Barrows named assistant on Owls swim employees

GAMBIER, Ohio — Jess Book, Lords and Ladies Alumni Head Coach, Owls Swimming and Diving, introduced this week that Nick Barrows was employed to fill the vacant assistant coach place inside the Kenyon College employees.

Barrows rounds out the 2026-27 employees that features Book, in addition to Associate Head Coach Dani Korman and Head Diving Coach Jason Glorius. He involves Gambier after spending the final 5 years at NCAA Division I Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.



At Miami, Barrows was a four-year member of the RedHakws swimming and diving program and was a three-time Academic All-Mid-America Conference honoree and one-time member of the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team. He graduated in 2025 with a level in psychology and stayed one other yr to earn his grasp’s diploma in sport management and administration.



During his postgraduate research, Barrows served as a graduate assistant coach on the Miami employees for the 2025-26 season, working primarily with distance swimmers. He additionally labored as a psychological efficiency intern, offering psychological expertise to Miami student-athletes in one-on-one classes.



A local of Williamsburg, Virginia, Barrows bought began in teaching throughout summers away from Miami, returning dwelling to function the top swim coach at Colony Pool.  



Barrows’ first day of labor at Kenyon is slated for July 1.