The No. 6 University of Florida men's swimming and diving teams will wrap up the fall portion of their schedule at the Georgia Tech Invitational on Nov. 22-24 in Atlanta, Ga.
The Gators (6-1) head back into action with a two-meet win streak after defeating Georgia and Florida State in back-to-back weeks at the O'Connell Center Natatorium on Nov. 1 and 8.
The annual three-day event will have UF competing against Alabama, Eastern Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah.
Prelim heats each day will begin at 10:00 a.m., with the top-30 prelim times from each event moving onto the finals in at 5:30 p.m. later that same evening.
Live results will be available here and the Meet Mobile App. The meet can be viewed in its entirety on ACC Network Extra.
Gator History at the Georgia Tech Invite
The Gators travel to Atlanta to compete in the Georgia Tech Invitational for the eighth time since 1998. In the previous seven trips, Florida has finished in first-place three times and posted runner-up finishes the other four times at the event.
Last season, the team won the three-day event with 1,224.5 points and led at the conclusion of each day. Kieran Smith and Khader Baqlah were members of the 400 free relay team that posted the 10th-fastest swim in school history. Additionally, Will Davis set the sixth-best 50 free time in school history on the first day of the event.
Prior to last season, Florida also posted wins in 2014-15 and 2004-05.
UF's finished runner-up in 2016-17, 2011-12, 2010-11 and 2009-10.
Quotables
Head diving coach Bryan Gillooly- "The Georgia Tech Invitational is always a really good meet. Along with some SEC schools, we get to see a little variety from other conferences as well. Although we are still early in the season, we should see some good diving here. It's great for us to be able to rehearse diving in a championship format as well."
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 22
Event 1- Women's 200 Free Relay
Event 2- Men's 200 Free Relay
Event 3- Women's 500 Free
Event 4- Men's 500 free
Event 5- Women's 200 IM
Event 6- Men's 200 IM
Event 7- Women's 50 Free
Event 8- Men's 50 free
Event 9- Women's Diving
Event 10-Men's Diving
Event 11- Women's 400 Medley Relay
Event 12- Men's 400 Medley Relay
Saturday, Nov. 23
Event 13- Women's 200 Medley Relay
Event 14- Men's 200 Medley Relay
Event 15- Women's 400 IM
Event 16- Men's 400 IM
Event 17- Women's 100 Fly
Event 18- Men's 100 Fly
Event 19- Women's200 Free
Event 20- Men's 200 Free
Event 21- Women's 100 Breast
Event 22- Men's 100 Breast
Event 23- Women's100 Back
Event 24- Men's 100 Back
Event 25- Women's Diving
Event 26- Men's Diving
Event 27- Women's 800 Free Relay
Event 28- Women's 800 Free Relay
Sunday, Nov. 24
Event 29- Women's 1650 Free
Event 30- Men's 1650 Free
Event 31- Women's 200 Back
Event 32- Men's 200 Back
Event 33- Women's 100 Free
Event 34- Men's 100 Free
Event 35- Women's 200 Breast
Event 36- Men's 200 Breast
Event 37- Women's 200 Fly
Event 38- Men's 200 Fly
Event 39- Women's Platform Diving
Event 40- Men's Platform Diving
Event 41- Women's 400 Free Relay
Event 42- Men's 400 Free Relay
Looking ahead:
The meet will serve as the final event for the swimmers for 2019, while the Florida's divers will compete in the Auburn Diving Invitational in Alabama on Dec. 17-19.
The Gators will have a nice break before coming back to the O'Connell Center Natatorium when they welcome Auburn on Jan. 25. The meet will serve as Senior Day and the final home dual of the season.
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