GEORGIA GEORGIA SWIMMING AND DIVING AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017-2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Georgia Seeking Another National Championship Armed with 13 swimmers and three divers, the Georgia Lady Bulldogs Sept. 27 at Emory (swimming only) W: W, 40-21 M: W, 38-23 will compete this week in Oct. 6 North Carolina W: W, 180-120 M: W, 187-113 Columbus, Ohio, in the NCAA Championships and will be Oct. 19 at Wisconsin W: W, 183-117 M: W, 169-127 aiming for their eighth national Oct. 20 at Northwestern W: W, 167-125 M: W, 174-109 title. Oct. 27 at Florida W:W, 182-118 M: L, 179-121 The NCAAs will take place Wednesday through Saturday Nov. 8 Georgia Tech W: W, 182-113 M: W, 179-121 at the Bill and Mae McCorkle Dec. 1-3 Georgia Fall Invitational W: 2nd, 833.5 pts M: 3rd, 674 pts Aquatic Pavilion on the Ohio Jan.3-5 at Tennessee Diving Invitational No team scores State campus. The meet will begin Wednesday at 6 p.m. with the 800 freestyle relay finals. Prelims for Jan. 13 LSU W:W, 186-108 M: W, 170-122 Thursday and Saturday will be at 10 a.m., followed by finals at 6 p.m. The Jan. 20 Tennessee (Senior Day) W:W, 169-129 M:T, 150-150 Friday schedule will be 9 am. (prelims) and 5 p.m. (finals). Feb. 3 Emory W: W, 173-94 M: W, 164-121 The Lady Bulldogs have won seven NCAA titles, including the 2013, 2014 and 2016 crowns, and have been the national runner-up eight times. In the Feb. 14-18 at SEC Championships W: 2nd, 1,030 pts M: 3rd, 975.5 pts last 18 seasons, Georgia has been first or second at the NCAAs 15 times. Feb. 24-25 Bulldog Last Chance Meet No team scores The Lady Bulldogs placed fourth last year. March 5-7 at Zone B Diving Championship No team scores Georgia will use a lineup of seniors Olivia Ball, Chelsea Britt, Megan Kingsley, Stephanie Peters, Meaghan Raab and Kylie Stewart; junior Caitlin March 14-17 at NCAA Championships (W) All Day Casazza; sophomores McKensi Austin, Veronica Burchill, Freida Lim, Meryn March 21-24 at NCAA Championships (M) All Day McCann and Jordan Stout; and freshmen Olivia Anderson, Gabi Fa’amausili, Courtney Harnish and Maddie Wallis. GEORGIA SWIMMING & DIVING “We’re excited for the opportunity to compete for another national Tom Cousins Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jack Bauerle championship,” said Jack Bauerle, Georgia’s Tom Cousins Swimming and Diving Head Coach. “This is a challenging meet and we all know that going Diving Coach Dan Laak in. We have prepared our team for this and they know what to expect. Senior Associate Head Coach Harvey Humphries We’ve seen scoring projections that don’t have us very high and that’s fine. Associate Head Coach Jerry Champer We know our team will exceed expectations and give us everything they’ve Associate Head Coach Brian Smith got. That’s the mark of a great team -- finishing a meet and knowing you Assistant Coach Stefanie Williams Moreno emptied the tank.” SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS On The Air S&D Contact Steven Colquitt ESPNU will broadcast the championship finals session Friday at 5 p.m. Cell Phone 706-338-5089 The finals session on Saturday will be streamed by ESPN3 at 6 p.m. All sessions not broadcast by either ESPNU or ESPN3 will be streamed on Email [email protected] OhioStateBuckeyes.com. A highlights show will be broadcast on ESPNU Website www.georgiadogs.com Sunday, March 25, at 4 p.m. Mailing Address P.O. Box 1472, Athens, Ga. 30603 Georgia At The NCAAs Since the inception of the NCAAs in 1982 for women’s swimming and diving, the Lady Bulldogs have won seven national titles: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2013, 2014 and 2016. Only Stanford (nine) has more championships, while Texas has matched Georgia with seven. facebook.com/ugaswimminganddiving Georgia boasts two past NCAA champions at this year’s meet. Kylie twitter.com/ugaswimdive Stewart and Meaghan Raab were on the victorious 800 freestyle relay in instagram.com/@ugaswimdive 2016. All-time, the Lady Bulldogs have accumulated 77 NCAA titles (52 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES individuals and 25 relays). Georgia has GEORGIA’S INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE had at least one male or female individual Olivia Anderson .............................1,650 Freestyle Wednesday, March 14 or relay win an NCAA title each year 6 p.m. Finals starting with 1995. McKensi Austin .................... 3-Meter Springboard 800 Freestyle Relay Thursday, March 15 Olivia Ball ............................. 1-Meter Springboard 10 a.m. Prelims Lady Bulldogs Second At SECs 500 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley, 50 Freestyle The Lady Bulldogs came in second Chelsea Britt ..................................... 100 Butterfly 12:30 p.m. Diving at the SEC Championships in College 200 Butterfly 1-Meter prelims (followed by consolation Station, Texas. Courtney Harnish finals 15 minutes afterward) Veronica Burchill ...............................100 Freestyle 6 p.m. Finals won the 1,650 freestyle and placed 200 Freestyle 200 Freestyle Relay, 500 Freestyle, second in the 500 freestyle. Other 100 Butterfly 200 Individual Medley, 50 Freestyle, medalists for the Lady Bulldogs 1-Meter Diving, 400 Medley Relay included Meaghan Raab in the 200 Caitlin Casazza .................................. 200 Butterfly freestyle, Megan Kingsley in the 200 Friday, March 16 Gabi Fa’amausili ..................................50 Freestyle 9 a.m. Prelims butterfly, Veronica Burchill in the 100 400 Individual Medley, 100 Butterfly, freestyle and Olivia Anderson in the Courtney Harnish .............................200 Freestyle 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 500 Freestyle 1,650 freestyle. The second-place 800 100 Backstroke 1,650 Freestyle 11:30 a.m. Diving freestyle relay of Burchill, Harnish, 3-Meter prelims (followed by consolation Jordan Stout and Raab and the third- Freida Lim ..................................... Platform Diving finals 15 minutes afterward) 5 p.m. Finals place 400 freestyle relay of Burchill, Megan Kingsley ..................200 Individual Medley 400 Individual Medley, Kylie Stewart, Gabi Fa’amausili and 100 Butterfly 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle, Raab also earned medals. 200 Butterfly 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 3-Meter Diving, 200 Medley Relay Meryn McCann .................................500 Freestyle Worth Noting For Georgia Saturday, March 17 • The Lady Bulldogs went 9-0 this Stephanie Peters...............................500 Freestyle 10 a.m. Prelims 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, season, marking the program’s 15th Meaghan Raab ���������������������������������200 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly undefeated regular season under 200 Breaststroke 12:15 p.m. Diving Bauerle. The members of the Lady 200 Individual Medley Platform prelims (followed by consolation finals 15 minutes afterward) Bulldogs’ senior class went 37-1-1. Kylie Stewart ..................................100 Backstroke 3:45 p.m. 1,650 Freestyle (early heats) • The Lady Bulldogs are 23-0-1 in 200 Backstroke 6 p.m. Finals conference dual meets dating back 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, Jordan Stout ..................................Relay Alternate 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, to 2013 and they are 48-1, including 200 Butterfly, Platform Diving, 48 in a row, against SEC foes at Maddie Wallis ................................Relay Alternate 400 Freestyle Relay Gabrielsen Natatorium. • The Lady Bulldogs are 109-2 Female Freshman of Week three Georgia In The Polls all-time inside their home arena, times, Camden Murphy and Greg The Lady Bulldogs stood at No. 6 including an NCAA-record 103 straight Reed were Male Freshman of the in the final CSCAA / TYR Top 25 of from 1995-2017. Week twice apiece, and Jay Litherland the season. The Lady Bulldogs trailed • With 16 wins this season (nine was the Male Swimmer of the Week No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 California, No. with the women and seven with the twice. Stewart (Female Swimmer of 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Texas and No. men), Bauerle now has 562 combined the Week), Madison Duvall (Female 5 Michigan. No. 7 Virginia, No. 8 victories, which ranks first among Diver of the Week), McKensi Austin Southern Cal, No. 9 Indiana and No. active NCAA coaches, first all-time in (Female Diver of the Week), Maddie 10 Tennessee made up the rest of the the SEC, and second on the all-time Wallis (Female Freshman of the top 10. list behind Boston College’s Tom Week), Charlie Clifton (Male Diver of On the men’s side, the Bulldogs Groden. Bauerle and Groden are the the Week) and Ian Forlini (Male Diver were No. 10 in the poll behind No. only coaches with 300 wins coaching of the Week) were honored once 1 Stanford, No. 2 California, No. 3 women. Bauerle has 327 with the each. Indiana, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 North women and 235 with the men. • Megan Kingsley and Gunnar Carolina State, No. 6 Texas, No. 7 • Ten Georgia student-athletes Bentz are Georgia’s representatives Michigan, No. 8 Arizona State and No. earned 15 SEC weehonors this on the SEC’s Community Service 9 Southern Cal. season. Courtney Harnish was the Team. GEORGIA’S NATIOnaL CHAMPIONS 1953 Reid Patterson 50-meter freestyle: 24.24 Kristin Shickora, Kelly McNichols, 100-yard freestyle: 50.50 100-meter freestyle: 53.15 Lisa Caprioglio, Anne-Marie Botek Kara Lynn Joyce, Neka Mabry 200-yard medley relay: 1:36.45 1989 Erika Hansen Paige Kearns, Andrea Georoff 1,650-yard freestyle: 16:00.04 200-meter freestyle relay: 1:37.27 2010 Wendy Trott Kara Lynn Joyce, Neka Mabry 1,650-yard freestyle: 15:48.87 1995 Liesl Pimentel, Lisa Coole, Andrea Georoff, Mary DeScenza Allison Schmitt Andrea Morrison, Heather Blackmon 400-meter freestyle relay: 3:35.14 200-yard freestyle: 1:42.84 200-yard free