[1][2] In Delaware, she swam with the Wilmington Aquatics Club where she was mentored by the highly accomplished ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Bob Mattson.

[3][4] While training with the nationally recognized Santa Clara Swim Club, though a Delaware resident, she attended Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California.

[3][10] With the exceptional skills of the newly recruited women's scholarship swimmers, during Bartz's swimming tenure, Head Coach Bill Diaz led the Women's team to back-to-back Intercollegiate Athletics' National championships in 1975 and 1976, establishing Miami as one of the nation's leading swimming and diving programs.

Bartz's 1975 team in combination with the diving squads won six individual national titles for Miami, which was the most ever received in a single year.

[11] In an exceptionally tight race at the 1975 Intercollegiate National AAU Championship in March 1975, Bartz finished only a half second behind the first-place competitor, with a 2:11.45 in the 200-yard individual medley.