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Tara Baxter

Class: Senior Hometown: Manotick, Ontario, Canada High School: St. Mark Catholic

Height: 5-6 Event: Back/Free

2008-09: Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team ... Earned first team all-league honors at The Summit League Championship for swimming a leg on the league and meet record-setting 200 free relay team (1:34.76) ... Also finished runner-up in the 100 back (57.30) and 200 back (2:04.05) and ninth in the 100 fly (58.22) ... Named to The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... An Academic All-League selection. Was the female recipient of the Hollie L. Lepley Senior Scholar Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest achievement in athletics, academics and community service.

2007-08: Scored in three events at The Summit League Championships ... Qualified for the championship final in the 100-yard backstroke (fifth) and the 200-yard backstroke (eighth) ... Scored in the 100-yard butterfly.

2006-07: Earned All-Mid-Con Second team honors ... Had three top 10 finishes at the Mid-Con Championships ... Was second in the 100 back (59.93) and third in the 200 back (2:08.54) ... Academic All-Conference selection ... Mid-Con Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Golden Grizzlies Excellence in Academics.

2005-06: Earned All-Mid-Con first team honors ... She won the 100 back (58.84), was third in the 200 back (2:09.06) and 12th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.61).

High School: Graduated from St. Mark's Catholic High School ... Member of the Nepean Kanata Barracudas Division I swim team in Ottawa, Canada ... Former provincial record holder for the 4X100-yard individual medley relay ... Holds several club records ... Student council representative.

Personal: Daughter of Rick and Maureen Baxter ... Mother was a swimmer at McGill University and competed in the 1968 and 1972 Canadian Olympic Trials, finishing third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1972 ... Baxter is majoring in Biology.

Baxter's Career Best Times
50 Free - 25.30, Relay lead-off leg, Miami Invitational, 12/3/05
100 Back - 58.84, Mid-Con Championships, 2/18/06
200 Back - 2:08.54, Mid-Con Championships, 2/17/07
100 Fly - 1:00.29, Mid-Con Championships, 2/17/07