Articles by Spencer Penland

CHSAA Boys 5A State Prelims: Elijah Warren Narrowly Misses Record

Regis Jesuit senior Elijah Warren scared the CHSAA 5A state record in the 100 breast with a 54.76.

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5 Meet Records Fall at CIF Prelims

There were also 4 other events in which the top finisher came within half a second of the meet record going into Saturday’s finals session.

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Meet at Purdue Taking Overflow From Indianapolis TYR Pro Series

The “BA Early Bird Invitational” hosted by Boilermaker Aquatics from May 18th-20th at Purdue University will be taking the entry overflow from the TYR Pro Series meet in Indianapolis the same weekend.

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New Mexico High School Swim Coach Vincent Sanchez Found Dead

Sanchez, 42, had been with La Cueva High School as the head swim coach for 15 seasons, leading the girls to state titles in 2008 and 2016.

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11 NCAA Division I Programs Currently Awaiting New Head Swim Coaches

In a year that seems to have more high-level Division I head coach openings than usual, 11 programs are still without head coaches for next season.

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Stuart Swinburn Nearly Breaks Age Record at Australia Age Champs Day 6

Stuart Swinburn nearly broke the Australian boys 16 Age Record, posting a 2:01.34, which puts him just .34 seconds off Mitch Larkin’s Age Record of 2:01.00.

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Open Water Nationals Venue Experiencing Unsafe pH Levels

The lake is under the jurisdiction of the federal government, which requires that bodies of water used for swimming have a pH of 9.0 or less.

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Russian National Team to Hold 4 Training Camps Before European Champs

Russian National head coach Sergei Chepik announced that the Russian Swimming Federation will be holding 4 training camps in preperation…

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Pallister Breaks 200 Free Age Record on Day 5 of Australian Age Champs

Lani Pallister posted a 1:59.37 to break the girls 15 200 free Age Record by .11 seconds.

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Michaela Ryan Posts 1:58 200 Free at Australian Age Champs Day 4

Ryan’s best time going into the meet was 2:02.30, then she went 2:01.50 in prelims, and 1:58.91 in finals.

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13 Year Old Kate Harrison Splits 27.3 50 Fly at Australian Age Day 3

Following her 1:00.9 winning time in the girls 13 100 fly yesterday, Kate Harrison posted a blistering 27.30 fly split in the 13-14 girls 4×50 medley relay.

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13 Year Old Kate Harrison Posts 1:00 100 Fly at Australian Age Day 2

On the 2nd day of the 2018 Australian Age Champs, freestyle star Ariarne Titmus was a no-show again, signalling that she may not be competing in the meet at all following her triple gold medal performance at the Commonwealth Games a couple weeks ago.

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Mauro Castillo Breaks 2 Mexican Records at Tijuana Arena Grand Prix

5 Mexican Records were broken over the course of the meet.

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Wayne Lomas Announced as New Canadian National Para-Swimming Coach

Lomas is currently Swimming Australia’s High Performance Executive Manager, and he has been working for Swimming Australia since 2010.

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Mike Bottom To Donate $10,000 to Support EMU Sports Facing Elimination

Bottom had strong words for EMU, stating that “There’s other ways to do this besides stealing dreams”, referring to solving EMU’s budget problems.

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