University of Tennessee Athletics
Lady Vols Swimmers And Divers Split For Weekend Invites
December 03, 1999 | Women's Swimming & Diving
KNOXVILLE -- The No. 18 University of Tennessee Lady Vol swimming and diving team will head in separate directions this weekend for invitational meets. The swimmers travel north to Indiana University for the Holiday Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. The divers fly south for the Georgia Invitational hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. Both meets run Friday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 5.
In Indiana, the Lady Vol swimmers will be competing against four teams in the Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatics Center. Joining the field is meet host Indiana, Southern Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Events begin on Friday at 10 a.m. with preliminaries, followed by finals at 6 p.m. Saturday's schedule will be the same as Friday's, and on Sunday, prelims get underway at 9 a.m. with finals commencing at 3 p.m.
The Georgia Invite will feature women's squads from the host Lady Bulldogs (#1), Alabama, Clemson and Miami in addition to the Lady Vols. Competition in the Gabrielsen Natatorium begins at 10:30 a.m. on Friday with prelims, followed by finals at 6 p.m. Saturday's meet times are set identical to Friday's, and Sunday's events start at 9:30 a.m. with finals beginning at 3 p.m. The UT divers will compete on the one-meter springboard on Friday, the three-meter on Saturday and will hit the platform on Sunday.
The meets will mark the third time Tennessee has participated in an invitational event this season. The squad is currently 2-1 overall in dual meets and 0-1 in the SEC this season. At both the SMU Invite and Minnesota Invitational, the Lady Vols came away with sixth-place finishes.
Following the weekend travels, both the swimmers and divers face a month-long break on their schedule. The divers will no longer be competing in the Cajun Classic, as listed on the original schedule, however they will be the first to hit the water in the new millenium when they travel to the Texas All-American Invitational on Jan. 5-9. The team will join forces again on Jan. 15 for a double-dual against Northwestern and Auburn in Evanston, Ill.
