Wednesday, November 27, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Bartlett to swim for Cal Baptist
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Entertainment & Events
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Sisters High School senior
Lydia Bartlett has signed a let-
ter of intent to swim for the
NCAA Division 1 California
Baptist Lancers.
California Baptist Univer-
sity, located in Riverside, has
an undergraduate population
of about 7,000 students.
Bartlett has had an accom-
plished career through three
seasons of swimming for the
Outlaws and is considered
one of the top 4A/3A/2A/1A
swimmers returning for the
2019-20 high school season.
Bartlett placed second
in last year9s OSAA State
Championships in the 200-
yard freestyle and third in the
500-yard freestyle as an indi-
vidual. In addition she also
competed on two relays.
Cal Baptist moved to the
Division I ranks for athlet-
ics in just the past two years
after many years in the NAIA
and six seasons at the NCAA
Division II level. The swim-
ming and diving team com-
petes in the Western Athletic
Conference (WAC) where the
women9s team took fourth at
last year9s conference meet, its
first season in the WAC.
The Lancers9 head coach,
Rick Rowland, who has
coached at Cal Baptist since
the 1999-2000 season, was
named the College Swimming
Coaches Association of
America National Invitational
Championship Men9s Coach
of the Year in 2018-19.
Bartlett said, <I am very
excited about my decision to
swim for Cal Baptist. I think
that I will be able to grow in
so many ways there. It feels
really good to have my deci-
sion all set for next year.=
Cal Baptist is familiar to
the Bartlett family, as Lydia9s
older sister Anna is a sopho-
more there.
Lydia said, <When I visited
I really fell in love with the
campus, the team, and every-
thing about the school. I was
looking for a Christian school
and I love how the team and
school have focus on their
faith in everything they do.=
Bryn Singleton, head swim
coach at Sisters High School,
is overjoyed at Lydia9s deci-
sion to keep swimming in col-
lege and believes Cal Baptist
is a good fit.
<I am so excited for
Lydia!,= she said. <She is a
very well-rounded swim-
mer, competing primarily in
breaststroke and freestyle in
high school and holds school
records in both the shortest (50
yards) and longest (500 yards)
distances.=
<I have thoroughly enjoyed
being able to coach Lydia in
high school, but watching her
swim is only a small part of
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Lydia Bartlett will swim for the NCAA Division 1 California Baptist Lancers.
that,= she continued. <Lydia year of high school swimming
is so much more than an awe- is both fun and rewarding
some athlete. She is kind, for her. She9ll be a contender
funny, and hard-working. I again at state this February for
feel lucky to have gotten to sure.=
watch her grow up.=
Rick Rowland, the swim-
In regards to competing ming coach at Cal Baptist
in college, Singleton said, <I said, <Lydia is (a) perfect fit
have no doubt that she will for our university and swim
continue pursuing her passion program. Lydia is an outstand-
for swimming and it will be ing student and athlete. She is
great to see her experiencing the type of student athlete that
competition at the next level.= we look for, with strong aca-
Bartlett views it similarly: demics as an honor-roll stu-
<Ever since I began swim- dent and a versatile freestyler
ming competitively in seventh that can swim a number of
grade I have wanted to swim events for us at the collegiate
at a college level. I am really level. She will strengthen and
looking forward to swimming add depth to our team in her
for CBU at the Division I level freestyle events.=
and know it will be a new
challenge for me in my life.=
Singleton is not finished
with Bartlett quite yet, as the
season is just getting under-
way. <I hope that Lydia9s last
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other professionals. For more info call 541-588-0311.
Sisters Saloon Poker Night 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! $20.
For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.
Fir Street Park Annual Christmas Tree Lighting 5:30
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142 E. Main Ave. Three Sisters Lions Club Holiday Faire
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Handmade items from local vendors in
this 9th annual fundraising event! Free admission, every day
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Fika Sisters Coffeehouse Game Night until 8 p.m. Bring
your own games & friends or fi nd them there! Call 541-588-
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Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke
Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional
information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.
Hood Avenue Sisters Christmas Parade 2 p.m. Following
the annual parade, kids are invited to meet with Santa at the
Chamber building at Main & Spruce! For more information
541-549-0251 or go to sisterscountry.com.
142 E. Main Ave. Three Sisters Lions Club Holiday Faire
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Handmade items from local vendors in
this 9th annual fundraising event! Free admission. Every day
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Cork Cellars Live Music: She’s with Me with Linda Quon
6:30-8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call 541-549-2675
or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com.
Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke
Night! 9 p.m. Every Saturday, no cover! For additional
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142 E. Main Ave. Three Sisters Lions Club Holiday Faire
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Handmade items from local vendors in this
9th annual fundraising event! Free admission. Every day
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Sisters Saloon Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign-up is
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call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.
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Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night 9 p.m. to midnight. Every
Thursday, no cover! For additional information call
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Complimentary tickets are available at Gypsy Wind, 351 W. Hood
Ave. and Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery, 222 W. Hood Ave.
Presented by Sisters Community Church
in partnership with Sisters Movie House
For more information call 541-549-1201.
Fika Sisters Coffeehouse Gingerbread Decorating
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Buy gingerbread people and decorate
them as you like. For more info call 541-588-0311.
Sisters Saloon Poker Night 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! $20.
For information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net.
142 E. Main Ave. Three Sisters Lions Club Holiday Faire
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Handmade items from local vendors in
this 9th annual fundraising event! Free admission, every day
through Dec. 21. For info email dttowing6811@yahoo.com.
Fika Sisters Coffeehouse Game Night until 8 p.m. Bring
your own games & friends or fi nd them there! Call 541-588-
0311 for more information.
Hardtails Bar & Grill KJ Annie Rawkstar Karaoke
Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For additional
information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com.
Cork Cellars Live Music with Mike Biggers and Jim
Cornelius 6:30-8:30 p.m. No cover! For information call
541-549-2675 or go online to corkcellarswinebistro.com.
Paulina Springs Books Author Presentation with
Damian Fagan 6:30 p.m. The author will present from his
book, “Wildfl owers of Oregon.” For more info call 541-549-
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