCAA Championships in March, also took home some hardware.
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Ruard van Renen (RSA) – Georgia *50 Back – Silver, 100 Back – Silver, 100 Fly – Silver* Guy Brooks (RSA) – Louisville *100 Free – Silver, 200 Free – Silver* Simone Moll (RSA) – Tennessee *50 Breast – Bronze, 100 Breast – Silver* Aimee Canny (RSA) – Virginia *200 Free – Gold 100 Breast – Gold, 200 Breast – Gold, 200 IM – Gold* Kris Mihaylov (RSA) – Georgia *100 Free – Bronze, 200 Free – Gold, 200 Fly – Gold* Francois Malherbe (RSA) – Missouri Olivia Nel (RSA) – NC State *50 Free – Bronze, 100 Free – Silver, 50 Back – Silver, 100 Back – Gold* Michaela de Villiers (RSA) – LSU *50 Back – Bronze, 100 Back – Silver* Milla Drakopoulos (RSA) – Michigan *100 Back – Silver, 200 Back – Bronze*Danish Open
Cal’s Casper Puggaard, who placed 16th in the 100 fly to score one of Cal’s 10 individual swimming points on the final day, took a trifecta of fly medals at the Danish Open. He won the 100 in 52.37, off his PB of 51.50 from two years ago, took silver in the 50 fly in 23.69 and won bronze in the 200 fly in 2:03.66.
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Casper Puggaard (DEN) – Cal *100 Fly – Gold, 50 Fly – Silver, 200 Fly – Bronze*Polish Nationals
Ksawery Masiuk won the 50 back/100 back double, nearing his Polish record in the former in a time of 24.47. He also won the 100 fly in 51.67, lowering his PB of 51.73.
He was not the only backstroke medalist, with Filip Kosinski (gold) and Filip Suchanski (silver) taking the top two spots in the 200. Suchanski was promoted to gold in the 400 IM, with NC State’s Mikolaj Filipiak winning the 800 free as well.
Karol Ostrowski, who at 26 years old was the oldest swimmer at the DI NCAA Championships this year, won 50 free gold in 22.36, just off his 22.06 PB from 2021.
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Ksawery Masiuk (POL) – Texas *100 Back – Gold, 100 Fly – Gold, 50 Back – Gold, 100 Free – Gold* Filip Kosinski (POL) – Louisville *200 Back – Gold, 100 Back – Bronze* Filip Suchanski (POL) – TCU *400 IM – Gold, 200 Back – Silver* Karol Ostrowski (POL) – Hawai’i *50 Free – Gold* Jan Zubik (POL) – Missouri *200 Fly – Silver* Mikolaj Filipiak (POL) – NC State *800 Free – Gold, 400 Free – Bronze*German Championships
Kaii Winkler and Cornelius each claimed a pair of German titles, winning the 100 free/100 fly and 100 back/200 back respectively. Winkler lowered his PB in the 100 free to 48.16 and looks a serious threat to break into the 47s this summer, while Jahn set lifetime bests in both backstroke events, moving to #4 in German history in the 200.
Cal’s Martin Wrede won 50 free gold, while Georgia’s Finn Hammer wound up on the podium in both IM events, setting a PB of 2:00.44 in the 200. Julianna Bocska lowered her 50 free best to 25.04 as she won silver, while four-time 2026 DII champion Maurice Grabowski won 50 fly silver.
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Cornelius Jahn (GER) – OSU *200 Back – Gold, 100 Back – Gold, 100 Free – Bronze* Kaii Winkler (GER) – NC State *100 Free – Gold, 100 Fly – Gold* Finn Winkler (GER) – Utah Martin Wrede (GER) – Cal *50 Free – Gold* Finn Hammer (GER) – Georgia *400 IM – Silver, 200 IM – Bronze* Maurice Grabowski (GER) – Lynn University *50 Fly – Silver* Sascha Macht (GER) – Georgia Julianna Bocska (GER) – Tennessee *50 Free – Silver* Nina Jazy (GER) – VirginiaRead the full story on SwimSwam: Which NCAA Swimmers Have Been In Action Internationally Recently?
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