June 8, 2025 — From June 3-7, our country’s best swimmers gathered together at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana to compete and attempt to qualify for the 2025 World Championships (held in Singapore later this summer). Baylor Swim Club had two swimmers attend and compete at this meet – Elijah Holliman (Senior Group) and Hayden Vicknair (Varsity).
This was both Holliman’s and Vicknair’s first ever U.S. National meet. Holliman competed in the 200m Breaststroke, while Vicknair competed in the 200m, 100m, 50m Butterfly, and the 100m Freestyle.
Vicknair qualified in prelims to have second swims in the D-Final in all of his butterfly events. By the end of his swims, Vicknair swam to some of the fastest times in the 15-16 age group in U.S. history. In the 100m Butterfly, he swam a 54.57 (ranking him 73rd all time in the 15-16 age group in the U.S.). In the 200m Butterfly, he swam a 1:59.83 (ranking him 25th all time in the 15-16 age group in the U.S.). Currently, these times rank him 6th and 2nd in the nation in the 15-16 age group (respectively).
