Articles by Spencer Penland

Akron Breaks MAC Record in 400 Free Relay at Shamrock Invite

Notre Dame hosted the annual Shamrock Invite on Friday-Saturday, January 25-26th. The meet was host to plenty of fast swimming and broken records.

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Australian OW Champs Day 2: Rees, Lee, Tazaki, Kennedy Claim More Gold

On the 2nd day of action in the 2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships, 4 swimmers claimed a 2nd national title at these championships.

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Calypso Sheridan Wins 3 Events as Northwestern is Swept by Louisville

Sophie Cattermole only swam one event for Louisville, taking the women’s 1650 with a 16:17.50.

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Summer Nats Announced as USAS Selection Meet for 2019 World Jr Champs

Andrew Abruzzo (above) swept the boys’ 400, 800, and 1500 meter freestyles at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Indianapolis.

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Celebrity Big Brother Season 2: Episode 3 Live Recap

While Ryan is not in any danger of leaving the house tonight, being the first HoH may well put a target on the 12-time Olympic medalist’s back.

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3M NCAA Champ Schultz Breaks 2 Pool, 1 School Record in Dual with UH

Arkansas won 14 of 16 events in their decisive victory over Houston on Friday, January 18th. Peyton Palsha, Anna Hopkin, Vanessa Herrmann, and diver Brooke Schultz led the way for the Razorbacks, each picking up multiple individual wins.

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15-Year-Old Anastasia Gorbenko Swims 2:13 200 IM at Barcelona Open

Jessica Vall broke the Meet Record of 1:08.01 in the women’s 100 breast, swimming a quick 1:07.75 to finish 1st by 1.99 seconds over Gorbenko.

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Iowa State Wins 15 of 16 as They Down Illinois State

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State Cyclones (6-3, 1-0 Big 12) soundly defeated the Illinois State Redbirds (5-3, 1-1 MVC) 191-100 on Friday night. The Cyclones won 15-of-16 events in the win, the most events wins in a meet since 2016.

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Madeleine Gough Continues Distance Dominance at Barcelona Open Day 2

There was a tighter race on the men’s side, with Miguel Duran taking victory over Albert Escrits by 1.43 seconds.

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10-Year-Old Kayla Han Breaks Claire Tuggle’s 500 FR NAG With 5:13.45

Noteably, Han was not ahead of Tuggle’s record-pace until the final 50.

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Kelly Pash Swims 4:14 400 IM to Kick Off Carmel Winter Invite

Carmel Swim Club is hosting their annual Winter Invitational at IUPUI this weekend. The meet is being attended by many teams from bordering states, and so far the Winter storm has not stopped these swimmers from racing. 

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Madeleine Gough Swims 16:20 1500 to Open Up Barcelona Open

Lidon Munoz was the sole double event winner, taking the women’s 200 free and 50 fly.

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WATCH: YMCA Nats Champ Josh Cohen Swims 5:02 500 Backstroke at Club Meet

He kept his time under 1:00 100 pace for the 1st 350 yards of the race, ultimately finished the race at an overall 100 pace of 1:00.4.

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Stoppa Swims 1:58 200 Fly as Rutgers Takes Down Princeton

Jenny Ma swept the breaststroke events for Princeton.

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Purdue Women Sweep Events in Win Over Michigan State

Purdue Breaststroker Jinq En Phee was a leader for the Boilermaker women, winning 2 individual events and helping the women’s 200 medley to victory.

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