Nov. 19, 2008
COLUMBIA – Swimming and diving squads from seven schools descend on the University of South Carolina campus this weekend for the Gamecock Invitational, which runs Thursday-Saturday at the Carolina Natatorium in the Sol Blatt Physical Education Complex.
Men’s and women’s squads from College of Charleston, Duke, East Carolina, North Carolina and Syracuse, along with the women’s squad from Lenoir-Rhyne College, will join up with the host Gamecocks for the three-day championships meet. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. each day with finals to commence at 6 p.m. Diving preliminaries begin at noon Friday and Saturday with finals running concurrently with swimming in the evening.
Admission is free, and heat sheets for each session will be on sale at the Natatorium.
This marks the first prelims/finals event hosted by South Carolina since the 2004-05 season when it played host to the Carolina Classic. Formerly known as the Nike Cup, the event moved to Columbia this season after being hosted by the University of North Carolina for more than two decades.
North Carolina took the women’s title at last year’s Nike Cup Invitational while Virginia Tech captured the men’s championship.
Results will be posted after each session on the Gamecock Invitational page, which can be accessed at GamecocksOnline.com. In addition, a link to live results is available on that page. FloSwimming.com will also be on hand and will post video of each event on its web site.
| DAY 1 – THURSDAY, NOV. 20 | |
| 10 a.m. | 500 Freestyle Prelims 200 Individual Medley Prelims 50 Freestyle Prelims |
| 6 p.m. | 200 Freestyle Relay Finals 500 Freestyle Finals 200 Individual Medley Finals 50 Freestyle Finals 400 Medley Relay Finals |
| DAY 2 – FRIDAY, NOV. 21 | |
| 10 a.m. | 400 Individual Medley Prelims 100 Butterfly Prelims 200 Freestyle Prelims 100 Breaststroke Prelims 100 Backstroke Prelims |
| Noon | Women’s 1-Meter Diving Prelims |
| 2:30 p.m. | Men’s 3-Meter Diving Prelims |
| 6 p.m. | Diving Finals Begin (concurrent w/ swimming) 200 Medley Relay Finals 400 Individual Medley Finals 100 Butterfly Finals 200 Freestyle Finals 100 Breaststroke Finals 100 Backstroke Finals 800 Freestyle Relay Finals |
| DAY 3 – SATURDAY, NOV. 22 | |
| 10 a.m. | 200 Backstroke Prelims 100 Freestyle Prelims 200 Breaststroke Prelims 200 Butterfly Prelims |
| Noon | Men’s 1-Meter Diving Prelims |
| 2 p.m. | Women’s 3-Meter Diving Prelims |
| 4 p.m. | 1650 Freestyle Timed Finals |
| 6 p.m. | Diving Finals Begin (concurrent w/ swimming) 200 Backstroke Finals 100 Freestyle Finals 200 Breaststroke Finals 200 Butterfly Finals 400 Freestyle Relay Finals |
