The University of Iowa has released its official schedule for the upcoming season, highlighted by the team’s second-ever chance to host the NCAA Championships.
UI head swim coach Marc Long (Image courtesy of IU)
Iowa was selected as the NCAA host facility back in December, which also gave them rights to host the men’s Big Ten Championships the month before.
A third big post-season event will take place in Iowa City next season as well – the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships are slated for early March, just about two weeks before the national championships.
Iowa will open its season at home against defending Big Ten champions Michigan. The Hawkeyes hold an intrasquad meet the following week before going on a lengthy run of road meets against Michigan State (Oct. 17), Minnesota (Oct. 30) and Ohio State (Nov. 7-8).
The school will again host the Hawkeye Invitational December 5-7, which might become a more heavily-attended meet with teams looking to get an early look at the NCAA host pool.
Other meets on the schedule include home duals with Northwestern and Western Illinois, with the latter serving as the Hawkeyes’ senior night. The team will also attend Notre Dame’s Shamrock Invitational on January 30 and 31.
The schedule also shows a last chance meet slated for March 2nd, and the final official meet of the season is a long course intrasquad meet on April 11.
You can view the full schedule on the University of Iowa site here.