THE FLATS – Georgia Tech swim and dive sets its sights on the postseason this week, heading to Greensboro, N.C., for ACC Swimming and Diving Championships. The five-day meet starts Tuesday and will continue through Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
All sessions of the championship will be streamed on ACCNX, and live results will be available. Diving results will be available here.
Schedule of events:
Tuesday Feb. 18 – Prelims at 10 a.m.; Finals at 6 p.m.
- Women’s 1M diving, men’s 3M diving, 200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay
Wednesday Feb. 19 – Prelims at 9:30 a.m.; Finals at 5:30 p.m.
- 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, men’s 1M diving, 200 freestyle relay
Thursday Feb. 20 – Prelims at 9:30 a.m.; Finals at 5:30 p.m.
- 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, women’s 3M diving
Friday Feb. 21 – Prelims at 9:30 a.m.; Finals at 5:30 p.m.
- 200 fly, 100 back, 100 breast, Men’s platform diving, 400 medley relay
Saturday Feb. 22 – Prelims at 9:30 a.m.; Finals at 5:30 p.m.
- 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, women’s platform diving, 400 freestyle relay
The Tech men enter the conference championship ranked No. 21 in the latest CSCAA poll, and will face No. 3 Cal, No. 6 NC State, No. 9 Stanford, No. 11 Louisville, No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 14 North Carolina and No. 20 Virginia.
On the women’s side, Tech will face No. 1 Virginia, No. 3 Stanford, No. 6 Cal, No. T-8 NC State, No. T-8 Louisville, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 22 Duke and No. 25 Florida State.
The Yellow Jackets send 46 swimmers/divers to the championship, and have 176 total individual entries to the meet, with 10 relay entries.
Tech enters the meet with 31 B cuts set by the men’s team, with Berke Saka leading the way with five (200 back, 100 back, 200 IM, 200 free, 100 fly). On the women’s side, Tech has set 26 B cuts this season.
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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