Alabama Swimming and Diving Set for Tennessee Invitational

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Alabama swimming and diving men's and women's teams are set to begin competition at the Tennessee Invitational on Thursday. The three-day event emulates postseason competition with prelims and finals each day.

The Crimson Tide men and women are both 3-0-0 overall, and 1-0-0 in Southeastern Conference competition coming into the weekend.

Head Coach Margo Geer Said

"We're excited to be in Knoxville and for the competition to get underway. We've been working hard all fall and this will be a great meet for us to see where we stand collectively as a team up to this point in the season. We are battling against some of the top teams in the country and we welcome the challenge this presents. We're excited to compete the next three days and confident this will help prepare us for the next phase of our season."

Tennessee Invitational Schedule (All Times Central)

Thursday's and Friday's prelims start at 9 a.m. for swimming and 12 p.m. for diving
Thursday's and Friday's finals start at 4 p.m. for diving and 5 p.m. for swimming
Saturday's prelims start at 9 a.m. with the timed finals of the 1,650 freestyle starting at 11 a.m. and diving prelims starting at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday's finals start at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday's events include the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, women's 1-meter diving, men's 3-meter diving, 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay

Alabama in the Top-25 Nationally

Alabama has 12 swims ranked in the top-25 nationally following early season meets
Rhyan White is 10^th in the 200 backstroke (1:55.68), 16^th in the 50 backstroke (24.88) and 17^th in the 100 backstroke (53.27), with all three swims coming against LSU
Kensey McMahon is 12^th in the 1,000 freestyle after posting a 9:53.48 against LSU
Avery Wiseman is 12^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.44) and 19^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.18) with both swims coming against LSU
Matt Menke is 16th in the men's 50 backstroke after going 21.91 against Birmingham Southern
Menke's 47.68 against LSU in the men's 100 backstroke ranks 22^nd nationally
Derek Maas is also ranked in the men's 100 backstroke, going 47.83 against Delta State to stand 25th nationally
Maas is also 14^th in the 100 breaststroke with a 53.51 against LSU
Kalia Antoniou is 23^rd in the women's 50 freestyle with a 22.70 against LSU
Morgan Scott is 25th in the women's 50 backstroke, with a 25.15 from the Tide's September meet against Delta State

Last Time Out

Alabama picked up decisive wins over the LSU Tigers on Nov. 5 at the Alabama Aquatic Center in the Crimson Tide's Southeastern Conference opener
The UA women downed the Tigers 194.5-105.5, while the men came out on top 170-130
The Alabama women won 11 individual races and both relays against LSU, while the Tide men won seven individual races and both relays

SEC Honors

Alabama has picked up conference "of the Week" honors following its last two dual meets
Avery Wiseman, who has won six races across her first three dual meets, was named SEC Freshman of the Week following the Crimson Tide's win over LSU
Kaique Alves was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after the Tide's win at Birmingham Southern

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