TEMPE, Ariz. – After a weekend of competition amongst some of the nation's best two weeks ago in Southern California, the Sun Devil swim team marks the halfway point of the 2016-17 season with three days of swim-only competition at Texas A&M's Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 17-19). During the same time span, diving heads to the Texas Diving Invitational in Austin.
THE DETAILS
The three-day swim event, hosted by the Aggies, takes place at Mansfield ISD Natatorium (1001 N. Holland Road, Mansfield, TX 76063).
Alongside the Sun Devils, competing this weekend will be the men's and women's teams from LSU, TCU, host-Texas A&M, Incarnate Word, Southern Methodist, and the women's team from Boise State.
This week, the men will face two other top-25 teams in No. 14 Texas A&M and No. 17 LSU, who both jumped into the rankings after not being ranked in the prior poll. On the women's side this week, the Aggies are currently No. 10, moving up from No. 14 in the previous poll.
There will be a preliminary/final competition for each session and the meet's schedule is below. Prelims will be at 9:30 am CT/8:30 am AZ time while the finals each day will be at 6 pm CT/5 pm AZ.
Thursday:
200 Free Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay
Friday:
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
800 Free Relay
Saturday:
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Freestyle Relay
At Texas, diving will also compete for three straight straight days against teams from Texas, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, TCU and North Texas at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center (1900 Red River St. Austin, TX 78712).
The diving schedule is as follows:
After defeating then-No. 14 USC for the first time in 13 years, the Sun Devil men made one of the biggest leaps in the Nov. 9 CSCAA Coaches Poll, moving from No. 24 to No. 11. The women are also receiving votes. The CSCAA Poll is released every other week throughout the season.
LAST TIME OUT
Then-No. 24, the Sun Devil men earned their first win over then-No. 14 USC in 13 years, defeating the Trojans 156.50-142.50 in Los Angeles. The victory came in exciting fashion as original scores said the teams had tied but a scoring discrepancy was detected and the Sun Devils were notified of the milestone victory after the fact. The win improved the team to 4-0 on the season.
The ASU women faced top-five USC and then-No. 15 UCLA and, despite facing their first two losses of the season, picked up several impressive individual victories vs. the Bruins. Marlies Ross won three individual events (100 and 200-yard breast, 200-yard IM) while Alysha Bush won both sprint freestyle events (50 and 100-yard free).
NEXT UP
After this weekend, the teams have nearly a month off to train between competitions and the women next host Northern Arizona on Friday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. The men's next competition is Friday, Jan. 20 as both teams host Stanford at 2 p.m.
THE DETAILS
The three-day swim event, hosted by the Aggies, takes place at Mansfield ISD Natatorium (1001 N. Holland Road, Mansfield, TX 76063).
Alongside the Sun Devils, competing this weekend will be the men's and women's teams from LSU, TCU, host-Texas A&M, Incarnate Word, Southern Methodist, and the women's team from Boise State.
This week, the men will face two other top-25 teams in No. 14 Texas A&M and No. 17 LSU, who both jumped into the rankings after not being ranked in the prior poll. On the women's side this week, the Aggies are currently No. 10, moving up from No. 14 in the previous poll.
There will be a preliminary/final competition for each session and the meet's schedule is below. Prelims will be at 9:30 am CT/8:30 am AZ time while the finals each day will be at 6 pm CT/5 pm AZ.
Thursday:
200 Free Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay
Friday:
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
800 Free Relay
Saturday:
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Freestyle Relay
At Texas, diving will also compete for three straight straight days against teams from Texas, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, TCU and North Texas at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center (1900 Red River St. Austin, TX 78712).
The diving schedule is as follows:
Thursday, Nov. 17
11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m., Men's 1 Meter Prelims
12:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m., Women's 3 Meter Prelims
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., Men's 1 Meter Finals
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Women's 3 Meter Finals
Friday, Nov. 18
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Women's 1 Meter Prelims
1:30 p.m.–2:15 p.m., Men's 3 Meter Prelims
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., Women's 1 Meter Finals
6:30 p.m.– 7:30 p.m., Men's 3 Meter Finals
Saturday, Nov. 19
10:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m., Women's Platform Finals
12:45 p.m.–1:30 p.m., Men's Platform Finals
After defeating then-No. 14 USC for the first time in 13 years, the Sun Devil men made one of the biggest leaps in the Nov. 9 CSCAA Coaches Poll, moving from No. 24 to No. 11. The women are also receiving votes. The CSCAA Poll is released every other week throughout the season.
LAST TIME OUT
Then-No. 24, the Sun Devil men earned their first win over then-No. 14 USC in 13 years, defeating the Trojans 156.50-142.50 in Los Angeles. The victory came in exciting fashion as original scores said the teams had tied but a scoring discrepancy was detected and the Sun Devils were notified of the milestone victory after the fact. The win improved the team to 4-0 on the season.
The ASU women faced top-five USC and then-No. 15 UCLA and, despite facing their first two losses of the season, picked up several impressive individual victories vs. the Bruins. Marlies Ross won three individual events (100 and 200-yard breast, 200-yard IM) while Alysha Bush won both sprint freestyle events (50 and 100-yard free).
NEXT UP
After this weekend, the teams have nearly a month off to train between competitions and the women next host Northern Arizona on Friday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. The men's next competition is Friday, Jan. 20 as both teams host Stanford at 2 p.m.