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Freestyler Bayden Todd has introduced his verbal dedication to stay in Colorado and swim for the College of Denver. It is going to be a brief journey for Todd when he heads to campus for his freshman season subsequent fall; he’s already based mostly in Denver, the place he competes for his membership, Foothills Swim Staff, and his highschool, Columbine. One benefit for Todd and the Pioneers is that he gained’t want to regulate to coaching and racing at altitude.
I’m tremendous excited to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my athletic and educational profession on the College of Denver! Competing on the Division 1 degree has at all times been a purpose of mine! I wish to thank my mother and father, coaches and associates who’ve all helped me succeed alongside this journey! I additionally wish to give an enormous thanks to the teaching employees at Denver for giving me this wonderful alternative! So excited to get began and be a pioneer! Go Pios!! 🟥🟨
Throughout his junior highschool season, Todd helped Columbine to a high 10 end on the CHSAA 5A State Championships; he was an ‘A’ finalist within the 50 freestyle—the place he swam his lifetime better of 21.14 (altitude adjusted)—and gained the ‘B’ closing of the 100 freestyle. Later, he led off their 400 freestyle relay with an altitude-adjusted lifetime better of 46.28. Each his 50 and 100 freestyle have been time and placement enhancements; in 2023, he completed sixteenth within the 50 freestyle and seventeenth within the 100.
Todd’s additionally discovered success within the long-course 50 freestyle; on the Mt. Hood Sectionals meet in July 2024, he made the ‘A’ closing, the place he completed eighth (21.13). On the identical meet, he made his Winter Juniors minimize within the occasion, clocking a 23.82 because the lead-off on the 200-meter freestyle relay.
Greatest Occasions (SCY):
- 200 freestyle: 1:43.35 (altitude adjusted)
- 100 freestyle: 46.28 (altitude adjusted)
- 500 freestyle: 4:48.02 (altitude adjusted)
- 50 freestyle: 21.14 (altitude adjusted)
The College of Denver is the dominant drive within the Summit League. This season, the ladies’s staff goals to increase their successful streak to 12, whereas the boys are vying for his or her eleventh straight title. Todd will add depth to their dash and mid-distance freestyle teams, and given his main occasion specializations, Denver will hope he can develop right into a relay contributor for the staff.
Todd has but to signal with Denver however the Pioneer males opened the signing interval by inking 5 to the boys’s staff, together with freestyler Pierce Bickerton, freestyle/backstroker Kurt Owens, IM/flyer Gabe Jones, breaststroker Thomas Truter, and switch breaststroker Kito Campbell from Indian River State Faculty.
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