Swimming & Diving
Emily Baeth - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

EmilyBaeth

  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Urbandale, Iowa
  • Major Information Communication Technology
  • High school Waukee Senior High School

Top Times (SCY):
100 Freestyle: 51.32 (2018 Winter Junior Nationals – West, 12/08/18)
200 Freestyle: 1:48.20 (2018 IA ISI Short Course Camp, 02/23/18)
500 Freestyle: 4:55.09 (Missouri Invitational, 11/19/20)
200 Butterfly: 2:02.46 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/19/22)

Top Times (LCM):
50 Freestyle: 27.27 (2015 IN FUTURES West Lafayette, 08/01/15)
100 Freestyle: 58.53 (2017 IA L4A Swim PINK A+ Invitational, 06/23/17)
200 Freestyle: 2:06.13 (2018 IA L4A Swim PINK A+ Invit, 06/24/18)
400 Freestyle: 4:25.85 (2018 IA L4A Swim PINK A+ Invit, 06/22/18)

Career Notes:

  • 2021, 2022, 2023 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 (Senior): Registered a personal best time in the 200 fly (2:02.46) at the Ohio State Invitational … Finished 34th in the 200 free at the same meet.

2021-22 (Junior): Placed third in the 200 fly (2:05.64), sixth in the 500 free (5:01.36) and 10th in the 100 fly (58.07) at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Advanced to finals of the 200 fly at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Competed in six dual meets, highlighted by a sixth-place finish in the 200 fly (2:07.13) during the season opener versus Indiana and Indiana State … Also raced to eighth in the 200 fly (2:07.39) at Louisville … Won the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the program’s annual award banquet.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Posted five top-6 finishes at the Tennessee Last Chance Meet, including a pair of third-place showings in the 100 free (52.01) and 500 free (5:06.57) … Finished 11th in the 100 fly (59.19), 19th in the 200 free (1:53.63), and 24th in the 100 free (52.99) at the Missouri Invitational … Had three top-8 performances throughout the dual meet season, highlighted by a sixth-place showing in the 100 free (54.03) against Vanderbilt … Earned the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. 

2019-20 (Freshman): At the 2020 Ohio State Last Chance Meet, Baeth finished in second place in the 200 freestyle finals in 1:50.03, her season best, after dropping over a second off her fourth-place preliminaries time … While at the 2020 Ohio State Last Chance Meet, Baeth set season best times in the 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle events … Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: Four-time Iowa State Championship finalist, earning bronze in the 100 back as a freshman … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … Also competed for Central Iowa Aquatics along with UK teammate Gillian Davey … Finished 24th in the 200 free at Juniors West in 2018 and 13th in the 200m free at Des Moines Futures in 2019.

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