swimKarla Baird
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Freestyle | SCY | 25.38 | AA+0.59s to AAA | 2026-03-07 | 2026 SC Illinois Senior Championships - copi venue |
| 100 Freestyle | SCY | 55.35 | AA+1.56s to AAA | 2025-07-19 | 2025 ISI Summer HPAC Regional venue |
| 200 Freestyle | SCY | 2:06.61 | A+4.52s to AA | 2025-07-20 | 2025 ISI Summer HPAC Regional venue |
| 50 Backstroke | SCY | 29.95 | BB+0.06s to A | 2025-07-19 | 2025 ISI Summer HPAC Regional venue |
| 100 Backstroke | SCY | 1:05.28 | BB+1.49s to A | 2024-07-14 | 2024 IL BSC Summer Regional Championships slow pool |
| 50 Breaststroke | SCY | 30.43 | AAAA | 2025-03-09 | 2025 SC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | SCY | 1:07.94 | AA+1.05s to AAA | 2025-03-07 | 2025 SC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
| 200 Breaststroke | SCY | 2:30.71 | AA+5.42s to AAA | 2026-03-01 | 2026 Winter ISI Regionals- BSC fast pool |
| 50 Freestyle | LCM | 28.48 | AA+0.09s to AAA | 2025-08-02 | 2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
| 50 Breaststroke | LCM | 34.20 | AAAA | 2025-08-03 | 2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | LCM | 1:18.09 | AA+0.80s to AAA | 2025-08-01 | 2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 18.
Pool tags are a venue speed heuristic (median deviation of all swims there vs each swimmer's typical time) — see the venue page for the method.
Fastest relay legs
| Leg | Course | Time | Start | Relay | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Breaststroke | SCY | 29.86 | flying | 200 Medley Relay (leg 2) | 2026-02-28 | 2026 Winter ISI Regionals- BSC |
Reconstructed from relay split marks. Flat = lead-off (comparable to individual times); flying starts run ~0.5–0.7s fast and are not PRs.
IMX / IMR
IMX 17-18 · SCY
775 points (1/6 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 BR SCY | 2:30.71 | 775 |
| 500 FR SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 BK SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 FL SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 IM SCY | — | 0 |
| 400 IM SCY | — | 0 |
IMR 17-18 · SCY
2078 points (3/5 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 FR SCY | 2:06.61 | 662 |
| 100 BK SCY | 1:05.28 | 597 |
| 100 BR SCY | 1:07.94 | 819 |
| 100 FL SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 IM SCY | — | 0 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
100 Freestyle SCY 55.35
Front half 26.35s · back half 29.00s
200 Freestyle SCY 2:06.61
Front half 60.18s · back half 66.43s
100 Backstroke SCY 1:05.28
Front half 30.56s · back half 34.72s
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:07.94
Front half 31.41s · back half 36.53s
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:30.71
Front half 70.17s · back half 80.54s
100 Breaststroke LCM 1:18.09 RT 0.75s
Front half 36.34s · back half 41.75s
Reaction time
From electronically-timed starts only (~2% of corpus swims carry a reaction time). PRs with a recorded reaction show an RT chip in the splits section above.
Progression
Faster times are higher. One card per event, all courses & history.