2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Bailey Herbert
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Pacific Academy
- Hometown:
- Surrey, B.C., Canada
Career Highlights
Five-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
Two-timeย Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
2021 Canadian Olympic Trials Qualifier
Two Individual Event Wins
2023-24
Appeared in six regular season meets as well as the Pac-12 Championships... At the Pac-12 Championships, competed in the 100 breast (1:02.81, 25th), 200 breast (2:14.43, 24th), 200 IM (2:01.43, 24th)... Earned two top-five finishes, in the 50 Breast at the UCSD-Wisc. Tri. Meet, and in the 100 breast against UCSB... Recorded a season best time of 1:02.81 in the 100 breast at the Pac-12 Championships... Recorded a season best time of 2:14.43 in the 200 breast at the Pac-12 Championships.ย
2022-23
Competed in nine of UCLA's 12 regular season meets as a junior ... Reached the C Final in both breaststroke events at the Pac-12 Championships, finished 23rd in the 200 breast and 24th in the 100 breast ... Also competed in the 200 IM, placing 29th ... Scored in both breaststroke events at Stanford on Jan. 27 and Cal on Jan. 28 ... Placed top-five in the 100 breast and 200 breast at the UNLV Invitational from Dec. 17-19 ... For the season, had the third-best time on the team in the 200 breast (2:14.34) and the fourth-best time in the 100 breast (1:01.82)ย ... Earned a spot on the 2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.ย
2021-22
Competed in 10 of UCLA's 11 regular season meets as a sophomore ... made the B Final in both breaststroke events at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 14th in the 100 breast (1:02.27) and 12th in the 200 breast (2:14.37) ... Had her strongest performance of the year at the Ohio State Invitational from Nov. 18-20, setting best times in the 100 breast (1:00.85), 200 breast (2:11.72), and 200 IM (2:00.60)... After the season, swam in the 100 breast and 200 IM at the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials ... Notched two individual event wins over the course of the year, both in the 200 breast ... For the season, had UCLA's best time in the 200 breast (2:11.72), and No. 3 time in the 100 breast (1:00.85) ... Scored four points in the Stanford dual meet on Jan. 28, taking fourth in both breaststroke events ... Runner-up in the 100 breast at the UCSD dual meet on Jan. 8 ... Finished top-eight in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM at the UNLV Invitational from Dec. 17-19 ... Scored 13 points in the Washington State dual meet on Oct. 30, recording her first win of the year in the 200 breast (2:16.21) and placing second in the 100 breast (1:03.12) ... Also secured a win in the 200 breast during the Arizona dual meet on Nov. 6 (2:16.40) ...ย Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed).ย
2020-21
Did not compete for UCLA ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed) ... Over the summer, competed in the Canadian Olympic Trials ... Notched top-eight finishes in all four events she competed in: the 200 LCM breast (2:29.36, fifth), 400 LCM IM (4:50.74, sixth), 200 LCM IM (2:16.11, seventh), and 100 LCM breast (1:10.37, eighth).ย
High School/Club
Attended Pacific Academy ... Swam club with Langley Olympians Swim Club ... Holds the British Columbia record in the 13-14 age group in the 200 IM LCM ... Competed internationally for Canada in the 2018 Junior Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships in Fiji and the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Hungary ... Participated in the 2018 Canadian Junior National training camp ... 2019 Canadian National Champion in the 200 IM LCM (2:16.06) ... Won five events at the Speedo Western Canadian Championships in 2019 (100 breast, 400 IM, 50 breast, 200 IM, and 200 breast) ... Four-time champion at the BC Long Course Championships in 2017 (400 IM, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM).ย
Personal
Full name: Bailey Paula Herbert ... Parents are Sandy and Derek Herbert ... Has one younger brother, Brayden ... Plans on majoring in life science ... Chose to attend UCLA because of "the outstanding athletics, incredible academics, amazing team, and beautiful campus" ... Describes her performance at the 2018 Canadian Senior Nationals โ where she set best times in multiple races and qualified for her first international swim meet โ as her favorite pre-UCLA sporting moment ... Admires Tessa Virtue and Katie Ledecky ... Her hobbies and interests include acting (specifically musical theatre), singing, playing the pianos, and animals (especially dogs) ... Played the role of young Helga in an episode of the ABC fantasy series "Once Upon a Time" ... Appeared in several Polly Pocket and Barbie commercials when she was younger, and also played the role of Cinderella in her high school's musical production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella."
Best Times
50 free - 23.56
100 breast - 1:00.85
200 breast - 2:11.72
100 fly - 1:03.02
200 IM - 2:00.60
400 IM - 4:23.88
(last updated: July 2, 2024)
