Current and former Baylor Swim Club members Trey Freeman, Sam McHugh, Christian Carbone, Luke Kaliszak and Kristen Vredeveld will compete next week in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. Freeman, ranked No. 1 in the nation in the 15-16 age group in the 500- and 1000-meter freestyles and No. 2 in the 200 free, will swim in the 200, 400 and 1650 in the Trials, where Tennessee All-American McHugh will be in the 200 butterfly and 200 and 400 individual medleys. He had an eighth-place finish in the 2016 NCAA Championships. Carbone, now at Harvard, also will be in the 200 fly and 400 IM in Omaha, while Alabama’s Kaliszak will try to qualify in the 100 backstroke and Cal’s Vredeveld will compete in the women’s 50 and 100 freestyles. The Trials start Sunday.
Football
– Tickets to hear Tim Tebow speak at the 10th annual Athens Area Chamber of Commerce benefit dinner Saturday night at McMinn County High School can still be bought for $50, but they will be for the 7 p.m. program only. The 6 p.m. dinner is a sellout. The Heisman Trophy winner from Florida and former NFL quarterback is the latest in a line of high-profile special guests for the event. Call 423-745-0334 for tickets.
Softball
– Chattanooga’s Lighthouse Lookouts/Athletic Shop went 5-2 and finished third out of 10 men’s 50-over major slowpitch softball teams last weekend in the ISSA Great Smoky Mountain Senior Classic in Maryville, Tenn. Lighthouse’s Mark Talley (.840, 3 home runs, 16 RBIs) and Butch Womack (.828, 1, 14) made the all-tournament team. After batting .833 with nine homers and 28 RBIs in a third-place finish in the Southern NIT in Valley, Ala., in April, Mike Wood hit .857 with nine homers and 21 RBIs last weekend, when Steve Moffett (.810), Art Pendergrass (.773), Tim Patty (.750), Kevin Highsmith (.731), Randy Bolinger (.690), Stacy Powell (.684), Josh Suddeth (.667) and Roger Smith (.643) also hit well. Moffett had four homers and 13 RBIs, and Patty had three and 16. Lighthouse will try to defend its championship in the SPA Peach State Classic this weekend in Marietta, Ga.