Gators Set for Pinch A Penny All Florida Invite
Thursday, September 17, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The University of Florida men's and women's swimming and diving team is scheduled to open the 2015-16 season this weekend at the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational. The three-day event is slated to begin Friday morning at 10 a.m. inside the Stephen O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida, and conclude Sunday afternoon following the 4 p.m. finals session.
HEAD COACH GREGG TROY'S TAKE ON THE ALL FLORIDA INVITE
“It's always great to start a season. Anytime you're a Gator and you're starting the season it's a tremendous opportunity. We've got a lot of freshmen on both the men's and the women's side so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation.
“It's also a special year being an Olympic year. We always have multiple athletes who have international aspirations. It's kind of been a tradition to the program -- we've got a wall filled with pictures of all our swimmers who have been to the Olympics. It makes this year exciting and unique.
“With that being said, we have a great group of athletes coming off a tremendous summer and a good mixture of experienced athletes in addition to a new group of young ones. When you put all of that together we get a chance to swim and have a dynamic that's a little close to a preseason meet. There's good talent but it's mostly in-state teams -- some that we don't see very often.
“It's early in the season but it gives us a great dynamic to see everyone swim multiple events outside of a dual meet.”
Live Results
Fans can follow this week's action via live results on the "Meet Mobile" swim meet application on cell phones and tablets. Download the application at this link: http://www.active.com/mobile/meet-mobile-app
Looking Ahead
The Florida women return to action on Thursday, Oct. 6, at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. The men's squad will resume competition on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Minnesota.
Scouting the Field
The Gators welcome a five-team field comprised of Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami, Nova Southeastern, and Towson.
What's at Stake
Both of the UF men's and women's squads have won five consecutive outings at the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational. Each will be going fo their sixth straight titles this weekend.
We meet again
Four of this week's five opponents took part in last year's Pinch A Penny All Florida Invite. On the men's side, the Gators saw competition from Florida State (2nd, 923 pts.) and Nova Southeastern (3rd, 688). On the women's end, UF squared off with Florida Gulf Coast (3rd, 661 pts.), Florida State (4th, 634 pts.), and Miami (5th, 389 pts.).
New Faces to the Roster
The Gator men welcome nine true freshmen, two redshirt freshman who joined the program last January, and two transfers. On the women's side, UF welcomes 10 true freshman to the program.
COMPLETE NOTES
Click here to view all notes for the 2015 Pinch A Penny All Florida Invite.
