Zoe Bartel
Fossil Ridge High School
Impact Statement
Bartel closed out her incredible scholastic swimming career with four gold medals at the Class 5A Colorado Swimming and Diving Championships.
Biography
Bartel closed out her incredible scholastic swimming career with four gold medals at the Class 5A Colorado Swimming and Diving Championships. She won the 200 IM in 1:59.17 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.47. She was also on two gold medal winning relay teams, including the 200-yard medley relay team that set a new national record at the state championships. Bartel and her teammates scored a state record 424 points to capture the school’s second straight state title and third in the last four years.
Bartel, who will attend Stanford University on a scholarship, swam in three events at the 2016 Olympic Trials. While she didn’t qualify for the Olympics, she did win two gold medals at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs in Hawaii.
In her first two seasons at Stanford, Bartel was part of two Pac-12 championship teams and the NCAA Championship team as a freshman. As a sophomore, Bartel earned two All American honors in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. She also was an All American as a freshman in the 100 breaststroke. Additionally, Bartel was a CSCAA Scholar All-American as a freshman. As a junior, she swam in three NCAA events.
Bartel gracefully retired from competitive swimming in the fall of 2021 to pursue her dreams outside of the pool.
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