Carolina Hits the Road to Face ECU Saturday

COLUMBIA, S.C.— South Carolina Swimming and Diving kicks off the new decade Saturday as it travels to East Carolina to take on the Pirates. The meet will start at 1 p.m.
 
The Gamecocks return to the pool for the first time since the Georgia Tech Invitational in November. Last season, the Gamecocks swept ECU, winning 180-120 on the men’s side and 185-100 on the women’s.
 
Scouting the Pirates
-The Gamecocks are 13-2 all-time against head coach McGee Moody’s alma mater.
-ECU sits at a combined 11-2 on the year, winning five meets on the men’s side and six on the women.
– The Gamecocks have swept the Pirates the past two seasons.
 
Gamecock Notables
-Senior Christina Lappin leads the women’s team with five event wins on the year, senior Lionel Khoo leads the men’s team with four
-Lappin broke her own school record in the 100-butterfly her last time out at the Georgia Tech Invitational, swimming a 52.41
-Senior Kevin Liu has taken home three backstroke wins on the year, two in the 100 and one in the 200
-In diving, junior Grant Summers has qualified for all three NCAA events already this season.
 
 
QUOTEABLE: HEAD SWIMMING COACH MCGEE MOODY
“This is a pretty important meet. We get to see exactly how the training over our break has gone. A lot of folks don’t know this about our program but when exams are over, we traveled down pre-Christmas to Naples, Florida, and did a lot of heavy training down there. This is our first opportunity to race since that heavy training, [to see] how they are able to perform under that heavy stretch. This kicks off our final stretch into our SEC and NCAA Championship season.”
 
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