University of Tennessee Athletics
Swimming and Diving Spends Weekend At Minnesota Invite
November 18, 1999 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Lady Vols compete in the 14-team event
KNOXVILLE -- The No. 17 University of Tennessee Lady Vol swimming and diving team will spend the weekend competing in the Minnesota Invitational at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The meet will feature 14 teams and will be conducted over a three-day period, Friday-Sunday, with trials in the morning and finals in the evening at the University Aquatic Center.
Among the teams competing alongside the Lady Vols are eight Division 1 squads: No. 15 Wisconsin, No. 16 Minnesota, No. 23 Notre Dame, No. 24 Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Illinois and Pittsburgh. Rounding out the list of competitors will be St. Cloud State, St. Olaf, North Dakota, Carlton and Kenyon College.
On both Friday and Saturday, morning prelims will begin at 11 a.m., diving prelims start at 1 p.m. and the evening finals commence at 6 p.m. Sunday the prelims start at 10 a.m., followed by diving prelims at noon and finals at 3 p.m. The preliminary races and the final in the 1650y freestyle will be conducted in short-course yards, and the finals will be conducted in short-course meters. Most collegiate meets are held in yards, however the 2000 NCAA Championships will be conducted in short-course meters.
This will mark the second invitational meet on the Tennessee schedule. The squad is currently 2-1 overall in dual meets and 0-1 in the SEC this season. Last weekend, the Lady Vols suffered their first loss, falling to Kentucky.
Upon the team's return to Knoxville, there will be a break for Thanksgiving. UT will return to action on Dec. 3-5 when the swimmers head to the University of Indiana Institutional in Bloomington, Ind., and the divers compete at the Georgia Invitational in Athens, Ga.
