ORLANDO, FL- Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athlete Drew Hitchcock came away with the NCSA Junior National Championship in the 400-yard IM on day four of the competition. He made a furious comeback on the last 25-yards to post a time of 3:47.29 and take the title. Hitchcock joins former Baylor Swimming athletes Sam McHugh, Luke Kalizak, Kristen Vredeveld, and Trey Freeman as champions at this meet. All these athletes have gone on to win NCAA Championships and earn medals for Team USA in various international competitions.
On Wednesday evening Hitchcock put up a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly. His time of 1:44.81 ranks as the second-fastest tenth grader in the country in the 200-yard butterfly. Teammate Josean Massucco has also had an outstanding NCSA Junior Nationals thus far. Massucco finished sixth in the 1650-yard freestyle and seventh in the 200-yard butterfly.
After the events of Thursday evening the Baylor Swim Club is sitting in 5th in the boy’s team scores, and in 14th in the combined scores with only two days left in the competition. The meet is being held at the Orlando YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, FL. The NCSA Junior National Championships is one of the top swimming competitions in the country on an annual basis for swimmers eighteen years old and under. In general, there are over 1700 swimmers in the meet representing over 250 clubs from all over the nation.
Baylor Swim Club highlights/results (thru Thurs., March 17th)
- Lillie Boggs– 16th-1000 FR
- Sam Flack– 11th- 1650 FR | 19th-200 FLY | 23rd-400 IM
- Caden Fritz– 7th-200 BK
- Charlie Han– 13th-200 BR
- Drew Hitchcock– 1st-400 IM | 2nd-200 FLY | 10th-200 BK
- Josean Massucco– 6th-1650 FR | 7th-200 FLY | 16th-400 IM
