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Baylor Seniors Make College Choices
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  by Brian Gill on 2012-05-18 07:57:00
Congratulations to the twelve Baylor Swim Club and Baylor School seniors whom have announced their college choices for 2012. Six of the twelve seniors will be continuing their swimming careers in college. Good luck to all of these seniors in their future endeavors both in and out of the pool. See the complete list of seniors and their college choices below.
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Scratch Deadline for BULLFROG Invitational
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by Brian Gill on 2012-05-14 08:25:00
The scratch deadline for the 2012 BULLFROG Invitational is Monday, May 21st. Please email if you cannot attend the meet or can only attend a portion of the swim meet.
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Baylor Boys Break Two Southeastern Records
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by Brian Gill on 2012-05-10 09:04:00
The Baylor Swim Club 15-16 year old boys broke two Southeastern Swimming records at the 2012 Nike Invitational held at the Baylor School. The 200 medley relay of Lucas Kaliszak, Mathias Porter, Joey Carbone and Sam McHugh posted a time of 1:52.96 to break the old record of 1:54.34 set by the Birmingham Swim League in 2001.
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Relay Records Highlight Nike Swim Long Course Invitational
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by Brian Gill on 2012-05-10 09:03:00
This past weekend, May 4-6, 2012 the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the 2012 Nike Swim Long Course Invitational. Over 300 swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and, Alabama competed in the swim meet held at the Baylor School Natatorium. The highlight of the meet were two Southeastern Swimming relay records set by the Baylor Swim Club 15-16 year old boys relay teams. Special thanks to all the Baylor Swim Club parents that donated their time to volunteer this weekend.
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Vredeveld Leads Group Ranked in the Top 20 Nationally
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by Brian Gill on 2012-04-23 12:02:00
Six-teen year old Kristen Vredeveld leads a list of five Baylor Swim Club members ranked in the top twenty nationally in an individual event in a specific age group. Kristen is ranked number one in the country in the 50 yard freestyle, and ranked number two in the 100 yard freestyle. Here are other swimmers ranked in the top twenty:
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Baylor Swimmers Excel at CARIFTA Championships
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by Brian Gill on 2012-04-20 08:14:00
Five current Baylor School students / Baylor Swim Club athletes, and one Baylor School Alumni did a great job representing their home countries at the 2012 Carifta Games held last week in Nassau, Bahamas. Each of these student athletes won at least one medal for their home country at the 2012 games. The highlights of the meet was a new meet record in the 50 back for Kimberlee John – Williams, Leslie Campbell winning her first individual medal, and all six Baylor athletes won medals at the games.
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Baylor Alumnus Martin Grodzki Breaks NCAA Record to Win 1650!
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by Brian Gill on 2012-03-28 06:18:00
Baylor School / Baylor Swim Club alumnus, Martin Grodzki, a junior at the University of Georgia, won the 1650 freestyle in a new NCAA and US Open time of 14:24.08 at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington. Grodzki’s swim was under the old record 14:26.35 set by Chris Thompson in 2001. Grodzki out-touched Stanford’s Chad LaTourette by a mere 26 one-hundredths of a second. LaTourette’s time was a new American record.
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Kristen Vredeveld Named Female Athlete of the Year
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by Brian Gill on 2012-03-01 11:17:00
On Monday, February 27th, Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athlete Kristen Vredeveld was named the 2012 Female Athlete of the Year by the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame. Vredeveld was recognized at the annual Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame Banquet held at the downtown Chattanooga Convention Center. Baylor Swimming alumni Scott Ferguson was also honored at the banquet, and inducted into the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame. Vredeveld had an impressive year that earned her the award.
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Relays Lead the Way for Baylor at Southeastern Championships
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by Brian Gill on 2012-03-01 08:46:00
This past weekend, February 23-26, a strong contingent of forty-six Baylor Swim Club athletes competed in the 2012 Southeastern
Swimming Short Course Championships
held
at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center
in Knoxville,
TN. This was the most athletes that the Baylor Swim Club has had compete at the Southeastern Swimming Short Course Championships in it's history. Baylor finished 8th overall in the combined team scores. In order to compete in the
meet the athletes
had to achieve qualifying time
standards.
Over 1000 athletes from the states
of Tennessee,
Alabama, and Florida competed
in the championship
affair.
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Baylor Girls Relay Featured on the Morning Swim Show
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by Brian Gill on 2012-02-28 11:46:00
The Baylor School girls 200 yard freestyle relay of Kristen Vredeveld, Ashley Yearwood, Kimberlee John-Williams, and Bria Deveaux broke the National High School Record at the 2012 TISCA Swimming & Diving Championships (Feb. 10-11, 2012) in Nashville, TN. The relay was featured on SwimmingWorld TV's Morning Swim Show on Friday, February 24th.
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Baylor 8 & Under Boys Take District East Title
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by Brian Gill on 2012-02-22 08:30:00
This past weekend (February 18-19) the Baylor Swim Club competed in the 2012 Southeastern Swimming District East Championships held at the Baylor School Natatorium. The Highlight of the swim meet was the Baylor 8 & Under boys sharing the team title with Atomic City Aquatic Club. Both teams scored a total of 110 points. This was also the last chance for many swimmers to achieve Southeastern Championship qualifying time standards for the meet to be held this coming weekend (Feb. 23-26) in Knoxville. Overall Baylor swimmers achieved over 23 new Southeastern Championship qualifying time standards.
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Baylor Takes 7th Straight State Title In Record Setting Fashion!
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by Brian Gill on 2012-02-15 09:42:00
The Baylor School captured their seventh straight combined team title at the 2012 TISCA State Swimming & Diving Championship meet in Nashville, TN. Over the course of the two-day meet, Baylor swimmers broke one national record, three state records, one pool record, and eleven school record in the process. The Baylor women put on an amazing performance. Baylor won all three relays and four individual events. Leading the way for the ladies were Kristen Vredeveld and Kimberlee John-Williams.
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Baylor Alumni to Compete in SEC Championships
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by Brian Gill on 2012-02-15 09:32:00
Good luck to all the Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School alumni participating in this week's Southeastern Conference Swimming & Diving Championships at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, TN. The Times Free Press has written a great article featuring all the Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athletes that are now competing for SEC schools.
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Baylor Has Success at Groundhog Invitational
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by Brian Gill on 2012-02-07 07:49:00
The weekend of February 3-4, a strong but small contingent of Baylor Swim Club athletes competed in the 2012 SportsMED Groundhog Invitational. Over 400 swimmers from the states of Tennessee and Alabama competed in the swim meet held at the Brahan Spring Park Natatorium in Huntsville, AL. The Baylor Swim Club had thirty swimmers participate in the meet.
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Baylor Makes Waves at Nike Swim Winter Invitational
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by Brian Gill on 2012-01-20 08:29:00
This past weekend, January 14-15, the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the 2012 Nike Swim Winter Invitational. Over 400 swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, and, Alabama competed in the swim meet held at the Baylor School Natatorium. The Baylor Swim Club had over 140 swimmers participate in the meet. This is the largest contingent of athletes that the Baylor Swim Club as ever brought to this meet. Special thanks to all the Baylor Swim Club parents that donated their time to volunteer this weekend.
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Baylor Claims Silver Medal Status for the Third Year In Row
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by Brian Gill on 2012-01-05 10:04:00
What exciting news! The Baylor Swim Club has been awarded by United States Swimming the distinction of being a Sliver Medal nationally ranked swim club in the US Swimming Club of Excellence program for the 2012 swimming season! Baylor Swim Club had a great performance scoring 8746 points, ranking fourth in Southeastern Swimming, and ranking Baylor in the top 75 nationally for the fifth year out of the last six. Baylor is one of the smallest club based in membership to rank in the top 75 among the over 1000 clubs that participated.
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Bria Deveaux Signs With the University of Nebraska
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by Brian Gill on 2011-12-31 07:20:00
Baylor Swim Club and Baylor School senior, Bria Deveaux has signed a national letter of intent to swim for the University of Nebraska. Bria is in her third year as a boarding student from the Bahamas.
A freestyle sprinter and butterfly specialist, she's already been part of Baylor girls' teams that have finished first, second and first in the annual national high school rankings over the last three years.
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Christian Carbone To Attend Harvard University
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by Brian Gill on 2011-12-31 07:19:00
Baylor Swim Club and Baylor School senior, Christian Carbone will be attending Harvard University in the fall, where he will be a member of Coach Tim Murphy’s Crimson varsity team. Carbone has enjoyed quite a decorated career both in the pool and in the classroom in his four years at Baylor. In the classroom Carbone, is a member of Baylor’s Distinguished Scholar program, a three time United States Swimming Academic All-American, and long time member of the National Honor Society.
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2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Page
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by Brian Gill on 2011-12-15 09:14:00
The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming will return June 25-July 2 to the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb., as one of the fastest, exciting, suspenseful and pressure-filled competitions held in the United States every four years. Below is the official 2012 Olympic Team Trials Page for the Baylor Swim Club. On this page you can find meet information on the 2012 US Olympic Team Trials, current Baylor Swim Club athletes that have qualified for trials, and past Baylor Swim Club Olympic Trials qualifiers.
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Baylor Very Merry After Jingle Bell Classic Meet
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by Brian Gill on 2011-12-14 08:13:00
This past Saturday, December 10th, over forty Baylor Swim Club athletes traveled to Dalton High School in Dalton, GA to race in the 2011 Jingle Bell Classic Meet. Over 200 swimmers from the states of Tennessee and Georgia competed in the swim meet. Congratulations to all Baylor swimmers for an outstanding meet on Saturday.
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Baylor Swim Club Takes 2nd at Meet of Champions!
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by Brian Gill on 2011-12-11 09:00:00
This past weekend, Decmber 2-4, over sixty Baylor Swim Club athletes traveled to the Williamson Co. Indoor Sports Complex in Brentwood, TN to compete competed in the 2011 Meet of Champions. Over 400 swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and, Alabama competed in the swim meet. This was a prelims / finals meet format, where if swimmers were able to place in the top 16 in prelims, then they would come back and swim in finals in the evening. Several Baylor Swim Club athletes swam to first place finishes overall in several events. The Baylor Swim Club finished second overall in the team scores behind meet host XCEL Aquatics.
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Baylor Takes 21st Annual Martha Bass Invitational by Storm
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by Brian Gill on 2011-11-16 12:10:00
This past weekend, November 12-13, the Baylor Swim Club hosted and competed in the 2011 Martha Bass Invitational. Over 700 swimmers from the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, and, Alabama competed in the swim meet held at the Baylor School Natatorium. The Baylor Swim Club had over 140 swimmers participate in the meet. This is the largest contingent of athletes that the Baylor Swim Club as ever brought to this meet. Special thanks to all the Baylor Swim Club parents that donated their time to volunteer this weekend.
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Baylor Swimmers In College for 2011-2012
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by Brian Gill on 2011-11-02 09:34:00
In the alumni section of the website, the Baylor swimmers in college for the 2011-2012 season has been updated. Baylor currently has a total twenty six alumni swimming in college programs across the country. Follow them on this page through their 2011-2012 college season.
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Kollevoll & Stovall Make 2010-2011 SES Age Group All-Star Team
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by Brian Gill on 2011-11-02 09:32:00
Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athletes Annika Kollevoll and Maggie Stovall were selected to the 2011-2012 Southeastern Swimming Long Course Age Group All-Star Team. The team was selected during the time period of September 1, 2010-August 31, 2011 from Long Course Meters results only.
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Ghosts & Goblins Haunt Baylor for Halloween
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by Brian Gill on 2011-10-28 07:09:00
On Tuesday evening, October 25th, the Baylor Swim Club and Diving Club had their annual Halloween Bash at the Baylor School. Over eighty swimmers and divers with ages ranging from five to fourteen-years-old dressed up in their Halloween costumes, and participated in the event. All members attending the party were also asked to bring at least two canned foods to be donated to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank to prepare for the holiday season.
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Six Baylor Student Athletes Named Scholastic All-Americans
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by Brian Gill on 2011-10-18 11:49:00
USA Swimming released the roster for its 2010-2011 Scholastic All-America Team, and six Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School student athletes were selected for this honor. The Scholastic All-America Team recognizes USA Swimming members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. Making the Scholastic All – America team from Baylor are current Seniors Christian Carbone and Matthew Chen, current Junior Kristen Vredeveld, and graduated students Evante Gibson, Brian Lee, and Ashley Vance.
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Baylor Swims Strong at October Invitational
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by Brian Gill on 2011-10-17 11:54:00
This past weekend, October 14-15, the Baylor Swim Club kicked off 2011-2012 short course season by competing in the 2012 SCAC October Invitational. The Baylor Swim Club brought a strong contingent of over 100 swimmers to the meet. Over 200 swimmers from the state of Tennessee competed in the swim meet held at the McCallie School. Special congratulations to all the new Baylor Swim Club athletes that participated in their first ever year round swim meet!
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Vredeveld Wins 6 Medals In Japan for the USA
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by Brian Gill on 2011-09-28 09:18:00
Baylor Swim Club / Baylor School athlete Kristen Vredeveld won six medals including three gold for the United States in the USA VS Japan All Star swim meet held in Osaka, Japan.
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Coach Flack on SwimmingWorld TV
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by Brian Gill on 2011-09-13 07:35:00
At the 2011 ASCA World Clinic in San Diego, CA, Dan Flack, head coach of The Baylor School / Baylor Swim Club- talks on The Morning Swim Show about how the boys and girls work together to achieve their goals, how both teams fed off each other's energy at the state meet, and what the plan is for the upcoming season. The Baylor School girls team tied for the Swimming World Magazine Girls National High School Championship.
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