RV/No. 12 Kentucky Swimming and Diving Set for Ohio State Invitational
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The RV/No. 12 University of Kentucky men’s and women’s swimming and diving program is set for the Ohio State Invitational from Nov. 18-20 in Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by the Buckeyes, the three-day meet will be held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
The Wildcats will face competition from No. 11/10 Ohio State, RV Pitt, No. 5/11 Indiana, Cincinnati, RV/ No. 25 Notre Dame, No. 12/18 Virginia Tech, UCLA, RV Navy, and Miami during the midseason invitational. All three finals sessions will be streamed on Big Ten Plus with a subscription required.
Admission to the Ohio State Invitational is free to the public. Fans can find paid parking in the Tuttle Garage for prelims on Thursday and Friday, while paid parking will be available there and at the Neil Ave Garage after 4 p.m. those days for finals. Due to Ohio State’s home football game on Saturday, spectators are encouraged to allow extra time to arrive at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
The meet schedule is as follows:
Thursday, Nov. 18
9:30 a.m. ET — Swimming preliminaries
12 p.m. ET — Men’s 1-meter, women’s 3-meter preliminaries
5:30 p.m. ET — Swimming finals
6:15 p.m. ET — Men’s 1-meter, women’s 3-meter finals
Friday, Nov. 19
9:30 a.m. ET — Swimming preliminaries
12 p.m. ET — Men’s 3-meter, women’s 1-meter preliminaries
5:30 p.m. ET — Swimming finals
6:15 p.m. ET — Men’s 3-meter, women’s 1-meter finals
Saturday, Nov. 20
8 a.m. ET — Swimming preliminaries
11 a.m. ET — Men’s and women’s platform
4 p.m. ET — Mile early heats
5:30 p.m. ET — Swimming finals
The order of events is as follows:
Day One
200 free relay
Men’s 1-meter
Women’s 3-meter
500 free
200 IM
50 free
400 medley relay
Day Two
200 medley relay
Women’s 1-meter
Men’s 3-meter
400 IM
100 fly
200 free
100 breast
100 back
800 free relay
Day Three
1650 free
Platform
200 back
100 free
200 breast
200 fly
400 free relay
Leading the Wildcats in the pool is Riley Gaines, who has several dual meet victories under her belt heading into this weekend. The senior co-captain won both the 100 free and 200 free against Southeastern Conference foes Auburn and Tennessee, also claiming the 50 free and 100 free in the season opener at Indiana.
On the men’s side, Mason Wilby enters the weekend coming off a pair of wins in the 200 fly and 200 IM against the Volunteers, also picking up wins in both butterfly events versus Miami Ohio. Jakob Clark was a double-event winner against the RedHawks, while several Wildcat men earned runner-up finishes in the dual meet with Tennessee.
Kentucky has impressed on the boards all season, with Kyndal Knight being named the SEC Co-Diver of the Week on Oct. 19 after sweeping the 1-meter and 3-meter against Ohio with a personal best on the latter. Knight and Danny Zhang also dove to first place on both disciplines against Tennessee in UK’s latest appearance.
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