Articles by Spencer Penland

13-Year-Old Gabrielle Vanbrunt Posts 1:00.49 100 Fly at Greensboro Futures

According to the SWIMS database, it’s the 4th fastest time by a 13-year-old all-time.

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Maxime Rooney Becomes 4th Fastest American All-Time with 50.68 100 Fly

Fresh off lifetime bests in the 100 and 200 free, newly transferred Texas swimmer Maxime Rooney kept it rolling on day 3 in the 100 fly.

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Adam Zapatka Drops 10 Seconds to Win Men’s 1500 at Geneva Futures

Adam Zapatka, a 17-year-old out of Charter Oaks Aquatics dropped 10.5 seconds on his way to winning the men’s 1500.

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15-Year-Old Parker Reynolds Hits OT Cut in 1500 at Mt. Hood Futures

Reynolds hit the wall in 15:41.73, significantly dropping from his previous best of 15:52.22.

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Hayden Miller Drops Nearly 20 Seconds, Swims 8:48 800 at Des Moines Futures

Cache Valley Marlins’ Darwin Anderson, 17, won the men’s 1500 by over 10 seconds, finishing in 15:51.82.

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16-Year-Old Lance Norris Clocks 15:45 1500 to Open Greensboro Futures

Madison Murtagh, a rising Penn State sophomore, kicked off the meet by winning the women’s 800 free.

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Claire Tuggle Hits 4th Fastest 15-16 200 FR All-Time With 1:58.21

The time shed .37 seconds off her previous best, which she swam at last Summer’s Jr. Pan Pacs.

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Leah Gingrich Takes Down 200 Fly Personal Best From 2008

Her previous best was set 11 years ago, at the LCM Y Nationals meet back in 2008.

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BRAGGING RIGHTS: Which NCAA Team Won the Most Medals at 2019 Worlds?

We’ve looked through each race, and tallied up how many medals each NCAA program won at this edition Worlds.

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Regan Smith Swims 2nd Fastest 200 BK All-Time; Takes it Out in 59.45

Regan swam an incredibly gutsy race, taking taking it out in 28.68 and following up with a 30.77 for a stunning 59.45 at the 100 mark.

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Marie Wattel Breaks French Record in 50 Fly Again in Finals

Wattel has now moved up to a 3-way tie for 13th fastest performer all time.

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100 Bronze Medalist Mitch Larkin Misses 50 Back Semifinals

Larkin was the only 100 back finalist who swam the 50 back this morning and didn’t qualify for semifinals

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17-Year-Old Regan Smith Shatters Missy Franklin’s 200 Back World Record

17-year-old American Regan Smith dropped almost another 3 seconds, breaking the 2012 World Record held by Missy Franklin.

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Michael Phelps Congratulates Dressel on 49.50 100 Fly WR: ‘#welldeserved’

Phelps added after, “Swimming super fast this week! Finish strong!”

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Regan Smith Breaks World Jr Record in 200 BK, 9th Fastest Performer All-Time

She took .42 seconds off her previous record of 2:06.43, posting a 2:06.01.

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