Kentucky Swim & Dive to Compete at Ohio State Invitational Beginning Thursday

COLUMBUS, Ohio – UK swimming & diving will race in its first invitational of the 2022-23 season when the Wildcats head to McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion this Thursday by way of Saturday for the Ohio State Invitational.

Reside outcomes might be discovered on the Meet Cell app with streaming obtainable every day on BTN+.

Kentucky is considered one of 14 colleges sending representatives to the meet together with Ohio State, Indiana, Lindenwood, Yale, Navy, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, Ohio, UCLA, Kenyon (diving solely), Pitt (girls solely) and Miami (diving solely). 5 of the 14 groups entered seem in both the lads’s or girls’s CSCAA October top-25, with three colleges (Ohio State, Indiana and Virginia Tech) current in each polls.

The Wildcats are competing on the Ohio State Invitational for a second consecutive season after the ladies positioned second and the lads fifth on the occasion a yr in the past.

The early portion of the 2022-23 season has seen the Cats tackle among the prime competitors within the nation, holding twin meets towards Indiana, NC State and Texas A&M. Up to now, 9 UK swimmers have met NCAA B-cut requirements, led by senior Caitlin Brooks who has reached the edge in three occasions (100 again, 100 fly, 200 again).

On the diving aspect, Sam Duncan, Claire McDaniels and Kyndal Knight have all made zone cuts in each the 1-meter and 3-meter, whereas sophomore Abby Devereaux has additionally certified on the 1-meter springboard.

Schedule of Occasions:

Thursday

9:30 a.m. – Swimming Prelims

12 p.m. – Diving Prelims

5:30 p.m. – Swimming & Diving Finals (200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 400 medley relay, 1-meter dive, 3-meter dive)

Friday

9:30 a.m. – Swimming Prelims

12:00 p.m. – Diving Prelims

5:30 p.m. – Swimming & Diving Finals (200 Medley Relay, 100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Again, 800 Free Relay, 1-meter dive, 3-meter dive)

Saturday

9:30 a.m. – Swimming Prelims

11 a.m. – Platform Prelims

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. – 1650 Free early heats

5:30 p.m. – Swimming & Diving Finals (1650 Free, 200 again, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay, platform dive)

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