Alabama Swimming and Diving Travels to Birmingham This Friday for Its Road Opener

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's and women's swimming and diving squads return to action this Friday at 3 p.m. CT at the Birmingham Crossplex where the Crimson Tide faces off against Birmingham Southern.

This will be the Tide's first road competition of the season after opening at home on Sept. 24 with wins against Delta State. It will be Birmingham Southern's second meet of the season, and first at home, after opening on the road with a tri-meet against West Florida and Emory.

Head Coach Margo Geer Said

"We're looking forward to getting back to competition after a month of heavy training following our season opener against Delta State. It's a quick trip up the road to the Birmingham CrossPlex and we hope our fans in the area will be able to join us. This is a good point for us to get up and compete and see where we are and for our rookies it's a chance to experience a road competition before we roll into our winter invitational in Knoxville next month."

Early Times Still Ranked in the Top-25 Nationally

The Crimson Tide opened its season with one of the first meets in the nation, taking on Delta State on Sept. 24
Alabama has five performances ranked in the top-25 nationally from September
Morgan Scott is ranked 15^th in the women's 50 backstroke with a 25.15, the only time from September in the top 25
Matt Menke is 14^th (47.79) and Derek Maas is 16^th (47.83) in the men's 100 backstroke, with the only times among the top 25 from September
Menke is ranked 17^th in the men's 50 backstroke with a 22.29, the only time from September in the top 25
Avery Wiseman is 23^rd in the 100 breaststroke after laying down a 1:01.97, the fastest time in the nation from the month of September

Last Time Out

Alabama opened the 2021-22 season with a strong showing on Sept. 24 with a sweep of Delta State at the Alabama Aquatic Center, with the men winning 223-72 and the women coming out on top, 217-78
Alabama won all 32 events on the day, including four relays, four diving events and 24 individual races
Matt Menke paced the Tide men with four wins, leading off UA's winning 200 medley relay to open the meet before going on to take top honors in the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 individual medley
Rookie Avery Wiseman, blazed a similar path for the Tide women, swimming the breaststroke leg on the Tide's first-place 200 medley relay for her first win wearing the crimson and white, before going on to reel off two individual victories in the 100 and 200 breaststroke

Up Next

Following its meet against Birmingham Southern, the Crimson Tide returns to the Alabama Aquatic Center to open its Southeastern Conference slate against LSU on Friday, Nov. 5
The Alabama-LSU meet is slated to start at 12 p.m. CT with diving, while the swimming events will get underway at 1 p.m. CT

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