CHATTANOOGA, TN– On Thursday evening, October 25th, the Baylor Swim Club and Diving Club had their annual Halloween Bash at the Baylor School. Over seventy swimmers and divers with ages ranging from five to fourteen-years-old dressed up in their Halloween costumes, and participated in the event.
All members attending the party were also asked to bring at least two canned foods to be donated to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank to prepare for the holiday season.
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NASHVILLE, TN– On the weekend of October 13-14, 2018 forty Baylor Swim Club athletes competed in the Ensworth October OPEN held at the Ensworth School in Nashville, TN. Overall it was a solid early season performance from the athletes that attended the competition.
Complete Meet Results
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO– On Thursday, October 18th, Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School alumni Trey Freeman was named to USA Swimming’s 2019 World University Games team. Freeman will compete with Team USA at the World University Games, which will be held July 4-10, 2019 in Naples, Italy. He is currently a freshman swimming at the University of Florida. Freeman earned a spot on the team with his performance at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships this past summer.
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Baylor currently has a total of thirteen alumni swimming in college programs across the country. In the alumni section of the website, the Baylor swimmers in college for the 2018-2019 season has been updated. Follow them on this page through their 2018-2019 college season.
Best of luck to the following Baylor alumni on a great season: Zach Althoff, Caroline Boone, Anne Dassow, Trey Freeman, Emily Gill, Jason Green, Piotr Kurleto, Jon Lancaster, Peter Lochmaier, Leanne McMaster, Maggie Stovall, Jessica Vargo, and Luis Sebastian Weekes
The coaching staff has gone ahead and made some practice schedule changes during the Middle School and High School swimming seasons because of meets being held at Baylor. If the practice group was not canceled, rescheduled or listed then practice will be held at the regularly scheduled time. (All practices at the Hamilton YMCA remain the same as scheduled). Please be sure to make a note of these changes.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO– On Wednesday, October 3rd, USA Swimming announced the honorees for the third-annual 18 & Under World 100, recognizing many of the nation’s top up-and-coming swimmers for their performances in 2018. Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School alumni Trey Freeman was named to the 18 & Under World 100 program ranked 14th in the nation, and has a world ranking of 6th in the 400 freestyle. He was ranked 7th in the nation in 2017, and had a world ranking of 5th in the 400 meter freestyle. In 2016 he was ranked 28th in the nation, and had a world ranking of 23rd in the 400 meter freestyle. Freeman is currently a freshman swimming at the University of Florida.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN- On Sunday, September 30th Baylor TRI-Masters swimmer Karla Vradenburgh came out victorious in 18-24 age group female division in the IRONMAN Chattanooga Triathlon. She finished the bike and run portions of the race in a total time of 9:46.36. Unfortunately, due to unsafe conditions in the Tennessee River, the swimming portion of the race was canceled. With her finish in IMChattanooga, she has qualified to race in the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, HI in October.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN– This past weekend, September 22-23, the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the 2018 Fall Kick-Off Classic held at the Baylor School Natatorium. One Hundred and fifteen Baylor Swim Club athletes participated in the two day meet. Over 300 athletes from the states of Tennessee and Georgia competed in the swim meet. Baylor Swim Club senior athletes Ellie Waldrep and Cecilia Porter broke Baylor School Natatorium Pool Records over the two-day competition. Waldrep blasted a 54.67 in the 100 backstroke to break Ashley Cusano’s record of 55.68 set in 2018. Porter dropped a 1:03.80 in the 100 breaststroke to break Allison Lusk‘s record of 1:04.59 from back in 2008. Special congratulations to all the new Baylor Swim Club athletes that participated in their first ever year-round swim meet, and to all the parents that volunteered their time this past weekend!
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CHATTANOOGA, TN- USA Swimming released the roster for its 2017-2018 Scholastic All-America Team, and two Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School student athletes were selected for this honor.
Making the Scholastic All–America team from Baylor are rising senior Addison Smith and alumni Trey Freeman. Freeman is currently a freshman swimming at the University of Florida.
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Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School Head Coach Dan Flack was named to the 2018-2019 USA Swimming National Team coaches roster. Coach Flack was selected as a national team coach based on Trey Freeman’s performances over the last year. In August of 2018, Flack was the Head Coach of the Men’s National Junior team at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships. The competition held on the islands of Fiji saw the USA National Junior Team capture twenty individual gold medals, five relay gold medals, twenty-one silver medals, and five bronze medals.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN– On Thursday evening, October 25th, the Baylor Swim Club and Diving Club had their annual Halloween Bash at the Baylor School. Over seventy swimmers and divers with ages ranging from five to fourteen-years-old dressed up in their Halloween costumes, and participated in the event.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
CHATTANOOGA, TN- USA Swimming released the roster for its 2017-2018 Scholastic All-America Team, and two Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School student athletes were selected for this honor.
Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School Head Coach Dan Flack was named to the 2018-2019 USA Swimming National Team coaches roster. Coach Flack was selected as a national team coach based on Trey Freeman’s performances over the last year. In August of 2018, Flack was the Head Coach of the Men’s National Junior team at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships. The competition held on the islands of Fiji saw the USA National Junior Team capture twenty individual gold medals, five relay gold medals, twenty-one silver medals, and five bronze medals.