Swimming and Diving . January 25, 2018

Swimming & Diving Hosts SC Collegiate Invitational for Senior Day

Jan. 25, 2018

COLUMBIA, S.C. –

Meet: South Carolina Collegiate Invitational

Date: January 26-27

Facility: Carolina Natatorium

Location: Columbia, S.C.

Name	Rank	Event	Time
Fynn Minuth	8	Men’s 500 Freestyle	4:16.07
Fynn Minuth	21	Men’s 200 Butterfly	1:43.56
Akram Mahmoud	19	Men’s 1650 Freestyle	14:57.88
Nils Wich-Glasen	17	Men’s 100 Breaststroke	53.01
Nils Wich-Glasen	21	Men’s 200 Breaststroke	1:55.84
Tomas Peribonio	21	Men’s 400 IM	3:45.25
Gamecock Men	18	800 Freestyle Relay	6:28.99
Gamecock Men	25	400 Medley Relay	3:12.27
Emma Barksdale	15	Women’s 400 IM	4:08.20
Emma Barksdale	22	Women’s 200 IM	1:56.41
Allyson Nied	17	Women’s Platform	255.10

South Carolina swimming and diving hosts the South Carolina Collegiate Invitational this weekend at Carolina Natatorium. The quad meet includes UNCW, East Carolina, Queens and Wingate and as South Carolina’s final home meet of the season, this weekend will serve to recognize the current Gamecock seniors.

The South Carolina Collegiate Invitational begins Friday at 4 p.m. and continues on Saturday at 10 a.m. The senior men will be honored before the start of Friday’s portion of the meet and the women will be recognized on Saturday.

The Gamecocks honor an outstanding senior class, including five NCAA All-Americans and numerous school record-holders. South Carolina also graduates two Olympians in Akram Mahmoud and Julia Vincent. There are a total of 23 seniors on the South Carolina roster, 11 men and 12 women.

South Carolina remains the host of the annual meet, taking first place in both the men’s and women’s competition at last year’s event. South Carolina tallied 22 first-place finishes at the 2017 South Carolina Collegiate Invitational, with junior Emma Barksdale highlighting the meet by taking down a school record to win the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:49.68.

Admission is free to both days of the South Carolina Collegiate Invitational. Fans who are unable to attend the meet are encouraged to follow the Gamecocks on Twitter and Instagram, @GamecockSwim, for updates on the team’s progress at the invitational. Live results from the meet will also be available online, here.