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Again, and again, and again... and again.

On March 24, 2012, history was made. On that date, representing the University of Georgia at the men’s NCAA championships, German swimmer and Baylor alumnus Martin Grodzki shattered a national championship record by clocking a 14:24.08 in the men’s 1650-yard freestyle, bettering Chris Thompson’s record of 14:26.62 set 11 years ago to the day. The Notesobtained an exclusive interview with Martin detailing his experience.

Senior Zach Watson, 18, has won an individual state title in wrestling on four separate occasions. A member of the National Honor Society, he also presides over the honor council, and his 0.980 win percentage, as recently reported in the Times Free Press, “is without equal in Tennessee.”

Today, Zach competes for Baylor at his fifth Tennessee state championship, held in Franklin at the Williamson County Agricultural Exposition Arena. Despite his jam-packed schedule, he consented to give an interview to The Baylor Notes heading into the competition. Here’s an excerpt of the dialogue.

 Although Baylor’s diving team consists of only three students, Daniel Kim, Emily Pelletier, and James Hornsby, the divers have made great accomplishments and contributions to Baylor.

Few in the stands should have been surprised when the Baylor Aqua Raiders once again dominated GPS and McCallie in their final dual meet of the year.  The girls won ten out of eleven swimming events and the boys nine.

Baylor senior Kristen Vredeveld returned home with a gold medal from the 400m freestyle relay at the Swimming World Youth Championship held in Lima, Peru.