The Baylor Swim Club will kick off the long course season with a Long Course Intrasquad Meet on Fri., and Sat., April 21-22 at the Baylor School Natatorium. This meet is open to all practice groups (Developmental-RED, WHITE, GREY, AG, Junior, Senior, and Upper School). Ten-and-under events will be offered on Friday evening. The scratch deadline for this meet is Tuesday, April 11th. Please be sure to Attend or Decline for the meet through TeamUnify.
Meet Information is now available in the meets-info/results section of the website.
The Scratch Deadline for the 2023 ARENA Long Course Invitational (May 5-7, 2023) at Baylor is Wednesday, April 12th. Please be sure to Attend or Decline for the meet through TeamUnify. This swim meet is open to all Developmental (Red, White, & Grey), AG, Junior, Senior, and Upper School groups.
Meet Information is now available in the meets-info/results section of the website.
After the finish to a great short course season, we move on to the long course swimming season, where all of our meets in the spring and summer are swum in a long course or 50-meter pool rather than a short course 25-yard pool. Below you will find the tentative 2023 spring/summer long course swim meet schedule.
The Baylor Swim Club will be taking its annual spring break from April 1-10, 2023. There will be NO PRACTICES for ALL groups (Developmental, AG, JR, SR, Upper School, & TRI-Masters) during this time. Baylor Swim Club practices will resume again on Tuesday, April 11th.
The Baylor Swimming offices will be closed during this period of time (April 1-10).
The Baylor Swim Club will be holding its’ annual spring parents meeting on Monday, April 10th at 6:00 PM via Zoom. All Upper School, Senior, Junior, Age Group, and Developmental (Red, White, Grey) group parents should plan on attending this important meeting. (This includes all Baylor Middle School and Varsity parents who also have swimmers on the swim club). A Zoom Meeting link will be emailed out to the membership prior to the meeting.
Our hallway doubles as a meaningful display for the accomplishments of our swimmers.
To preserve and honor the memorabilia for all to enjoy we are updating the hallway guidelines, effective immediately:
The hallway is for foot traffic or sitting only.
We know some enjoy reading, listening to music, etc. as they sit in the hall. These “still” activities are still welcome in the memorabilia hall.
Otherwise, all traffic in this hallway will be from getting from place to place – moving foot traffic to the other side of the building.
No touching, leaning, etc. on items hanging in the hallway
No running, pushing, roughhousing, balls, or play in the hall – please feel free to utilize the outdoor space just outside the front or rear doors of the facility to enjoy play of this kind.
We will be posting signs to aide as a reminder.
We hope your swimmer’s cap and picture join those we already have displayed and encourage you to share in our Baylor School pride as you share these updated guidelines with your child this week.
NASHVILLE, TN- This past weekend (March 3-5) the Baylor Swim Club sent over forty athletes to compete in the 2023 Speedo Southern Premier Championships held at the Centennial Sportsplex- Tracy Caulkins Competition Pool in Nashville, TN. The meet featured over 500 of the top age group swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, and Texas.
Leading the way for the Baylor Swim Club, were some big-time performances from seventeen-year-old Drew Hitchcock. He finished first in the 200-year IM and 200-yard butterfly while taking second in the 400 IM. His time of 3:41.81 is good for the 4th fastest time ever for a 17-year-old male, and 12th all-time for the 17-18-year-old age group. Hitchcock also broke the team record in the 400-yard IM which was set back in 2014 by Sam McHugh.
Fourteen-year-old Hayden Vicknair had an outstanding meet. He claimed second in the 50-free, 100-free, 200-fly, and 100-yard butterfly events. His time of 52.06 in the 100-yard butterfly was also a new 13-14 team record. The previous record was held by Nick Huffstutter (52.98) which was set back in 1994. Younger sister Lily Vicknair swam to a first-place finish in the 10 & Under 50-yard breaststroke clocking a time of 36.76. She also had third-place finishes in the 200 IM and 100-yard breaststroke events.
Senior and 18-year-old Sam Flack blasted a 4:19.27 in the 500-yard freestyle to take second overall. Flack also claimed gold in the 1650 freestyle swimming a time of 15:07.62.
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 2023 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.
New folders have been created for the 2022-2023 season and are available. All awards from meets and past meets will be filed in the athletes’ folders on the pool deck. Each athlete on the Baylor Swim Club should have a folder where these awards will be placed after meets. Please have your child check the folders on the pool deck after practices. The folder boxes are located on a table next to the staff office on the pool deck. If for some reason your child does not have a folder, please email Coach Brian.
The 2022-2023 Baylor Swim Club Team Handbook is now available in the Members section. The Team Handbook consists of all the policies and procedures for members that have joined the Baylor Swim Club.
The membership should access the handbook via the MEMBERS section on the website.
Thank you to all that were able to attend the Zoom Fall Parents meeting. The Parent Information handout from the Fall Parent Meeting held on Mon., Sept. 12, 2022, is now available on the website.
Below you will find the most up-to-date contact information for the coaching staff. In the event you have a question about your child and their progress please contact your coach at the emails listed below.
Baylor Swim Club Coaching Staff:
Payton Brooks
Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming (Upper School & SR groups)
SwimAndTRI is our official team vendor. Below you will find login information for Baylor Swim Club’s online TEAM PORTAL on www.SwimAndTri.com and the most up-to-date contact information for our team vendor, SwimAndTri. If you need to order team suits or practice equipment please order from the TEAM PORTAL or contact their Knoxville, TN location. Below are directions on how to login to the Baylor Swim Club TEAM PORTAL on http://www.swimandtri.com
See the practice equipment list below and information to contact SwimAndTRI to order your equipment.
I want to review some billing items with you. The TeamUnify system will bill accounts to you on the 1st of every month. The statements will contain your monthly dues and any other charges such as caps meet fees hospitality fees, etc. and a late fee will be assessed on the 21st of each month. Any payments that are unable to be processed on the 1st will accrue processing fees in addition to the charges. This fee comes from our processing merchant. Any accounts that are 30 days past due will result in your child being held out of the water.
All groups including Developmental are monthly groups. The club registration fees are yearly charges and will not be charged again until August 2022.
Through TeamUnify you will automatically be billed for the next month unless you have emailed the club by the 5th day of the month preceding the next session. So if you do not want to participate in November you must email the club no later than October 5th. Telling your coach that you are not doing the next month will not keep you from being billed. Be sure to send the email to the club. Notifications must be sent to Laura Pitman.
The yearly hospitality fee of $100 is charged in October. If you join in October or later the hospitality fee is charged the month of your registration. This is the only additional fee our families are charged outside of meet fees. We do not require any fundraising. The hospitality fee is to supply food and drinks for the coaches and officials at all of our hosted meets. Some of these people are here for 3 meals and they greatly appreciate our hospitality. If you have concerns about this fee please contact me directly.
The Scratch Deadline for the 2023 ARENA Long Course Invitational (May 5-7, 2023) at Baylor is Wednesday, April 12th. Please be sure to 
The Baylor Swim Club will be taking its annual spring break from April 1-10, 2023. There will be NO PRACTICES for ALL groups (Developmental, AG, JR, SR, Upper School, & TRI-Masters) during this time. Baylor Swim Club practices will resume again on Tues
The Baylor Swim Club will be holding its’ annual spring parents meeting on Monday, April 10th at 6:00 PM via Zoom. All Upper School, Senior, Junior, Age Group, and Developmental (Red, White, Grey) group parents should plan on attending this important meeting. (This includes all Baylor Middle School and Varsity parents who also have swimmers on the swim club). A Zoom Meeting link will be emailed out to the membership prior to the meeting.
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 2023 swimming season!
SwimAndTRI
Parents,