Articles by Spencer Penland

New Coach, No Problem: Minnesota’s Bar Soloveychik Cracks Program Record with 8:52.95 1000

Purdue is hosting a Big Ten quad meet featuring Minnesota, Northwestern, and Iowa this weekend at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

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Burns Wins 3 Events as Indiana Sweeps Michigan; Women’s Meet Comes Down to the Wire

Indiana won the men’s meet handily, while the women’s meet was competitive from start to finish and came down to the final event.

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Swalley Wins 3 Individual Events as Iowa Beats Illinois in 166.5-133.5 Decision

Illinois hosted Iowa for a Big Ten women’s dual meet on Friday at the ARC Pool.

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2024 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Douglass out of Women’s 200 IM (Day 4 Prelims Scratches)

As we head into the final day of the 2024 Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, let’s take a look at the notable scratches for Saturday morning’s prelims session. 

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Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: No 200 FR for Ledecky, Huske Out of 100 FL (Day 3 Scratches)

As we head into day 3 of the 2024 Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, let’s take a look at the scratches for Friday morning’s prelims session.

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2024 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Caeleb Dressel Out of the Meet (Day 2 Prelims Scratches)

Headlining the scratches is star sprinter Caeleb Dressel, who announced via his Instagram account that’s he’s pulling out of the entire meet.

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Dressel, Ledecky, & McIntosh Highlight Stacked Psych Sheets for 2024 Pro Series – Knoxville

This is one of the most star-studded Pro Swim Series we’ve seen in a while.

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NCAA Division III Record Holder Frank Applebaum Enters Transfer Portal Seeking 5th Year

Applebaum recently lowered his own NCAA DIII record in the men’s 200 fly, swimming a 1:43.87 at a dual meet between CMS and Pomona-Pitzer.

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2023 European Short Course Championships: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

Here we are: the final day of the 2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships.

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2023 European Short Course Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

The men’s 800 free will feature Daniel Wiffen, the European Record holder in the event. 

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2023 Winter Juniors – East: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will feature heats of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back. 

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2023 Winter Juniors – East: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will feature heats of the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free and is set to last a little less than 2 hours.

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2023 Speedo Winter Juniors – East: Heilman, Shackell, Crush, & More Headline Psych Sheets

The 2023 Speedo Winter Junior Championships- East will be kicking off tomorrow evening at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State.

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Abby Daniel Breaks her 2nd MAC Record with 1:55.87 200 FL on Final Day of 2023 Zippy Invite

Akron’s Abby Daniel did it again on Sunday, breaking the MAC Record in the women’s 200 fly.

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Akron’s Abby Daniel Cracks MAC, Akron Records with 51.31 100 FL on Day 3 of Zippy Invite

It was a big swim for Daniel, besting her previous career mark of 51.65, which she swam at the MAC Championships in February of this year.

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