Articles by Spencer Penland

2019 Men’s NCAA Championship: Day 2 Ups/Downs

With the first prelims session of the meet in the books, it’s time to look at how many swims for each team will be returning tonight to score points.

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Senior Wilson Beckman Reflects on IU Swimming in NCAAs Hype Video

In his video titled “it just takes a little perspective” Beckamn talks about how he didn’t want to attend IU at first because people had convinced him he’d never make it at a place like IU. Instead, he decided to set out and prove them wrong.

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Emily Weiss Posts 2:10.20 200 BR At IN Senior State Meet

IU freshman Paul Gabhart swam unattached at this meet and notched himself 4 event wins and 4 best times.

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Gophers’ Sarah Bacon Breaks 12-Year-Old NCAA Diving Record in 1m

Bacon, a junior, improved 19.70 points over her score last year (343.50) to defend her title.

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2019 W. NCAAs: Weitzeil Throws Down 20.49 for 2nd-Fastest 50 Split Ever in 200 Free Relay

The relay tore past the rest of field on the back half of the race, thanks to an insane 41.36 on the back 100 between Amy Bilquist and Abbey Weitzeil.

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Tess Howley Breaks Girls 13-14 200 Fly NAG at NCSAs- 1:55.29

Howley took the record from Claire Curzan, who had just broken it a month ago.

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Meet the Mid-Major Qualifiers For Division I Men’s NCAAs

Harvard is leading the way for the mid-major schools, having qualified 6 individual swimmers and all 5 relays.

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Akron Women, IU Men Take Home CSCAA National Invite Team Titles

Eric Tolman was CBU’s other individual event winner, blasting a lifetime best, meet record, pool record, and CBU school record of 1:53.96 in the 200 breast.

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2019 W. NCAA Previews: Cal, Texas Set for Fierce 400 FR Relay Battle

Stanford has won this event 4 of the last 5 years, but they do not appear to be a favorite to win this time around.

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2019 W. NCAA Previews: A Loaded 100 Free Where Anything Could Happen

This year’s field of 100 freestylers includes 4 of the top 10 fastest performers of all time, and 6 of the top 20 performers all-time.

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Niklas Eberly Takes 2 Events as Dexter Claims MHSAA D2 Title

Fraser’s Alexander Capizzo took the 200 IM and the 500 free.

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Akron, IU Take Team Leads At CSCAA Nationals Day 2

A slew of meet records went down again on day 2, keeping with the pace of this now increasingly attended meet.

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Derek Maas Leads Holland West Ottawa to MHSAA D1 Title

Maas, an Alabama recruit, led off the relay in 22.25, far outsplitting the other backstrokers in the field.

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Cam Peel Splits 19.08 At MHSAA D3 State Meet

The biggest story coming out of this meet was Spring Lake senior and U of Michigan recruit Cam Peele becoming the first swimmer in MHSAA history to break 20 seconds in the 50 free.

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Ohio State Wins 4 Events on First Day of CSCAA National Champs

IU broke the meet and pool records in the men’s 400 medley relay with their winning time of 3:10.13.

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