Jackets Welcome Northwestern and Miami

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech swimming and diving is set to take on Northwestern and Miami at McAuley Aquatic Center on Dec. 18 at 11 a.m.

The event will feature post meet activities including a meet and great with the athletes, autographs and a photo with Santa. Admission to the meet is free.

Tech men’s swimming and diving is ranked 21^st in the nation. Miami does not have either of their teams ranked while Northwestern’s women’s swimming and diving is ranked 16^th in the nation. The Northwestern men’s team has received votes.

The last meet for the Yellow Jackets was the GT Invite. The last event saw 32 new top 10 program times, 13 podium places, four program records and one NCAA A cut. Christian Ferraro set the NCAA A cut in the 200 fly.

Top 100 Nationally Tech Swimmers (as of 12/17/2021)

Men

• Christian Ferraro – 2^nd (200 fly, 1:40.33, 11/20/21), 12^th (100 fly, 45.61, 11/19/21), 55^th (50 free, 19.64, 11/18/21)
• Batur Ünlü – 21^st (200 free, 1:33.79, 11/19/21), 26^th (500 free, 4:17.38, 11/18/21), 62^nd (100 free, 43.20, 11/20/21)
• Clark Wakeland – 44^th (500 free, 4:19.17, 11/18/21), 93^rd (200 free, 1:36.48, 11/19/21), 97^th (1650 free, 15:29.20, 11/20/21)
• Mert Kilavuz – 3^rd (1000 free, 8:50.85, 11/20/21), 8^th (1650 free, 14:42.62, 11/20/21)
• Kyle Barone – 32^nd (200 back, 1:42.90, 11/20/21), 56^th (50 back, 22.04, 11/19/21)
• Berke Saka – 6^th (200 back, 1:40.89, 11/20/21), 96^th (50 back, 22.46, 10/23/21)
• Caio Pumputis – 16^th (200 IM, 143.80, 12/16/21), 33^rd (200 breast, 1:55.32, 10/23/21), 41^st (100 breast, 52.96, 10/23/21)
• Justin Alderson – 69^th (100 breast, 53.45, 11/19/21)
• Antonio Romero – 66^th (200 fly, 1:45.42, 11/20/21), 73^rd (400 IM, 3:50.81, 11/19/21)

Women

• Rachel Fulton – 90^th (50 free, 22.66, 11/18/21)
• Brooke Switzer – 71^st (200 free, 1:47.24, 11/19/21)
• Zora Ripkova – 85^th (200 fly, 1:59.58, 11/20/21), 91^st (100 fly, 53.52, 11/19/21), 100^th (200 free, 1:47.74, 11/19/21)
• Morgan Johnson – 69^th (1650 free, 16:38.31, 11/20/21)
• Imane El Barodi – 10^th (50 breast, 28.89, 12/16/21)
• Claudia Butterfield – 52^nd (100 breast, 1:00.90, 11/19/21), 91^st (200 breast, 2:13.62, 11/20/21)
• McKenzie Campbell – 33^rd (200 fly, 1:56.90, 11/20/21), 38^th (400 IM, 4:12.63, 11/19/21)
• Defne Taçyildiz – 45^th (200 fly, 1:57.69, 11/20/21)

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