THE FLATS – Georgia Tech swim and dive closes their home slate with a two-day meet this weekend at the McAuley Aquatic Center, welcoming in the Duke Blue Devils on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday Jan. 18. Action will start Friday at 3 p.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Saturday will be Senior Day, where Tech will honor 16 seniors prior to the meet. The ceremony is set to begin at 10:35 a.m.
Live results can be found in the Meet Mobile app and both days of the meet will be streamed on ACCNX.
The Yellow Jacket men are 3-0 in dual meets this season, with wins over Emory, Florida State and Pitt and are ranked No. 21 in the latest CSCAA poll. The women sit at 1-2 in dual meets, falling to FSU and Pitt. Duke’s women’s squad is currently ranked No. 20.
Tech is coming off a tri-meet against Auburn and Carson-Newman, where the Yellow Jackets splitting the meet. On the men’s side, Tech defeated Carson-Newman 250-43, but fell to Auburn 96.50-204.50. For the women, Tech won 243-42 over CN, but fell 84-216 to Auburn.
In the meet, Tech claimed six event wins, including a sweep on the boards from sophomore Max Fowler. Additionally, Anna Bradescu took the 1-meter. Other event wins in the tri-meet came from freshman Uros Zivanovic (100 breast), Phoebe Wright (200 back) and Berke Saka (200 IM).
Wright, a transfer from George Washington University, has already made her mark this season, totaling four event wins, while freshman Zara Masud has claimed two event wins.
Saka, a senior from Turkey, leads the squad with nine event wins, and has set four NCAA B Cut times – 200 free, 100 and 200 back and 100 IM.
Fellow senior Sophie Murphy has won five races this season and set two NCAA B Cut times – 100 free and 200 free.
After Tuesday’s meet, Tech will travel to South Carolina for a dual meet against the Gamecocks on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m.
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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