Courtesy: UC San Diego Athletics
LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego swimming and diving team will open up the 2021-22 season with two meets on the road this weekend. The swimming team will travel to take part in the USC Invitational, while the diving team will compete in the Lancer Invite hosted by California Baptist.
DETAILS
USC Invitational (Swim)
- Oct. 15 – 2 p.m. & Oct. 16 – 9 a.m. (PT)
- Uytengsu Aquatics Center – Los Angeles, Calif.
- Live Results
- Participating teams: UC San Diego, USC, UNLV, TCU
Lancer Invite (Diving)
- Oct. 16 – TBD
- Lancer Aquatic Center – Riverside, Calif.
- Live Results
- Participating teams: UC San Diego, California Baptist, Cal Poly, Grand Canyon, Pacific, Air Force
RETURNING TO THE POOL
This weekend will mark the first competition for both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams since the MPSF Championships in March of 2020. The Tritons make their return to the pool—their first as a Division I program—after opting out of the 2020-21 season.
FRESH FACES
UC San Diego will welcome 14 newcomers to its roster for the 2021-22 season, including five women and nine men. Eight scholar-athletes join the Tritons from California, while Arizona, Hawaii and Washington are also represented. The roster also boasts two international additions, traveling from Germany and Serbia.
RETURNING TALENT
UC San Diego returns 31 letterwinners for the 2021-22 season and 10 sophomores who have yet to compete for the Tritons. Among the top returners, Juli Arzave, Spencer Daily and Ivan Kurakin all competed in the recent Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. in June of 2021.
IT’S A LANCE FREIMAN TAKEOVER
Junior Lance Freiman will be taking over the @ucsdswimdive Instagram account on Friday, Oct. 15. Follow along as Lance and his teammates share a behind the scenes look at meet day in Los Angeles.
LOOKING AHEAD
Up next, UC San Diego will host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m. (PT) to begin a stretch of three home meets at Canyonview Aquatic Center.
MPSF CONFERENCE
The Tritons enter year three of competing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference and their first as a Division I program. The conference features all Division I schools including BYU, Cal Poly SLO, Hawaii, Pacific, San Diego (women), UC Davis (women), UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.
Competing as the only Division II school in the conference in 2019-20, the men finished fourth and the women finished fifth.
UC SAN DIEGO AND COVID-19
UC San Diego’s nationally renowned Return to Learn program was created to return to in-person teaching, learning, conducting pioneering research and serving our communities in the safest way possible. The program has three adaptive pillars that are central to our strategy to resume on-campus activity: risk mitigation, viral detection, and intervention.
For the latest information on UC San Diego and COVID-19, please visit the University’s Return to Learn site.
ATTENDING THE MEETS
Per the current COVID-19 guidelines set by the state of California, the County of San Diego and UC San Diego, fans are permitted to attend home meets at Canyonview Aquatic Center. However, all fans are required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within 48 hours of the event. All fans must wear a mask covering their nose and mouth at all times and food is not permitted inside Canyonview Aquatic Center. For more information, click here.
Admission to UC San Diego home swim meets is free, but parking permits are required seven days per week on campus. For UC San Diego Parking information, click here.
