Swimming and Diving . October 25, 2017

Swimming Opens Homecoming Weekend with Home Opener

Oct. 25, 2017

COLUMBIA, S.C. –

Meet: South Carolina vs. North Carolina

Date: Thursday, October 26

Facility: Carolina Natatorium

Location: Columbia, S.C.

Name	Rank	Event	Time
Emma Barksdale	20	Women’s 200 IM	2:00.92
Emma Barksdale	22	Women’s 1000 Freestyle	9:59.24
Gamecock Women	19	400 Freestyle Relay	3:24.48
Fynn Minuth	11	Men’s 500 Freestyle	4:25.67
Fynn Minuth	15	Men’s 200 Butterfly	1:47.48
Akram Mahmoud	19	Men’s 500 Freestyle	4:27.15
Akram Mahmoud	11	Men’s 1000 Freestyle	9:07.04
Tomas Peribonio	12	Men’s 400 IM	3:52.23
Gamecock Men	23	400 Freestyle Relay	3:00.81
Gamecock Men	15	200 Medley Relay	1:29.23
Gamecock Men	13	400 Medley Relay	3:17.80
Cody Bekemeyer	14	Men’s 1000 Freestyle	9:08.30
Nils Wich-Glasen	12	Men’s 100 Breaststroke	54.87
Nils Wich-Glasen	13	Men’s 200 Breaststroke	1:59.63
Itay Goldfaden	23	Men’s 100 Breaststroke	55.47

South Carolina swimming and diving opens the Gamecocks’ homecoming weekend with its first home meet of the season on Thursday. The Gamecocks take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Carolina Natatorium with diving beginning at 3 p.m. and swimming commencing at 4 p.m.

The Gamecocks are coming off a sweep of Cincinnati during a two-meet road weekend. South Carolina earned victories over the Bearcat men and women, with the Gamecocks winning 178-117 (W) and 167-128 (M). Julia Vincent’s stellar performance at the meet earned her the SEC Diver of the Week award for the first time this season.

The Gamecock women have head a strong season, sweeping Arkansas and Missouri in their first meet of the year and holding a 3-1 season record to earn them the No 22 spot in the CSCAA/TYR Top 25 Poll. The men got off to a slow start, but have picked up speed with a spot at No. 20 in the CSCAA/TYR Top 25 poll and a 1-2 season record.

In their last competition against the Tar Heels, the Gamecocks earned multiple first place finishes, including the in the women’s 200 IM relay, 800 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle relay. The men also earned a first-place relay finish in the 200 freestyle relay featuring current Gamecocks Itay Goldfaden, Justin Rose and Carter Bennett.

South Carolina trails in the all-time series against North Carolina. The women have a 4-11 record and the men are 9-19 against the Tar Heels.

All fans will receive free admission to the meet, with doors opening at 3 p.m. Live results will be available for the meet here. Fans can also keep up-to-date with the meet by following @GamecockSwim on Twitter.