SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025-26: Garnered third team All-SUNYAC honors in one event at the SUNYAC Championships...Finished third in the 400 IM with a season-best time of 4:14.89 in the finals at the conference championship meet...Placed sixth in the 1,650 free with a time of 17:12.39, and was 11th individually in the 200 IM with a personal-best time of 2:00.71 in the finals...Helped the 400 medley relay team to a fourth-place finish, and aided the 800 free relay team to a 10th-place finish at the SUNYAC Championships...Competed at 10 meets during the season for the Red Dragons. 

2024-25: Ayden was chosen as the SUNYAC Co-Rookie of the Year...Earned first team All-SUNYAC honors in one event and third team All-SUNYAC honors in two events for performances at the SUNYAC-AMCC Championships...Placed second, and as the top SUNYAC finisher, in the 400 IM with a season-best time of 4:12.14 in the finals...Was fifth, and as the third SUNYAC finisher, in both the 500-yard freestyle (personal-best time of 4:47.38 in the finals) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (personal-best time of 16:42.50)...Member of the sixth-fastest 800 free relay team at the combined conference meet...Competed in 12 meets during the season for the Red Dragons.

High School: 2024 graduate of Marlboro...Five-year member of the swim team, specializing primarily in the 500 freestyle...Broke the school record in 2022-23, and broke that same school record again in 2023-24.

Other: Son of Neil and Tianna Baxter...Has one sibling, Arie...Uncle Jason Young graduated from Cortland in 2001 and played football for the Red Dragons.