Gators Set to Host Auburn on Senior Day

Saturday, January 23

Gainesville

11:00 AM

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Auburn (50 LCM)

Gators Set to Host Auburn on Senior Day

Friday, January 22, 2016 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Florida will host Auburn at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday

By: Benjamin Schmitz

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The fourth-ranked University of Florida men's and 11th-ranked women's swimming and diving teams return to the pool Saturday, January 23, at 11 a.m. ET when they host SEC rival Auburn inside the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida on Senior Day. Diving events are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET with the Senior Day Ceremony beginning at 11:15 a.m.

"Auburn is always a good competitive team," said UF Head Coach Gregg Troy. "It's a good opponent to be swimming against this time of the year. They've been good in the fall and carried that success into the spring. They're a talented group of swimmers across the board and they don't have any specific weaknesses no matter where you look. Overall it should be a good matchup.

"It will also be a good opportunity to race a competitive opponent as we near the end of the regular season. We'll see where we're at from an execution standpoint and clean up any mistakes that need to be corrected as we work towards the postseason."

** Promotions**
The first 200 fans in the door on Saturday will receive a free University of Florida Swimming and Diving travel coffee mug.

Senior Day
Seventeen university of Florida seniors will be honored prior to the start of Saturday's events. This group has accounted for eight Individual SEC Championships and 70 All-American honors.

Live Results
Fans interested in following along can do so via twitter at: https://twitter.com/GatorsSwimDv.
Live streaming will also be available on SEC Network at this link: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index?id=2712691&_slug_=Auburn-vsFlorida#type/upcoming/startDate/20160123/

Looking Ahead
The Tennessee men's and women's swimming and diving teams welcome the Florida men's and women's swimming and diving teams to the Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. ET. The meet will mark UF's last dual meet of the regular season before the SEC Championships from Feb. 16- 20.

Scouting the Field: Auburn
The Tigers come to Gainesville with a 2-2 dual record on the men's side and a 3-2 mark on the women's end, in addition to a trio of three-day invites for experience under their belts. The Auburn men come in ranked at No. 7, while the women gathered the No. 10 spot in the most recent CollegeSwimming.com Top-25 polls.

We Meet Again
The Gators last met up with the Tigers on Jan. 24, 2015, when UF swept a pair of nationally-ranked men's and women's teams on the road in Auburn, Alabama.

Quick Cap | Auburn, Jan. 24, 2015:
The Gator men were led by their sprinters as they swept all three sprint events with freshman Caeleb Dressel winning the 50-yard (19.61) and 100-yard (43.88) freestyle events and junior Pawel Werner taking home first place honors in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.25). UF's women were led by junior Jessica Thielmann, as she won the 200-yard, 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle events in 1:48.79, 4:47.24 and 9:43.17, respectively. On the boards, Thielmann's classmate Kahlia Warner won the one-meter (322.13) and three-meter (322.58) diving events after notching her eighth and ninth individual victories of the 2015 season.

Gator Men Ranked No. 4 | Women No. 11
The UF men are ranked fourth nationally while the Gator women come in at No. 11 in the most recent CollegeSwimming.com poll in the 2016 season. The Florida men have a point total of 885.52, and join SEC members Georgia (third), Auburn (seventh), Alabama (eighth), Missouri (12th), Tennessee (18th) and South Carolina (19th). The Florida women came in at No. 11 this week (835.03 points). UF joins SEC foes Georgia (second), Texas A&M (fourth), Tennessee (ninth), Auburn (10th), Missouri (12th), Kentucky (15th), Arkansas (22nd) and Alabama (25th).

Dressel, Warner Leading The SEC
Sophomore Caeleb Dressel and senior Kahlia Warner currently lead the Southeastern Conference in three of their respective events. Dressel paves the way in the 50-yard freestyle (18.77) and 100-yard butterfly (45.01) while Warner leads the women off the 3-meter springboard (373.28).

Quick Cap vs. Florida State | Jan. 2
The fourth-ranked University of Florida men's and 11th-ranked women's swimming and diving teams swept the Florida State Seminoles on Jan. 2, inside the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida. The men's team scored a 188-109 win over the 24th-ranked Seminoles while the 11th-ranked Florida women registered a 200-93 victory.

Swimming to the Postseason
Sophomores Caeleb Dressel and Jan Switkowski and junior Jack Blyzinskyj have combined to register six NCAA 'A' cuts to automatically qualify for the 2016 NCAA Championships in Atlanta this postseason. Natalie Hinds has also qualified in one event on the women's end. In addition 13 men and 12 women from the University of Florida swim team have combined for 75 NCAA 'B' cut times throughout the 2015-16 season (Complete Chart on pages10-12).

Diving to the Postseason
Four women and three men have combined for 18 NCAA diving provisional standards throughout the 2015-16 season.

A Special Year
The Gators' swim teams won't only be looking to make a run at the 2016 NCAA Championships this season. Rather, they'll have the opportunity to make Olympic trial-qualifying standards with the 2016 Summer Games approaching -- in addition to their NCAA 'A' and 'B' cut standard times. To this point in the 2016 season, 12 American Gators have already met U.S. Olympic Time Trial-qualifying standards in their respective events

Click here to view the Complete Set of Florida vs. Auburn Meet Notes.