Swimming & Diving Set to Host Battle at The Burr IV

WASHINGTON (October 3, 2025) – This is a giant weekend of sports activities with Howard University Department of Athletics. No, it’s not homecoming. That is three weeks away.
 

For these of you who’ve been below a rock the previous three years and haven’t adopted the swimming and diving program at The Mecca, it’s the annual Battle at The Burr (BATB). The occasion options one of the crucial thrilling swimming and diving occasions in all of faculty sports activities. The headline is the twin competitors between the Howard males’s and ladies’s swimming & diving groups in opposition to crosstown Georgetown University.
 
But that is what BATB separates itself from all different collegiate meets. Each yr, the occasion, which began in 2022 below Howard Director of Swimming and Diving Nicholas Askew, will get larger and greater.
 
“We are excited about the Battle at The Burr,” mentioned Askew, who has taken this system to nice heights throughout his tenure. “There will be standing room only, a DJ, food all kinds of festivities for the fans, alums and families. And of course, the competition between Howard and Georgetown. Since we decided to make this our home opener each year, it has grown each year and has sold out.”
 
The festivities formally get underway Friday night time (Oct. 3) with the entree. It will kick off with a VIP occasion that includes the movie, “When Everybody Swims.” Through the voices of Olympic athletes, water security consultants and households who’ve skilled each triumph and loss, When Everyone Swims explores the important function of swimming in our lives. The movie dives into the challenges of studying to swim, the limitations that preserve individuals from swimming. It reveals how one thing so simple as swim classes can imply the distinction between life and loss of life. Former Olympians Cullen Jones and Lily King are featured, together with members of the Howard swim and dive group, together with Coach Askew.
 
Following the movie, there can be a panel dialogue, together with Askew, Jones, Joy Reid, former host of the ReidOut on MSNBC and now a podcast host, Howard alum and assistant coach Miriam Lynch, Ph.D, and Howard Vice President of Athletics Kery Davis.
 
Then, Saturday (Oct. 4), the enjoyable begins. In addition to the annual extremely aggressive meet between the crosstown rivals, there can be various thrilling actions. There is a cause it’s referred to as the Party on the Pool. 
 
The occasion has formally bought out; nonetheless, it will likely be reside streamed. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m., and the competitors and celebration on the pool will formally get underway at 2 p.m.
 
For extra info, go to the official Howard Athletics web site at www.hubison.com.