Cornell University Athletics

2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON
Competed in eight meets, including the 2023 Zippy Invitational ... grabbed a podium finish in the 50 Freestyle to open the season against Binghamton ... earned 10 points individually at the Zippy Invitational to help Cornell take home the meet championship ... swam his best times in the 50 (20.74) and 100 Freestyles (45.52) at the invite. 

2022-23 l JUNIOR SEASON
Saw action in all seven regular season meets in his third year on the team ... represented the Big Red at the Zippy Invitational ... started the season off on the podium, taking third in the 50-Yard Freestyle against St. Bonaventure ... his best finish at Zippy came in the 100-Yard Freestyle with a time of 45.45 ... throughout the season, he helped his 200-Yard Freestyle Relay Team to four podiums including a second-place finish against Dartmouth and Harvard.

2021-22 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Competed in all eight regular season meets for the Big Red in his sophomore year ... secured a second-place finish in the 50-Yard Freestyle against Binghamton with a time of 21.63, his best of the season ... finished second vs St. Bonaventure in the 50-Yard Freestyle ... achieved the fifth highest time in the 100-Yard Freestyle at the Zippy Invitational with a time of 45.52, his best time that season ... secured a second-place finish against Columbia in the 100-Yard Freestyle ... led his relay team to a first-place finish against Columbia in the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay with a team time of 3:05.29 ... helped to take first place against Binghamton in the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay with a team time of 1:24.02 ... helped his relay team finish second against Dartmouth and Harvard in the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay ... helped Cornell scored third in both the 200- and 400-Yard Freestyle Relay against Yale with a time of 1:34.5 and 3:07.7, respectively.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Five-time IHSA State Championships individual qualifier at New Trier HS, including appearances in the 50-freestyle (2018, 19, 20) and 100-freestyle (2019, 20) ... notched a pair of top-10 finishes at the 2020 IHSA State Championships, placing fifth in the 100-freestyle and 10th in the 50-freestyle ... placed sixth in the 50-freestyle at the 2019 IHSA State Championships ... helped New Trier to the 2018 IHSA State Title ... member of New Trier’s 200-medley relay team that was crowned the 2018 IHSA State Champions and set the state meet record ... garnered NISCA All-America honors in 2018 and 2020 ... competed on the club circuit for New Trier Aquatics ... 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals – West qualifier.

PERSONAL
Pearce Nelson Bailey is the son of David and Grainne Bailey and has a younger brother ... he is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.