The coaching staff has gone ahead and made some practice schedule changes during the Middle School and High School swimming seasons because of meets being held at Baylor. If the practice group was not canceled, rescheduled, or listed then practice will be held at the regularly scheduled time. Please be sure to make a note of these changes.
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Online Meet Volunteer Sign-Up: Martha Bass Invitational
The online meet volunteer sign-up system is now available for the Martha Bass Invitational (Nov. 12-13, 2022) at the Baylor School Natatorium. All Baylor Swim Club families/members should sign-up as soon as possible to reserve your volunteer position(s).
Scratch Deadline for Martha Bass Invitational- Thurs., Oct. 27th
The Scratch Deadline for the Martha Bass Invitational (Nov. 12-13 at Baylor) is Thursday, October 27th. Please be sure to Attend or Decline for the meet through TeamUnify. This swim meet is open to Developmental (White & Grey only), AG, JR, SR, and Upper School practice groups. This is a Baylor-hosted swim meet so all parents must volunteer.
Meet Information is now available in the meets-info/results section of the website.
October Developmental Mini Meet Results
The October Developmental Mini Meet was a great success. Complete meet results from the competition are now available. Great job by all the swimmers that participated and thank you to the parent volunteers.
Swimmers Folders / Awards from Meets
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.
Meet Information- 2022 Ensworth Holiday Classic (Dec. 2-4) Nashville, TN
Meet Information for the Ensworth Holiday Classic (Dec. 2-4) at the Ensworth School in Nashville, TN is now available. This meet is open to AG, JR, Upper School, and SR athletes only. The scratch deadline for this meet is Monday, November 14th. See complete meet info at the link below.
Payton Brooks Named Head Coach of the Baylor Swimming & Diving Programs
CHATTANOOGA, TN– Baylor School / Baylor Swim Club has announced that Payton Brooks, an Assistant Swim Coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies, has been named Head Coach / Director of Competitive Swimming for the Baylor Swimming & Diving Programs. Coach Brooks becomes the tenth Head Coach in program history.
“Payton is everything that we were looking for in a head swim coach. He has been an integral part of successful programs at a variety of levels and reputably builds a strong rapport with his athletes,” said Baylor School Athletic Director Mark Price. “I am eager for our student-athletes to have the opportunity to develop under his leadership, and I am confident that he will continue to build upon the success of this tradition-rich program.”
Brooks joined the Hokie staff as the assistant in 2019; he played a role in leading the Tech men to 11th-place finishes at the NCAA Championships the past two seasons – the highest finishes in school history. The Tech women finished 21st and 23rd respectively, earning the lady Hokies the second and third-highest finishes for the program. Through these performances, the Hokies earned 42 All-American honors.
Flack, Hitchcock, & Waldrep Earn USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Honors
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- USA Swimming released the roster for its 2021-2022 Scholastic All-America Team, and two Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School student-athletes were selected for this honor.
Making the Scholastic All–America team from Baylor is senior Sam Flack, junior Drew Hitchcock, and sophomore Luke Waldrep. Congratulations to these scholar-athletes on their achievement, as well as the coaches and parents who help support the athletes every day.
Parking for Swim Club Practices
This is just to remind everyone about parking options while athletes are attending swim practice. We now are full into the school season which means there are nights where LOTS of activities are taking place on campus. This means your usual parking spaces may be filled. When these nights occur please be courteous and drop your child off either in the front or the back entrance of the pool then proceed to a parking spot. There are many spaces in the front of the pool, a few on the side of the building, and many in the back of the building in the adjacent lot as well as spaces in another parking lot if you turn left out of the lot behind the pool.
Please do not back up traffic as you sit and wait for a parking space to be cleared. We ask that you either circle the lot or find another area.
Please be mindful of the handicapped spaces as well. Do not park there if you do not have a handicapped sticker or tag.
2022-2023 Team Handbook Now Available
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.
See the links below for the team handbook.
