Baylor Nelson

Baylor Nelson on the podium at NCAA Championships for the 400 IM

Baylor Nelson swimming the 400 IM at NCAA Championships

Baylor Nelson swimming the IM at NCAA Championships

Baylor Nelson with his silver medal from the 400 IM at SEC Championships

Baylor Nelson swimming the breaststroke leg of the 400 IM

Baylor Nelson, Alex Sanchez medal at SEC Championships

Baylor Nelson (gold), Alex Sanchez (silver) at SEC Championships

Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics

Weight:
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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Huntersville, N.C.
High School:
Community School of Davidson

Top Times:
200 Free: 1:32.38r - SEC Championships (23-24)
200 Back: 1:39.79 - SEC Championships (22-23)
200 Breast: 1:52.43 - SEC Championships (23-24)
200 Fly: 1:44.81 - Speedo Southern Premier (22)
200 IM: 1:40.86 - SEC Championships (22-23)
400 IM: 3:37.46 - NCAA Championships (23-24)

All-America (8): 200 IM (2023, 2024, 2025), 400 IM (2023, 2024, 2025), 200 Medley Relay (2024), 800 Free Relay (2023)
Medals (7): Gold: 200 IM (2023, 2024), 400 IM (2023, 2024); Silver: 400 IM (2025), 200 Back (2023); Bronze: 200 Breast (2024)
SEC Championships Commissioner's Trophy: 2023, 2024

2024-25 (Junior):

Returned to the podium at NCAA Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 400 IM, adding Honorable Mention All-America accolades with a 14th-place finish in the 200 IM.
Earned a silver medal in the 400 IM with an A-cut time of 3:37.47, adding a fifth-place finish in the 200 IM (1:41.43) and sixth in the 200 breast (1:53.24) at SEC Championships, while also helping the 400 medley relay lower the school record.
Added a season-best B-cut time of 1:34.35 in the 200 free at Texas.
Clocked NCAA B-cuts with times of 1:53.77 in the 200 breast. 1:42.78 in the 200 IM and 3:39.35 in the 400 IM at the Art Adamson Invite.
Earned CSC Academic All-America Third Team and CSC Academic All-District Team accolades.

2023-24 (Sophomore):

Clocked a 3:37.46 in the 400 IM at NCAA Championships to set a new school record and place third, adding an eighth-place time of 1:41.54 in the 200 IM and assisting the 200 medley relay team to a top-16 finish.
Earned the Commissioner's Trophy at SEC Championships after defending both of his IM titles and adding a bronze medal in the 200 breast. He became the first SEC swimmer to sweep the IM events in back-to-back seasons since the 1993 and 1994 championships.
Lowered his personal best with a time of 1:52.43 in the 200 breast, while also clocking the third-fastest time in program history in the 100 back (45.98) as the 400 medley relay leadoff at SECs.
Posted a season-best time of 1:41.82 in the 200 back at the Art Adamson Invite.
Swam a personal-best time in the 200 fly, going 1:46.05 at the Last Chance Meet.
Named to the All-SEC First Team for the second consecutive year.
Earned CSC Academic All-District and CSC Academic All-America Third Team honors.
Honored as the Danny Green Memorial MVP at the annual Men's Swimming & Diving Team Banquet.

2022-23 (Freshman):

Received Honorable Mention All-America honors as he finished second in the 400 IM Consolation Final at NCAA Championships, clocked a personal-best 3:38.11 that ranks eighth in the nation. Nelson became the first swimmer in program history to earn two individual top-10 finishes his freshman year.
Earned his first individual career All-America award as he notched seventh in the 200 IM Championship Final at NCAA Championships, making him the first freshman swimmer in school history to finish top eight at NCAAs.
Contributed to the 800 free relay's top-16 finish at NCAA Championships, earning Honorable Mention All-America accolades and bettering his 200 free split to 1:32.51.
Qualified for two individual events, notching NCAA A-cut times in the 200 IM, 400 IM.
Was the co-recipient of the SEC Commissioner's Trophy, scoring the most points in the meet with two gold and one silver medal.
Posted a personal best of 1:39.79 in the 200 back A-final at SEC Championships, earning silver and becoming the second Aggie in program history to tally three individual medals at SEC Championships.
Garnered his second gold medal in the 400 IM, continuing to hold the second-fastest time in school history.
Swam a career-best, A-cut time of 1:40.86 in the 200 IM at SEC Championships and became the first freshman in A&M men's swimming history to claim gold at SECs. The time ranked No. 7 in the nation for the season.
Went a career-best 1:34.76 in the 200 free in his Aggie debut at the SMU Classic.
Was named to the All-SEC First Team and SEC All-Freshman team.
Garnered SEC Freshman of the Week after an Aggie win at the Art Adamson Invite. Nelson swept the individual medley events, notching an A-cut time of 3:38.39 in the 400 IM and just missing the cut in the 200 IM, with both times tabbed as the second-fastest in school history.

Before A&M:

Served as team captain his senior year while swimming for Community School of Davidson, where he was coached by Jeff Patterson. Earned Scholastic All-American honors his freshman through senior year.
Boasted MVP honors at 1A/2A state championship during junior year.
Was a four-time state champion in the 200 IM and a three-time state champion in the 100 fly.
Holds school records in the 100 fly, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 50 free, 200 IM, 100 breast, 4x100 free relay, 4x50 free relay and 4x50 medley relay.
Spent 10 years swimming for SwimMac Carolina, the Summer Junior National team champions of 2019.
Qualified for wave two of Olympic trials.