Greensboro, NC- This past week (Dec. 8-11) seven Baylor School / Baylor Swim Club athletes competed in the 2021 USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior Championships- EAST held at the Greensboro Aquatics Center in Greensboro, NC. This is one of the top swimming competitions in the country on an annual basis for swimmers eighteen-years-old and under. Baylor Swim Club athletes competing in the junior national meet were Lille Boggs, Sam Flack, Caden Fritz, Charlie Han, Drew Hitchcock, Josean Massucco, and Matthew Potter. Leading the way for Baylor were some outstanding swims from Drew Hitchcock.
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DALTON, GA– On Sunday, December 12th, over thirty Baylor Swim Club athletes traveled to Dalton, GA to race in the 221 Jingle Bell Classic Meet. Over 200 swimmers from the states of Tennessee and Georgia competed in the swim meet held at Dalton High School Pool. Congratulations to all Baylor swimmers for an outstanding meet on Saturday.
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NASHVILLE, TN- On December 3-5, over fifty Baylor Swim Club athletes traveled to Nashville, TN to race in the 2021 Ensworth Holiday Classic held at the Ensworth School Natatorium. Over 400 swimmers from the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama competed in the swim meet. Leading the way for Baylor was an outstanding performance from Luke Waldrep in the 1650-yard freestyle. His time of 16:11.92 qualified him for NCSA Junior Nationals in Orlando, FL in March of 2022.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN- Baylor School / Baylor Swim Club Head Coach Dan Flack was featured on the Inside With Brett Hawke podcast. Hawke’s podcast takes an intimate look inside the minds of swimming’s highest achievers with one of the world’s best swim coaches. His podcast is currently the top swimming podcast in the country.
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What exciting news! The Baylor Swim Club has been awarded by United States Swimming the distinction of being a nationally ranked Silver Medal swim club in the USA Swimming Club of Excellence program for the 2022 swimming season!
What exactly does this mean? This means that Baylor Swim Club is recognized as one of the top clubs in the country based on organizational professionalism and athletic performance. To qualify for this award, Baylor had to submit an extensive report to United States Swimming, documenting club professionalism as well as both national and world-class performance.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN- On November 13-14, the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the Martha Bass Invitational held at the Baylor School Natatorium. One Hundred and fifty-two Baylor Swim Club athletes participated in the two-day meet. Over 400 swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama competed in the swim meet. Special congratulations to all the Baylor Swim Club athletes that participated in the meet, and thank you to all the parents that volunteered their time this past weekend!
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CHATTANOOGA, TN– This past weekend, October 23-24, 2021, the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the 2021 Fall Kick-Off Classic held at the Baylor School Natatorium. One Hundred and forty-eight Baylor Swim Club athletes participated in the two-day meet. Over 400 swimmers from the states of Tennessee and Georgia competed in the swim meet. 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!
Several new team records were broken by twelve-year-old Hayden Vicknair. Vicknair smashed team records in the 50 (24.92), 100 (54.53), and the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.97). The previous record in the 50-yard free (25.05) was set back in 2001 by Brad Hanon, while Vicknair took down Josh Sosna‘s 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle records that were set back in 2003. Hayden also broke the 50-back, 50, and 100-yard butterfly team records which were held by Nick Huffstutter and set back in 1992.
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Baylor currently has a total of nineteen alumni swimming in college programs across the country. In the alumni section of the website, the Baylor swimmers in college for the 2021-2022 season have been updated. Follow them on this page through their 2021-2022 college season.
Best of luck to the following Baylor alumni on a great season: Noah Althoff, Zach Althoff, Breanna Belcher, Lydia Bohannon, Alex Borisov, Nicholas Brando, Trey Freeman, Luke Hunt, Jack Kirby, Jamee Mitchum, Audrey Rackel, Aidan Sims, Daniel Snyder, Addison Smith, Daniel Unhuryan, Ellie Waldrep, Logan Watson-Brown, Callie West, and Avery Wilson
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- USA Swimming released the roster for its 2020-2021 Scholastic All-America Team, and four Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School student-athletes were selected for this honor.
Making the Scholastic All–America team from Baylor is senior Charlie Han, junior Sam Flack, sophomore Drew Hitchcock, and Baylor alumni Breanna Belcher. Belcher is currently a freshman swimming at Carson-Newman University located in Jefferson City, TN.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN- Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming Dan Flack is thrilled to announce the addition of Catie Carden to the Baylor Swim Club coaching staff for the 2021-2022 season. Coach Catie Carden is a Baylor School and Baylor Swimming alumni class of 2011. She will be teaching the majority of our group and private swimming lessons and will be assisting Coach Jessica Klotz with the Developmental- Red practice group. This is Coach Catie’s second stint teaching swimming lessons with the program as she was part of the aquatics staff back in 2017. She will be starting her position beginning on Monday, October 4th. See the link below for her coaching bio.