By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
Tate Bacon has introduced he’ll switch to SMU for his last two seasons of eligibility after spending his undergraduate profession at Notre Dame. Bacon arrived in fall 2022 and spent the 2022-2023 season and the 2023-2024 seasons with the Preventing Irish.
Bacon made a big impact for the Preventing Irish on the 2024 ACC Championships as the lads completed 2nd total. He scored 46 particular person factors and was highlighted by a 4th place end within the 200 fly (1:42.25) and a ninth place end within the 100 fly (45.41).
He went on to qualify for 2025 NCAAs the place he completed thirty third within the 100 fly (46.01) and thirty eighth within the 200 fly (1:43.32). He additionally swam on Notre Dame’s 200 free and 400 medley relays.
Bacon’s Finest SCY Instances:
100 fly: 45.41
200 fly: 1:41.76
100 free: 43.79
The SMU males joined the ACC this previous season alongside Cal and Stanford. The SMU males completed eleventh out of 15 groups whereas Notre Dame was fifteenth as its males’s swimming program was suspended this previous season. Jack Hoagland, former Notre Dame swimmer, led the way in which for SMU with 35 particular person factors at ACCs and was the one particular person swimmer at 2025 NCAAs.
Primarily based on his finest instances, Bacon is a large addition to SMU. He would have been the highest butterflyer on the staff this previous season as Russell Exum led within the 100 fly with a 46.78 and Cotton Fields was the highest 200 butterflyer with a 1:43.56. Each Exum and Fields simply graduated this previous spring so Bacon’s arrival comes on the good time.
Bacon’s finest time within the 100 fly would have been eleventh at 2025 ACCs whereas his 200 fly would have been sixth. SMU scored zero factors in both occasion this previous season.
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