Articles by Spencer Penland

Historically Fast 500 FR Prelims at SEC Champs Sees 12 Women Under 4:40 and 11 Men Under 4:12

The SEC gave us the fastest prelims of both the men’s and women’s 500 free that we’ve ever seen at a conference meet.

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2025 AAC Fan Guide: SMU No Longer in Conference, FIU Attempting to Repeat as Champions

Florida International won the AAC title last season, winning the meet by a considerable margin.

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Cal Men Make a Statement in ACC Debut, Downing Both Relay Championship Records

Cal made a huge splash in their ACC debut tonight, taking down the ACC Championship records in both men’s relays to start the meet.

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Tennessee’s Harrison Lierz Posts Season Best 45.46 100 Fly in SEC Tuesday Morning Time Trials

Though the official swimming action doesn’t take place until tonight with the 200 medley and 800 free relays, the SECs are already underway down in Athens.

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2025 Women’s Mountain West Fan Guide: San Diego State Aiming For Four-Peat

San Diego State won their third consecutive Mountain West title last year, beating runner-up UNLV by over 200 points.

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UC Santa Barbara Sweeps Team Titles in Return of the Big West Swimming & Diving Championships

The 2025 Big West Championship is in the books, seeing UC Santa Barbara hold on to be crowned men’s and women’s champions.

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UC San Diego’s Chloe Braun Rips 59.14 100 BR Meet Record on Day 3 of Big West Championships

It was also a massive swim for Braun individually, as she hadn’t been under 1:00 in the event before yesterday. 

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Hawaii Wins 6 of 10 Events on Day 2 of 2025 Big West Championships

As was the case with day 1 of the meet, there were a ton of meet records broken, as it’s been more than a decade since the last Big West Championship.

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2025 Women’s Big Ten Fan Guide: Indiana Eyeing Back-to-Back Titles Amid USC and UCLA Additions

Last season saw Indiana snap Ohio State’s 4-year win streak by just half a point, while Michigan was 3rd again.

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Hawaii Men Pop 1:23.6 200 Medley Relay on Night 1 of Big West Championships

With over a decade passing since the last Big West Championship, the record book was ripe for rewriting, and these teams delivered.

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Michigan Signs European Junior Gold Medalist Nina Jazy for Fall of 2025

Jazy competed at the 2024 SC World Championships in Doha, where she clocked a career best of 52.93 in the 100 free and split 23.97 on the 200 free relay.

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Crow Canyon Sharks and Pleasanton Seahawks Merge in Big West Coast Club Swimming Shake-up

Pacific Swimming is seeing a merger between two powerhouse programs as the Crow Canyon Sharks have merged into the Pleasanton Seahawks.

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Matt King Clocks Season Best 42.04 100 Free in Indiana-Purdue Dual Meet

Indiana’s Matt King had one of the better swims on the day, popping a season best 42.04 to win the men’s 100 free.

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Texas Freshman Kyle Peck Clears His 100 Back and 100 Fly PBs in a Dual Meet

After clocking a new personal best of 43.63 in the 100 free at Texas’ dual meet against SMU 2 weeks ago, Peck set 2 more career bests tonight.

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Alex Walsh Rips Fastest Ever Dual Meet 100 Breast with 56.98 in Austin

Alex Walsh threw down a huge new career best of 56.98 en route to winning the women’s 100 breast at the Eddie Reese Showdown tonight.

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