Articles by Spencer Penland

16-Year-Old William Mulgrew Drops 35 Seconds to Earn 1500 FR Trials Cut in Mission Viejo

In this post, we’ll be highlighting some of the swims last night that may have flown under the radar, or not gotten coverage in our live recap of the session.

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2023 Mission Viejo Pro Swim Series – Day 2 Prelims Scratches: Ruck Pulls out of Day 2

Stanford’s Taylor Ruck has pulled out of both her events for the day. She was entered in the women’s 100 free and 50 back this morning.

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2023 SPEEDO Atlanta Classic: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

After a weekend of great racing out of some of the fastest swimmers in the southeastern US, we tonight features finals of the 200 IM, 200 back, and 100 free.

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2023 SPEEDO Atlanta Classic: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The final day of the 2023 SPEEDO Atlanta Classic is here. This morning’s prelims session will feature the 200 IM, 200 back, and 100 free. 

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2023 Mare Nostrum – Canet: Day 2 Prelims Recap

In this morning’s prelims session, American star Michael Andrew led the way in the men’s 50 breast with a 27.52.

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2023 CIF Champs Prelims Recap: Teagan O’Dell Rips New Meet Record of 51.11 in 100 Back

Though it was just the prelims session, there was a ton of fast swimming on Friday, including five CIF meet records. 

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2023 SPEEDO Atlanta Classic: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

We’ve been waiting all week for the 2023 SPEEDO Atlanta Classic to kick off, and the moment is finally here.

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Michael Andrew Shows Off New Freestyle Technique Ahead of Mare Nostrum (Video)

Michael Andrew has been in the lab working on his freestyle.

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Michigan Honorable Mention All-American Cam Peel Heading to Arizona State for Fifth Year

After graduating from the University of Michigan a few weeks ago, Cam Peel is heading to Tempe to join the rapidly rising Sun Devils.

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SwimSwam Drill of the Month: “Paddle Push” Freestyle with Gold Medal Swim Club

This month’s drill is “Paddle Push Drill,” which is meant to reinforce proper head position on freestyle.

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101-Year-Old Maurine Kornfeld Competes in 7 Events at 2023 USMS Spring Nationals (Video)

This year, we saw an exceptional feat accomplished by 101-year-old Maurine Kornfeld, who competed in seven races at the meet.

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2023 USMS Spring Nats Day 4: Jenny Thompson Breaks Another 50-54 Record with 23.75 50 FR

The championships closed out with a bang, seeing 12 records fall.

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2023 USMS Spring Nats Day 3: US and BRA Olympian Gabrielle Rose Breaks Two More Records

The third day of the 2023 US Masters Swimming Spring Nationals in Irvine saw another 17 Masters National Records go down.

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2023 USMS Spring Nats Day 2: Jenny Thompson Cracks Women’s 50-54 Record with 52.00 100FR

One of the day two record breakers was none other than Jenny Thompson, one of the most decorated Olympians of all-time.

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2023 USMS Spring Nationals Day 1: Grant Shoults Cracks Men’s 25-29 1000 Free Record

The first day of the meet was slim in the schedule, featuring only the 1650 free, 1000 free, and mixed 400 free relay. 

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