THE FLATS - The Georgia Tech swimming and diving teams welcome back generations of Tech swimmers with the annual Alumni meet on Saturday morning at McAuley Aquatic Center.
Alumni Meet
- October 23
- 9 a.m.
- McAuley Aquatic Center
- Meet Mobile
- Parking: Campus Recreation Center Garage (W10)
Warm-ups begin at 8:30 a.m. before the full slate begins at 9 a.m. for the meet. The morning opens with a 4x100 before the mile (relay) event. The meet moves into the sprint events next with three heats of the 100 and three heats of 50. The Jackets will race in a 200 free relay to close out the meet.
Tech has opened the season on a strong note after reaching the Dual Meet Tournament championship meet, knocking off No. 23/- Florida State and No. -/20 South Carolina. The men are a spotless 4-0 in dual meets with ranked wins over No. 17 Auburn and Florida State along with South Carolina and Emory.
Jackets racked up 18 top-10 program times across last weekend, headlined by freshmen Turkish breaststrokers Meriç Uygun and Kerem İlyem. Uygun made her impact in the record books with the second-fastest 200 breast time at 2:09.53, the third -fastest 200 IM time at 1:59.12, and the fifth-fastest 100 breast at 1:01.37. İlyem landed the third-fastest men’s 200 breast time at 1:53.11 and the 10th-fastest 100 breast.
The impressive performances also included Vivien Rothwell swimming just a tenth-of-a-second off her 100 back school record at 52.63 along with senior Ricky Balduccini setting his 100 back PB at 46.46 and his 100 free time of 42.54. Freshman James Sorensen set the fifth-fastest 100 back time of 46.66 while fifth-year transfer Ella Flowers hit the wall at 1:59.82 in the 200 IM.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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