Poppell Proclaims 2025-26 Swimming and Diving Schedule – College of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina swimming and diving head coach Jeff Poppell introduced his staff’s 2025-26 slate at present, together with 4 house meets along with the staff’s annual intersquad scrimmage. The Gamecock ladies are coming off a fifth-place exhibiting finally yr’s SEC Championships and a top-25 end on the NCAA Championships.

Following the Sept. 26 Garnet & Black Intersquad, South Carolina formally opens its season on Wed., Oct. 8, at 3 p.m. at Carolina Natatorium towards Georgia, which completed noticed each its groups end fourth within the 2025 SEC Championships. The Gamecock ladies keep in SEC motion with a visit to Arkansas on Oct. 11, after which the boys’s and girls’s groups come again collectively for a street meet at Florida State on Oct. 31.

Back at house, the Gamecocks welcome North Carolina to Columbia for a Fri., Nov. 7, meet. It marks the fourth-straight season the 2 packages will meet within the common season.

The annual Gamecock Invitational is about for Nov. 19-21 with South Carolina welcoming a bunch of regional opponents to the natatorium for a swimming-only three-day meet. The Gamecock divers will head to the Tennessee Invitational for the weekend.

The Gamecock swimmers will compete at Queens on Sat., Jan. 3, earlier than the ultimate swimming and diving house meet of the season on Sat., Jan. 10, towards Virginia Tech. That meet would be the third between the 2 groups within the final three seasons with the Gamecock ladies on a two-meet win streak towards the Hokies.

A street journey to Georgia Tech, which additionally consists of the ladies competing towards Miami, on Jan. 24 would be the staff’s last tune-up forward of postseason motion. Swimmers who won’t compete at SEC will journey to Charlottesville, Va., for the UVA Cavalier Invitational Feb. 5-7.

The 2026 SEC Championships can be in Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 16-21 with the Gamecock ladies seeking to enhance on final yr’s fifth-place exhibiting, this system’s greatest since 2004.

The UGA final Chance Invitational Feb. 28-Mar. 1 will give swimmers a last likelihood to qualify for NCAAs. Divers will qualify for NCAA Championships through the NCAA Zone B meet Mar. 8-11 in Athens, Ga.

The Gamecocks break up up for NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., with the ladies’s qualifiers competing Mar. 18-21 and the boys’s group hitting the pool Mar. 25-28.

Continue to verify GamecocksOn-line.com and the staff’s social media accounts (@GamecockSwmDive) for probably the most up-to-date info on the swimming and diving program.

South Carolina Swimming & Diving 2025-26 Schedule
Sept. 26 – Garnet & Black Intersquad (Exh) – 3 p.m.
Oct. 8 – Georgia – 3 p.m.
Oct. 11 – at Arkansas (W) – 11 a.m.
Oct. 31 – at Florida State – Noon
Nov. 7 – North Carolina – 3 p.m.
Nov. 19-21 – Gamecock Inv (swim solely) – All Day
Nov. 19-21 – Tennessee Inv (dive solely) – All Day
Jan. 3 – at Queens (swim solely) – Noon
Jan. 10 – Virginia Tech – 10 a.m.
Jan. 24 – at Georgia Tech / vs. Miami (W) – 11 a.m.
Feb. 5-7 – at UVA Cavalier Inv – All Day
Feb. 16-21 – SEC Championships (Knoxville, TN) – All Day
Feb. 28-Mar 1 – at UGA Last Chance Inv – All Day
Mar 8-11 – NCAA Zone B Diving (Athens, GA) – All Day
Mar 18-21 – Women’s NCAA Championships (Atlanta, GA) – All Day)
Mar 25-28 – Men’s NCAA Championships (Atlanta, GA) – All Day