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South Carolina Opens Season at Home with Kentucky

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 1

October 12th, 2016 College, SEC

Meet Facts

  • Date: Thursday, Oct. 13
  • Time: Noon ET
  • Facility: Carolina Natatorium
  • Location: Columbia, SC

The University of South Carolina Swimming and Diving program hits the pool for the first time in 2016 as they host SEC foe Kentucky on Thursday at noon at the Carolina Natatorium in the Blatt P.E. Center.

South Carolina is in action for the first time since they ended the 2015-16 season in Atlanta for the NCAA Championships, where the men finished 17th overall and the women finished 29th.

Kentucky opens their 2016 season at Auburn Wednesday, before heading to Columbia to face Carolina. The Wildcats and Gamecocks last met Oct. 10, 2014, when the South Carolina men won 207.5-92.5, but the Kentucky women won 177-123. The Gamecock men won 14 of 16 events en route to their 115-point win over the Wildcats.

At the SEC Championship in February, Kentucky’s men finished ninth, while their women’s team finished eighth. South Carolina’s men finished seventh and the women finished eleventh.

For the latest updates on South Carolina swimming and diving, follow the Gamecocks on Twitter and Instagram (@gamecockswim).

Courtesy of South Carolina Athletics

 

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GRUBBY_1
8 years ago

Well, ok then, SEC and World meet Junior Pan Pac stud flier, Will Riggs………….all of Virginia is pulling for you!

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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