INDIANAPOLIS – The GLVC Sports Network will stream 24 hours of 2016 Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, which begins Wednesday at the Crawfordsville Aquatic Center in Crawfordsville, Indiana, located an hour west of Indianapolis.
The four-day meet spans Feb. 10-13, and will feature a total of 303 student-athletes from nine men’s teams and nine women’s squads representing 10 member institutions. Eight GLVC schools currently sponsor both men’s and women’s swimming and diving, including Bellarmine University, Drury University, University of Indianapolis, Lewis University, Maryville University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Truman State University, and William Jewell College. Missouri S&T currently fields a men’s squad and Quincy University is in its first year of existence with its women’s program.
GLVC swimming and diving fans will be treated to 24 hours of live and free coverage, 16 of which will be produced for finals competition. John Edwards will have the GLVCSN call over the four-day meet.
In addition to the 16 hours of finals competition, an additional eight hours will be bonus coverage, showing preliminary roundson Thursday, Friday and Saturday with graphics and select audio.
Drury swept both the men’s and women’s titles at the 2014 and 2015 GLVC Championships.
Last year on the men’s side, Drury scored 834 points in the win, followed by Missouri S&T (608.5), Indianapolis (584.5), Lewis (486.5), William Jewell (481.5), Truman State (412), Missouri-St. Louis (189) and Bellarmine (164).
Drury’s women’s team scored 1,008 points in the win, while Truman State netted a runner-up finish with 769.5 points. Indianapolis (510) was third, followed by William Jewell (500), Lewis (479), Bellarmine (245), Maryville(166) and Missouri-St. Louis (6).
Drury went on to finish second on the men’s and women’s side at the 2015 NCAA Division II Championships. Prior to the 2015 campaign, the Panthers had earned 10 straight and 11 overall national titles since coming on board as a Division II member in 1994. The Panthers have won 10 NCAA crowns on the women’s side and have claimed five out of the last seven national titles, including the 2013 and 2014 crowns.
Finishing behind Drury last year as the only other women’s team to score was Truman State in 35th place. For the men, Missouri S&T came in 16th, Lewis was right behind the Miners at 17th, Truman State was tied for 26th and William Jewell finished 30th.
The GLVC ranks among the NCAA Division II powerhouse conferences as four teams are ranked on the men’s side with three women’s squads also recognized in the latest College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Top 25 Poll. No. 5 Drury is the league’s top-ranked men’s team, followed by No. 7 Indianapolis, No. 18 Missouri S&T, and No. 24 Lewis. The Panthers also pace the GLVC in the women’s rankings at No. 3, followed by No. 14 Truman State, and No. 22 Indianapolis.
Action gets underway Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. ET with the preliminaries of the 200 IM and 50 Freestyle, as well as all timed finals of the 1,000 Freestyle except for the final heat. In the evening session, the final heat of the 1,000 Free will take place at 6 p.m., followed by the finals of the 200 IM, 50 Free, and the 200 Medley Relay.
All-session passes good for all four days are $30, while single-day passes for adults are $10, and $5 for students, seniors 65 and older, and children 6-12. Kids ages 5 and under are admitted free.
Live results of the conference meet are available on at GLVCsports.com/GLVCswim16 or by downloading the “Meet Mobile” app for Apple and Android users. Live streaming can also be found on the GLVC Swimming and Diving Championship website or by logging on to GLVCsports.com/watch. Fans can also follow the championship coverage on Twitter via the hashtag, #GLVCswim.
Swimming news courtesy of GLVCSN.
Just watched GLVC Sports Network Livestream for swimming conference. It is great to have live streaming offered especially for swimming! Their network needs a lot of work though in streaming feed drops off a lot (I used multiple devices) and usually at highlight point (Ugh) John Edwards does an okay job for swim announcing but isn’t consistent in announcing such as all teams/swimmers in lanes at the beginning of race or immediately after start you finish. There is just dead air space, so very easy to fix so us streaming know lane assignment. Also, how do you not announce when Drury Men’s 400Medley Relay was DQ’d when they were in the battle at end of relay. I thought ok he… Read more »
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