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Swimming & Diving

Hokies kickstart the new year in Charlotte

BLACKSBURG – After the holiday break, the Hokies are ready to jump into the 2023 season, competing against Queens and Tennessee on Jan 7 in Charlotte, N.C. 

MEET INFORMATION
Date/Time: January 7, 2023 | 11 a.m.
Opponents: Queens & Tennessee
Location: Levine Aquatic Center
Livestream: Here

The Hokies are returning from a successful previous month. At the beginning of December, Emma Atkinson, Caroline Bentz, AJ Pouch and Forest Webb qualified for the 2024 Olympic Trials at the U.S. Open Championships in Greensboro.

During the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships in mid-December, Carles Coll Marti, Luis Dominguez, Mario Molla Yanes and Youssef Ramadan broke multiple national records for their home countries and took home many personal best times.

Carrying this momentum into the second part of the season, the Hokies are training hard in preparation for their upcoming meets this month. 

RANKINGS

The Virginia Tech men are currently fifth in the ACC and were ranked 19th in the December College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America poll. The Hokie women currently sit at sixth in the ACC and were named an honorable mention in the December CSCAA poll. 

The Hokies will take on Queens with both the men's and women's teams ranked first in the CCSA. 

The Tennessee men currently sit at first in the SEC and third in the NCAA. The women are ranked fourth in the SEC and 13th in the NCAA. In the December CSCAA poll, the Tennessee men ranked sixth and the women ranked 14th. 

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