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Swim & Dive Announces 2019-20 Schedule

9/5/2019 2:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Men's Schedule | Women's Schedule 

EVANSTON, Ill. –
Northwestern Swimming and Diving announced its schedule for the 2019 season Thursday, which will include four home meets and the prestigious TYR Invitational which will be hosted at the Norris Aquatic Center.

The Wildcats will face off against six teams that finished the 2018-19 season in the TYR Top 25 including Arizona, Arizona State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Wisconsin (women) and Purdue (men).
 
"2019-2020 will be a challenging year in the pool and on the boards for the Wildcats," said Director of Northwestern Swimming and Diving, Jeremy Kipp.  "We were not shy in scheduling some of the region's best teams early and often.  I am looking forward to the test of our teams' will as we leave our holiday training camp in San Diego  and compete in four dual meets in less than two weeks against teams that were in the Top 25 last year."
 
The 2019 women's roster will feature NCAA All-American Calypso Sheridan, who broke a 10 year old Big Ten record in the 200 IM and NCAA qualifier Miriam Guevara. For the men, the 'Cats will return Big Ten scorers Ryan Gridley,  Andrew Zhang, Liam Gately, Jack Thorne, Evan Labuda, Colin Murphy and Peter Lewczyk.
 
The Wildcats will also welcome incoming standouts Federico Burdisso and Kevin Houseman who brought home a combined seven medal at the 2019 FINA Junior World Championships for the men. The women will welcome CollegeSwimming.com Top 30 swimmer Hannah Brunzell and English Championships medalist Ally Larson.
 
A full schedule can be found below
 
Oct. 11-12 at SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas)
Oct. 12 vs. Illinois/UIC (Norris Aquatics Center)
Nov. 1 at Oakland (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Nov. 2 at Michigan State (East Lansing, Michigan)
Nov. 22-24 vs. TYR Invitational (Norris Aquatics Center)
Jan. 2-3 at Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
Jan. 4 at Arizona State (Tempe, Arizona)
Jan. 9 vs. Louisville (Norris Aquatics Center)
Jan. 11-12 at NASA Invite (Norris Aquatics Center) 
Jan. 17 at Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
Jan. 18 vs. Iowa (Norris Aquatics Center)
Jan. 24 vs. Cincinnati (Norris Aquatics Center)
Jan. 25 at Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)
Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at Purdue/Minnesota (West Lafayette, Indiana)
Feb. 19-22 Big Ten Championships (Women) (Iowa City, Iowa)
Feb. 26-29 Big Ten Championships (Men) (Bloomington, Indiana)
March 9-15 NCAA Zone Diving Championships (TBD)
March 18-21 NCAA Championships (Women) (Atlanta, Georgia)
March 25-28 NCAA Championships (Men) (Indianapolis, Indiana)
 

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B1G Tri Meet vs Purdue & Minnesota - Saturday
Friday, January 30
B1G Tri Meet vs Purdue & Minnesota - Friday
Friday, January 30
Swimming vs. Wisconsin - Scoring
Saturday, January 17
Diving vs. Wisconsin
Saturday, January 17