Articles by Spencer Penland

Jamaican Record Holder Michael Gunning Retires from Swimming

Jamaican Record holder Michael Gunning has announced his retirement from competitive swimming, retiring as arguably the best male swimmer in Jamaican history.

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USA Swimming Names 2022 World Open Water Champs Roster, Katie Grimes to Compete in 10K

Grimes will be the only American to compete at the 2022 World Championships in the pool and on the Open Water team.

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#2 Class of 2023 Recruit Kiley Wilhelm Hands Verbal Commitment to Harvard

Wilhelm is the top flyer in her class, already having gotten down to 51.07 in the SCY 100 fly and 1:52.54 in the 200 fly.

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42-Year-Old Nicholas Santos Breaks Mare Nostrum – Barcelona Meet Record in 50FL

While the time was off Santos’ season best of 22.73, it was still good for the win, and fast enough to break the Barcelona stop record.

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Ohio State Associate Head Coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker Leaving Program

Tierney-Walker just concluded her 3rd season with the Buckeyes, having served as associate head coach in all 3 of those seasons.

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Cal Places Teri McKeever on Administrative Leave Following Abuse Allegations

McKeever has served as the head coach of the Cal women’s team for the past 29 seasons, and has served as the U.S. Olympic Team head coach in 2012.

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5 To Go: Brazilian Sprinter Bruno Fratus Nearing Career 100th Sub-22 LCM 50 FR

Since the Tokyo final, Fratus has swum 3 21-point 50 frees, all 3 of which came during this past weekend’s Mare Nostrum Tour stop in Monaco.

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How Have the U.S. Olympic Trials Cuts Progressed Since 2008?

In the tables below, you’ll find the progression of U.S. Olympic Trials standards dating back to 2008, including the total time change since 2008.

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UCLA Record Holder, Pac-12 Runner Up Sam Baron Transferring to Virginia

Baron recently completed her sophomore season at UCLA, wherein she took 8th in both the 100 fly and 200 fly at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships.

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2022 Mare Nostrum Tour Monaco – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Sarah Sjostrom and Geertrudia Van Roon will be going head-to-head in finals of the women’s 50 free at the end of tonight’s session.

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Carson Foster Rips New Personal Best 1:57.28 200 Back at Mason Manta Rays Meet

Mason Manta Rays alum Carson Foster is home in Ohio racing at the City of Mason Record Breaker Meet, and boy, is he making the most of his trip home.

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Zac Stubblety-Cook Scorches World Record with 2:05.95 200 Breast

Tonight, Stubblety-Cook has reinforced himself as the top 200 breaststroker in the world, breaking the World Record in stunning fashion.

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2022 Australian Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Finals of the women’s 100 fly, 50 breast, 400 IM, 50 back, and 4×100 free relay, as well as the men’s 50 fly, 200 free, 200 breast, and 4×100 free relay.

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Chelsea Hodges Clips Australian Record with 30.15 50 Breast

20-year-old Chelsea Hodges finally got the job done, breaking the Australian Record in the women’s 50 breast after scaring the mark multiple times this year.

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Taking the Next Step: Cody Simpson Hits FINA ‘A’ Cut with 51.79 Prelims 100 Fly

The swim was massive for Simpson, taking 0.87 seconds off his previous best of 52.66.

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