Swimming Travels to Charlotte to Tackle Queens Saturday – College of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina swimming returns to motion Saturday, touring to Charlotte, N.C., to face Queens within the first twin meet of the brand new yr. Competition will start at 11 a.m. and can solely characteristic swimming occasions.

In the most recent CSCAA Division I ballot, the Gamecock ladies are ranked seventeenth nationally and enter the meet with an unblemished 4-0 file. The males’s workforce sits at 0-3 on the season after a third-place end on the Gamecock Invitational.

Amy Riordan continues to rank among the many nation’s prime performers, sitting seventh within the SEC within the 100-yard backstroke, second within the 200-yard backstroke and tenth within the 200-yard freestyle. Nora Fluck additionally holds a top-10 convention mark, rating eighth within the 1,000-yard freestyle, whereas Delaney Franklin checks in at thirteenth within the SEC within the 200-yard breaststroke.

On the boys’s aspect, Connor Fry ranks sixth within the convention within the 1,650-yard freestyle following a dominant victory on the Gamecock Invitational. Eldor Usmonov additionally stands among the many league’s prime rivals, rating inside the highest 15 within the 100-yard butterfly.

The Gamecocks return to the Carolina Natatorium on Saturday, Jan. 10, to host Virginia Tech within the last residence meet of the season. Events start at 10 a.m., with a senior day celebration to comply with.