University of Nevada Athletics

NEVADA
2016-17 (So): Finished the season participating in all of the Pack’s regular season competitions and the Mountain West Championships … Recorded six top five finishes on the year with her top finish being third in the 200-yard butterfly at Fresno State with a time of 2:08.42 … Served as one of Nevada’s primary distance swimmers, competing in both the 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle … Posted a season-low 56.73 in the 100-yard butterfly at the UNLV Invitational … Placed ninth in the 100-yard freestyle at the UNLV Invitational after swimming the event in 51.51 … Contributed 27 points to the Pack’s overall score at the MW Championships … A Silver and Blue Scholar-Athlete … Letterwinner.

2015-16 (Fr.): Earned All-Mountain West honors in three events as one of the top true freshman in the conference … Also earned Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honors while being named to the MW All-Academic team … Competed in every event in the regular season and in the conference meet, swimming in freestyle and butterfly events … Placed fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle finals at the Mountain West Championships with the fourth-best time in school history (16:36.47) … Placed seventh in the 200 free (1:47.69) and eighth in the 500 free (4:49.34) with season-best times at the MW championships … Swam the final leg of Nevada’s 800-yard freestyle relay team in the conference meet, which set a school record time and achieved an NCAA “A” cut qualification … Contributed towards 72 points at the conference meet … Tallied three first place finishes in the regular season, winning the 500 free at UNLV and against Boise State while also winning the 1,000 free vs. UC Davis … Helped lead the Wolf Pack to an undefeated 10-0 record, the first Mountain West championship in program history and a top 25 CSCAA national ranking … Letterwinner.

PRIOR TO NEVADA
Attended Max-Josef-Shift Gymnasium in Munich, Germany … Broke the Bavarian age record for in 25 meters … Competed in multiple German National swim meets.

PERSONAL
Born Antonia Baerens … Intends to major in psychology at Nevada … Has two siblings, including Teresa, who graduated from Nevada in 2017 … Daughter of Nikolaus and Claudia Baerens … Chose to attend Nevada because of academics and the swim team … Lists listening to music as her favorite hobby.