ATLANTA, GA- Over the Labor Day Holiday weekend (Aug. 31 – Sept. 3) Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athletes Lydia Bohannon and Ellie Waldrep attended the 2018 LEAD (Leadership, Empowerment, and Athletic Development) Summit held at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. The LEAD Sports Summit is a yearly summit that connects young female swimmers with Olympic Champions and Specialists throughout a four day all-inclusive event.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- On Tuesday, September 4th USA Swimming announced that Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School alumni Trey Freeman had been selected as a member of the 2018-2019 National Team. Freeman was selected to the team based on his performance in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships this summer in Irvine, CA. He claimed fifth overall in a time of 3:49.90. In the morning prelims session on Sat., Freeman swam to a personal best time of 3:49.02 which earned him a spot in the championship final.
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PHOENIX, AZ- The Baylor School Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving team was named Swimming World Magazine National Independent High School Champions for the 2017-2018 season. This is the fifth time that the Baylor School has received this honor from Swimming World. Swimming World Magazine conducts a mythical high school national championship based on the top times posted during the 2017-2018 season. In the overall rankings for both public and independent schools, the Baylor School boys finished third overall with a total of 98 points.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN- The Baylor School Boys and Girls Varsity Swimming & Diving teams were named by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) as 2017-2018 National Independent School Dual Meet Champions. The NISCA awards program is based on submitted team results of high school athletes (grades 9-12) that are translated into power points. A total of 349 high school teams from across the nation participated in the national dual meet ranking system this year. There were only two double winners this season, and the Baylor School was recognized as one of those teams. The only other team to take the boys and girls titles was Carmel High School (Carmel, IN) in the public school division.
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IRVINE, CA- For the second year in a row Baylor Swim Club’s Trey Freeman is the 18 & Under National Champion in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships. He claimed fifth overall in a time of 3:49.90. In the morning prelims session on Sat., Freeman swam to a personal best time of 3:49.02 which earned him a spot in the championship final. Last year at the Phillips 66 National Championships Freeman claimed 18 & Under National Titles in both the 200 and 400 freestyle events. Due to his performances at this competition he will earn a spot on either USA’s 2019 World Unviersity Games Team (July 3-14 in Naples, ITA) or the 2019 Pan American Team (July 26- Aug. 11 in Lima Peru). Continue reading “Freeman Takes 18 & Under National Championship for the Second Year In a Row” →
CHATTANOOGA, TN- Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming Dan Flack is thrilled to announce three new additions to the coaching staff for the 2018-2019 season. Coach Corinne Priest will be assuming the responsibilities of Site Director at the Hamilton YMCA location, and the Junior group coach. Coach Priest’s first official day with our club will be on Tuesday, August 28th. Baylor Swim Club alumni, Samantha Vargo and Chris Butler will be joining the staff to coach in our Developmental program. Their first official day will be at our new swimmer evaluations on August 21st.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO– Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School Head Coach Dan Flack will lead the USA Men’s National Junior Team at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships Aug. 23-27 at the Damodar Aquatic Center in Suva, Fiji. Coach Flack has served on a number of National Junior Team staffs, and most recently last summer as an assistant coach on the FINA World Junior Team. He also served as an assistant on the 2011 FINA World Junior Team staff as well. Flack has placed five Baylor athletes on the USA Swimming National Junior Team over the last several years which include: Arden Pitman (2009), Spencer Rowe (2010), Kristen Vredeveld (2011), Sam McHugh (2013), and Trey Freeman (2016, 2017). Trey Freeman was on the 2017 FINA World Junior Team, while Kristen Vredeveld made the team back in 2011.
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PORTPATRICK, SCOTLAND- On Monday, August 20th Baylor Swim Club Tri-Masters Coach Jenny Smith finished the North Channel Swim in 13 hours and 6 minutes. The open water ultra distance swim began in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland and finished in Portpatrick, Scotland on the Mull of Galloway, which is about 21.5 miles long. The North Channel swim is approximately the same distance as the English Channel, but it has two major differences. The first is the sea temperature, which can be 3-5 degrees lower ( 10-14 degrees Celcius) and the second is the hundreds of Lions Mane jellyfish which plague the Channel during the summer months and are for the most part unavoidable.
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CARY, NC- This past week Baylor Swim Club athletes Jewel Gordon, Cecilia Porter, Addison Smith and Ellie Waldrep competed in the 2018 USA Swimming Futures Championships. The competition was held August 2-5 at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, NC. This meet featured over 600 of the best up and coming swimmers from the southern part of the country. The four athletes that competed had some outstanding performances throughout the weekend. They capped off a great meet on Sunday with the gold medal in the 400 Medley Relay. The quartet of Ellie Waldrep, Cecilia Porter, Addison Smith, and Jewel Gordon finished with a winning time of 4:18.10. With just four athletes competing in the meet the Baylor Swim Club finished sixth in the women’s overall team scores. Continue reading “Senior Girls Dominate at Futures Championships in Cary, NC” →
KNOXVILLE, TN– This past weekend (July 19-23, 2018) over thirty Baylor Swim Club athletes competed at the Southeastern Swimming Long Course Championships. Over 800 athletes from the states of Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida competed at the Alan Jone Intercollegiate Aquatics Center and the UT Student Aquatics Center in Knoxville, TN. Leading the way for the Aqua Raiders were some outstanding performances from seventeen year old Addison Smith. Smith took the high point award for the senior girls age group with first place finishes in the 200 free (2:03.17), 400 free (4:21.59), 100 fly (1:02.68), and 400 IM (4:58.50). She also finished fourth overall in the 200 IM.
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ATLANTA, GA- Over the Labor Day Holiday weekend (Aug. 31 – Sept. 3) Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athletes Lydia Bohannon and Ellie Waldrep attended the 2018 LEAD (Leadership, Empowerment, and Athletic Development) Summit held at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. The LEAD Sports Summit is a yearly summit that connects young female swimmers with Olympic Champions and Specialists throughout a four day all-inclusive event.
IRVINE, CA- For the second year in a row Baylor Swim Club’s Trey Freeman is the 18 & Under National Champion in the 400 meter freestyle at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships. He claimed fifth overall in a time of 3:49.90. In the morning prelims session on Sat., Freeman swam to a personal best time of 3:49.02 which earned him a spot in the championship final. Last year at the Phillips 66 National Championships Freeman claimed 18 & Under National Titles in both the 200 and 400 freestyle events. Due to his performances at this competition he will earn a spot on either USA’s 2019 World Unviersity Games Team (July 3-14 in Naples, ITA) or the 2019 Pan American Team (July 26- Aug. 11 in Lima Peru). 
CHATTANOOGA, TN- Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming Dan Flack is thrilled to announce three new additions to the coaching staff for the 2018-2019 season. 
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