{"id":344091,"date":"2018-12-26T14:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T21:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=344091"},"modified":"2018-12-26T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T21:17:52","slug":"distance-ace-spencer-tussing-commits-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/distance-ace-spencer-tussing-commits-to-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Ace Spencer Tussing Commits to Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: <\/strong>Distance swimmer Spencer Tussing <\/strong>of Grove City, Ohio has committed to Tennessee and will arrive in Knoxville as a member of the class of 2023.<\/p>\n

Tussing swims year-round with the Ohio State Swim Club under head coach Kyle Goodrich <\/strong>and owns four Winter Junior standards. He most recently competed at Juniors East earlier this month where he placed 18th in the 500 free in a new lifetime best. He posted five top-12 finishes at Spire Speedo Sectionals this past summer after taking eighth in the mile at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Columbus. He took third in the 1000 free at ISCA Junior Nationals in March and represented Grove City High School at the Ohio State Championships during his freshman season where he finaled in the 500 free.<\/p>\n

He told Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe University of Tennessee has an unbelievable team culture, an unparalleled drive to improve, a large focus on competition at both the national and international level and an ideal location. I can\u2019t wait to continue my athletic and academic career at Tennessee! Go Vols!!\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His best times include:<\/p>\n