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Gators Set to Conclude Fall Schedule at Georgia Tech Invitational
Thursday, November 21, 2019 | Women's Swimming & Diving
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 1 University of Florida women's swimming and diving team is set to compete in the Georgia Tech Invitational on Nov. 22-24 to conclude their fall 2019 campaign.
Florida (7-0) is off to the program's best start in over a decade, picking up four wins over ranked opponents. In their seven dual wins, the squad has almost doubled their opponent's points, outscoring them by a tally of 1,355-731.
The annual three-day event will have the Gators competing against Alabama, Eastern Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah.
Prelim heats each day will begin at 10:00 a.m., with the top-30 prelim times from each event moving onto the finals in at 5:30 p.m. later that same evening.
Live results will be available here and the Meet Mobile App. The meet can be viewed in its entirety on ACC Network Extra.
Gator History at the Georgia Tech Invitational
Florida travels to Atlanta to compete in the annual invitational for the eighth time since 1998. In their previous seven trips, the team has posted four wins, a pair of second-place finishes and a third-place finish.
Last season, the Gators finished in first-place after putting together a historic performance at the McAuley Aquatic Center, posting seven top-ten program swims. Vanessa Pearl set a top-five swim on each day, highlighted by the best 200 breast swim in school history. On the first day, Leah Braswell and Kelly Fertel both posted top-ten swims. On the second day, the Gators relay squad posted the fastest 200 medley combined swim in program history. During the final day of competition, Braswell posted her second top-ten program swim.
UF's other invitational wins came in 2014-15, 2010-11 and 2004-05.
Quotables
Head coach Jeff Poppell- "We're excited to finish the fall portion of our meet schedule this weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational. This meet represents the halfway point of our season and will provide a great benchmark as to where our athletes are individually. With eight strong teams in attendance, it should be a great weekend of competition."
Head diving coach Bryan Gillooly- "The Georgia Tech Invitational is always a really good meet. Along with some SEC schools, we get to see a little variety from other conferences as well. Although we are still early in the season, we should see some good diving here. It's great for us to be able to rehearse diving in a championship format as well."
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 22
Event 1- Women's 200 Free Relay
Event 2- Men's 200 Free Relay
Event 3- Women's 500 Free
Event 4- Men's 500 free
Event 5- Women's 200 IM
Event 6- Men's 200 IM
Event 7- Women's 50 Free
Event 8- Men's 50 free
Event 9- Women's Diving
Event 10-Men's Diving
Event 11- Women's 400 Medley Relay
Event 12- Men's 400 Medley Relay
Saturday, Nov. 23
Event 13- Women's 200 Medley Relay
Event 14- Men's 200 Medley Relay
Event 15- Women's 400 IM
Event 16- Men's 400 IM
Event 17- Women's 100 Fly
Event 18- Men's 100 Fly
Event 19- Women's200 Free
Event 20- Men's 200 Free
Event 21- Women's 100 Breast
Event 22- Men's 100 Breast
Event 23- Women's100 Back
Event 24- Men's 100 Back
Event 25- Women's Diving
Event 26- Men's Diving
Event 27- Women's 800 Free Relay
Event 28- Women's 800 Free Relay
Sunday, Nov. 24
Event 29- Women's 1650 Free
Event 30- Men's 1650 Free
Event 31- Women's 200 Back
Event 32- Men's 200 Back
Event 33- Women's 100 Free
Event 34- Men's 100 Free
Event 35- Women's 200 Breast
Event 36- Men's 200 Breast
Event 37- Women's 200 Fly
Event 38- Men's 200 Fly
Event 39- Women's Platform Diving
Event 40- Men's Platform Diving
Event 41- Women's 400 Free Relay
Event 42- Men's 400 Free Relay
Looking ahead
The meet will serve as the final event for the swimmers for 2019, while the Florida's divers will compete in the Auburn Diving Invitational in Alabama on Dec. 17-19.
Florida will be back in action on Jan. 3 as they play host to Vanderbilt, North Florida and Liberty at the O'Dome Natatorium at 2:00 p.m.
The Gators' dual with Auburn on Jan. 25 will serve as Senior Day and the team's final home meet of the 2019-20 campaign.
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Florida (7-0) is off to the program's best start in over a decade, picking up four wins over ranked opponents. In their seven dual wins, the squad has almost doubled their opponent's points, outscoring them by a tally of 1,355-731.
The annual three-day event will have the Gators competing against Alabama, Eastern Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah.
Prelim heats each day will begin at 10:00 a.m., with the top-30 prelim times from each event moving onto the finals in at 5:30 p.m. later that same evening.
Live results will be available here and the Meet Mobile App. The meet can be viewed in its entirety on ACC Network Extra.
Gator History at the Georgia Tech Invitational
Florida travels to Atlanta to compete in the annual invitational for the eighth time since 1998. In their previous seven trips, the team has posted four wins, a pair of second-place finishes and a third-place finish.
Last season, the Gators finished in first-place after putting together a historic performance at the McAuley Aquatic Center, posting seven top-ten program swims. Vanessa Pearl set a top-five swim on each day, highlighted by the best 200 breast swim in school history. On the first day, Leah Braswell and Kelly Fertel both posted top-ten swims. On the second day, the Gators relay squad posted the fastest 200 medley combined swim in program history. During the final day of competition, Braswell posted her second top-ten program swim.
UF's other invitational wins came in 2014-15, 2010-11 and 2004-05.
Quotables
Head coach Jeff Poppell- "We're excited to finish the fall portion of our meet schedule this weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational. This meet represents the halfway point of our season and will provide a great benchmark as to where our athletes are individually. With eight strong teams in attendance, it should be a great weekend of competition."
Head diving coach Bryan Gillooly- "The Georgia Tech Invitational is always a really good meet. Along with some SEC schools, we get to see a little variety from other conferences as well. Although we are still early in the season, we should see some good diving here. It's great for us to be able to rehearse diving in a championship format as well."
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 22
Event 1- Women's 200 Free Relay
Event 2- Men's 200 Free Relay
Event 3- Women's 500 Free
Event 4- Men's 500 free
Event 5- Women's 200 IM
Event 6- Men's 200 IM
Event 7- Women's 50 Free
Event 8- Men's 50 free
Event 9- Women's Diving
Event 10-Men's Diving
Event 11- Women's 400 Medley Relay
Event 12- Men's 400 Medley Relay
Saturday, Nov. 23
Event 13- Women's 200 Medley Relay
Event 14- Men's 200 Medley Relay
Event 15- Women's 400 IM
Event 16- Men's 400 IM
Event 17- Women's 100 Fly
Event 18- Men's 100 Fly
Event 19- Women's200 Free
Event 20- Men's 200 Free
Event 21- Women's 100 Breast
Event 22- Men's 100 Breast
Event 23- Women's100 Back
Event 24- Men's 100 Back
Event 25- Women's Diving
Event 26- Men's Diving
Event 27- Women's 800 Free Relay
Event 28- Women's 800 Free Relay
Sunday, Nov. 24
Event 29- Women's 1650 Free
Event 30- Men's 1650 Free
Event 31- Women's 200 Back
Event 32- Men's 200 Back
Event 33- Women's 100 Free
Event 34- Men's 100 Free
Event 35- Women's 200 Breast
Event 36- Men's 200 Breast
Event 37- Women's 200 Fly
Event 38- Men's 200 Fly
Event 39- Women's Platform Diving
Event 40- Men's Platform Diving
Event 41- Women's 400 Free Relay
Event 42- Men's 400 Free Relay
Looking ahead
The meet will serve as the final event for the swimmers for 2019, while the Florida's divers will compete in the Auburn Diving Invitational in Alabama on Dec. 17-19.
Florida will be back in action on Jan. 3 as they play host to Vanderbilt, North Florida and Liberty at the O'Dome Natatorium at 2:00 p.m.
The Gators' dual with Auburn on Jan. 25 will serve as Senior Day and the team's final home meet of the 2019-20 campaign.
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