Swim & Dive Central: Tennessee Invitational

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee swimming and diving team will host six other programs for the three-day Tennessee Invitational beginning Thursday at Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

Swimming prelims begin each morning at 10 a.m. with finals at 6 p.m. On Thursday and Friday, diving prelims will begin at noon and the 1-meter diving final will start before the night session at 5 p.m. The platform diving competition is Saturday at noon. Admission is free to all sessions. Please note the campus-wise clear bag policy at athletics events will be in effect.

Visiting schools include: Duke, North Carolina, Denver, Marshall, Penn and Carson-Newman.

This championship-style meet marks the end of the collegiate competition for the semester for the Tennessee swimmers. The diving squad will participate in the Auburn Diving Invitational next month.

The Tennessee women returned to the top 10 of the CSCAA national top-25 poll after a 5-1 start to the season. The Tennessee men are ranked 15th after also opening the dual meet schedule 5-1.

The Volunteer squad last competed Oct. 14, sweeping Louisville on the road in the men's and women's competition. Junior diver Colin Zeng was named the SEC Diver of the Week for a third time after winning both springboard events, and sophomore Tess Cieplucha was the SEC Swimmer of the Week for the first time in her career.

CSCAA DIVISION I RANKINGS
Women
7. Tennessee
21. North Carolina
RV. Duke

Men
15. Tennessee
22. North Carolina
RV. Denver

CSCAA DIVISION I RANKINGS
Women
9. Carson-Newman

Men
19. Carson-Newman

ORDER OF EVENTS
Thursday's Events
200 yard freestyle relay
500 yard freestyle
200 yard individual medley
50 yard freestyle
Women's 1-meter diving
Mens 3-meter diving
400-yard medley relay

Friday's Events
200 yard medley relay
400 yard individual medley
100 yard butterfly
200 yard freestyle
100 yard breaststroke
100 yard backstroke
Men's 1-meter diving
Women's 3-meter diving
800 yard freestyle relay

Saturday's Events
1650 yard freestyle
200 yard backstroke
100 yard freestyle
200 yard breaststroke
200 yard butterfly
Men's and Women's Platform
400 yard freestyle relay

Players Mentioned

Tess Cieplucha

Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng

University of Tennessee Athletics