Over here at SwimSwam, we’re so excited for college swimming to start back up, and a huge portion of the country’s Division I teams kick off their 2015-2016 seasons this weekend. Many team, including Texas and Auburn, will be opening their seasons off with intrasquad and alumni meets. These types of meets are like a soft opening for a restaurant, they give athletes a chance to get their race gear on and get into competition mode after a few weeks of training together. It ‘s also the first time we get to see this year’s strong recruitment class donning their new teams’ caps and diving in. Alumni meets also give existing swimmers and their respective alumni a chance to bond over team tradition and share history.
This weekend we’ll also see the start of the dual meet season, including the match up between the women of Cal and Cal Poly, at their annual Queen of the Pool show down – though the men won’t be participating this year. TCU will be swimming back to back dual meets against the North Texas Mean Green and University of Texas- Permian Basin. The Stanford women, who took 3rd place at last season’s NCAA Championship meet, will also be getting their conference season underway early against Washington State.
| Invites | |
| Cleveland State Splash Bash (just Cleveland?) | 9/26/2015 |
| Dual Meets | |
| Bethel vs Lindsey Wilson | 9/25/2015 |
| Iowa vs. UIC | 9/25/2015 |
| California vs. Cal Poly “Queen of the pool” |
9/25/2015 |
| Texas Christian vs. North Texas vs. Texas- Permian Basin | 9/25/2015 |
| UNC- Wilmington vs. Tennessee | 9/25/2015 |
| Washington State vs. Stanford | 9/25/2015 |
| WashU (MO) vs. St. Louis U | 9/25/2015 |
| Brenau vs. Columvia (SC), Point | 9/26/2015 |
| BYU vs. Utah (relays) | 9/26/2015 |
| Campbell vs. Liberty | 9/26/2015 |
| Northeastern vs. Wagner | 9/26/2015 |
| Texas Christian vs . Texas- Permian Basin | 9/26/2015 |
| Western illinos vs. St. Louis | 9/26/2015 |
| Pentathlon vs. Northern Arizona | 9/25/2015 |
| Saluki Miler vs. Southern Illinois | 9/25-26/2015 |
| Intrasquad/Alumni | |
| Texas | 9/25/2015 |
| Carson- Newman Intrasquad | 9/24/2015 |
| Georgetown Intrasquad | 9/25/2015 |
| SMU Intrasquad | 9/25/2015 |
| Auburn Intrasquad | 9/26/2015 |
| Toledo Intrasquad | 9/26/2015 |
| North Dakota Intrasquad | 9/25/2015 |
| Nothern Colorado Intrasquad | 9/25/2015 |
| Miami Intrasquad | 9/26/2015 |
| Evansville Alumni | 9/26/2015 |
| Akron Intrasquad | 9/25/2015 |
| Arizona State Intrasquad | 9/25/2015 |
| Oregon State Intrasquad | 9/26/2015 |
Go UTPB Falcons #falconsup
OSU scarlet vs Grey meet!!!
Rutgers has their intersquad meet on 9/25 and their alumni meet on 9/26.
Yes, Sir, taking youngest one to Texas’ Orange-White intrasquad tomorrow. I will be tweeting from the meet, as usual. Stop by (@PsychoSwimDad), I might even post picture of Eddie and I 🙂
You may be the only one in the stands as there is a bigger intersquad and alumni meet going down in Austin at the same time.