Wednesday, November 27, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Bartlett to swim for Cal Baptist 13 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,