Spencer Penland is a journalist at SwimSwam. He specializes in covering competitive sports, with a focus on individual sports and various sports disciplines, as well as sports broadcasting. Spencer's insights and analyses are featured in SwimSwam, where he brings a unique perspective to the world of athletics.
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Spencer Penland's coverage is heavily focused on event coverage in the domain of college swimming, particularly NCAA events and rankings. If you have insights or data related to NCAA swimming events, records, or rankings, Spencer would likely be interested in hearing from you.
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2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS Welcome to the final session of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials, which will start with the shortest
By: Spencer Penland
The Speedo Sectional meet in Columbia, MO kicked off yesterday at the Mizzou Aquatics Center. Day 1 was a full day of racing, featuring the 50 fly, 200 back, 50 free, 200 breast, women's 800 free, and men's 1500 free.
By: Spencer Penland
had a huge swim in the women's 200 free, clocking a 1:59.92. Not only was that Miklos' 1st time under 2:00 in the event, it was her 1st time under 2:02. She put together an excellent race last night, splitting 28.30 on the opening 50, then putting up splits of 30.08, 30.78, and 30.76 respectively.
By: Spencer Penland
Day 3 of the Columbia Sectional saw SMU/Empire KC Swim Club's pop a 55.68 in the men's 100 back. The swim marks a career best, and Baklanov's 1st time under 56 seconds in the event.
By: Spencer Penland
As opposed to the regular live recaps we do, this post is dedicated to those swims that may have have gone unreported, or otherwise flew under the radar today
2026 U.S. Junior National Championships Day 2 of the 2026 U.S. Summer Junior Nationals is in the books. This post contains the race videos from all of the A finals last night.
By: Spencer Penland
With day 2 of U.S. Summer Junior Nationals in the books, it's time for day 2 swims you may have missed. This post is dedicated to those swims that either went under reported or flew completely under the radar in our live recap.
The 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships is now underway at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Following the excitement of Pan Pacs last week in Irvine, we're surely in for a great meet.
Day 3 of the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships is underway. This morning's action will feature the 400 free, 100 fly, 200 back, and 50 breast.
The final day of the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships is here. This final prelims session of the meet will feature the 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 breast. This morning will also host the slow heats of the girls 800 free and boys 1500 free.
