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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. The Virginia swimming and diving teams welcome Atlantic Coast Conference foe Florida State and Big Ten rival Penn State for a tri-meet this weekend at the Aquatic and Fitness Center.
The meet begins at 2 p.m. Friday with men’s and women’s 1- and 3-meter diving events. Swimming events are set to begin at 5 p.m. with the 200 free relay, 200 IM, 500 free, 100 breast, 200 back, 100 free, 200 fly and 400 medley relay on the first night of action. The meet will wrap up Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. with the 200 medley relay. The remainder of the events include the 1000 free, 50 free, 100 back, 200 breast, 100 fly, 200 free, 400 IM and 400 free relay. Live stats will be available on VirginiaSports.com.
“Both Florida State and Penn State are good programs with good, solid athletes,” Virginia head coach Mark Bernardino said. “We are going to have to really be sharp to be competitive, but it should be a lot of fun. We are going to cover 19 events in this format and we look forward to swimming some of our best times of the semester.”
The Virginia men’s and women’s teams are each coming off wins at Kentucky last weekend. The 15th-ranked Cavalier men finished 1-2-3 in the 1000 and 500 freestyle events. Third-year Darren Ankosko won both races to lead the men. Earlier in the week, the men suffered their first dual meet loss of the season on the road against seventh-ranked Tennessee.
Highlighting the 10th-ranked Cavalier women’s win over Kentucky was the 200 free and the 1000 free, where Virginia went 1-2-3. Megan Evo, a fourth-year co-captain, was also a double event winner in the 200 IM and 100 free.