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LouisBarker
- position Freestyle
- class Junior
- Hometown Crawley, England
- Major Management
- High school Millfield School
50 Freestyle: 20.47 (2020 Ohio State Winter Invite, 02/14/20)
100 Freestyle: 44.02 (2020 Ohio State Winter Invite, 02/16/20)
200 Freestyle: 1:37.04 (2020 Ohio State Winter Invite, 02/15/20)
Top Times (LCM):
50 Freestyle: 23.58 (2017 British Summer Meet, 07/29/17)
100 Freestyle: 51.08 (2018 British Summer Meet, 07/26/18)
Career Notes:
- 2020 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Sophomore): Reset his career bests in all three of his events at the Ohio State Winter Invite, including the 50 freestyle (20.47), the 100 freestyle (44.02) and the 200 freestyle (1:37.04) … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-2019 (Freshman): Swam in three events at the SEC Championships, including the 50, 100 and 200 free, earning season-best marks in each of those events … There, finished 39th in the 200 free (1:37.57), 44th in the 100 free (44.62) and 47th in the 50 free (20.57) … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to UK: Swam for City of Manchester Aquatics under coach Mark Rose and at the Millfield School under coach Euan Dale … 2016 British Olympic Trials qualifier … 2018 Commonwealth Games Trials qualifier … Also played rugby and basketball in high school.
Personal: Parents are Aidan and Julie Barker … Has one brother, Marcus.