Baylor Off to FAST Start After Day 1 of the 2022 TISCA Swimming & Diving Championships

NASHVILLE, TN- The Baylor School got off to a fast start on day one of the 2022 TISCA State Swimming & Diving Championships. After Friday evening finals, the Baylor School leads in the combined, girls, and boys team scores. The highlight of the meet thus far came from the Girls 200-yard Medley Relay of Genevieve O’Neil, Lillie Boggs, Madelyn Yates, and Caroline Schenck swimming a time of 1:43.07.  They finished with a state title and a NISCA Automatic All-American time.  The Baylor School boys 200-yard Medley Relay of Caden Fritz, Charlie Han, Josean Massucco, and Owen Seymour claimed second in a NISCA Automatic All-American time of 1:31.11.

Sophomore, Drew Hitchcock claimed the TISCA State Title in the Boys 2oo-yard IM, recording a NISCA Automatic All-American time of 1:48.03.  Teammate Sam Flack achieved All-American Consideration with a third-place finish in the 200 IM clocking a time of 1:53.53.   The Baylor boys finished second and third in the 100-yard butterfly.  Drew Hitchcock claimed second swimming an All-American time of 47.82, while Josean Massucco was All-American Consideration clocking a time of 49.07.  In the girl’s 1-meter diving competition, Claire Ellish finished third overall with a score of 350.90, while teammate Julia Kaufman took sixth with a score of 277.00.

Other Baylor School / Baylor Swim Club athletes finishing in the top 16 on Friday

Girls

Grace Burks (7th-1-meter diving) | Claire Ellish (3rd-1-meter diving) | Julia Kaufman (6th-1-meter diving) | Talia Joels (15th-1-meter diving) | Ellie Lydon (16th-100 FLY) | Avery May- Signal Mountain (9th-200 IM) | Charlotte Murphree (15th-200 IM) | Genevieve O’Neil (7th-100 FLY) | Madelyn Yates (5th-100 FLY)

Boys

Sam Flack (3rd-200 IM) | Caden Fritz (4th-100 FR) | Charlie Han (11th-200 IM) | Drew Hitchcock (1st-200 IM, 2nd-100 FLY) |  | Cullen Roberts (10th-100 FLY) | Owen Seymour (6th-50 FR) | Will Taylor (7th-50 FR) | George Von Canon (15th-200 FR) | Luke Waldrep (11th-200 FR) |

The TISCA State Swimming & Diving Championships will finish up on Saturday with prelims beginning at 10:30 AM EST and finals will start at 7:00 PM EST.