San Diego State Swimming & Diving Opens Season Friday

Photo Courtesy: Mountain West Conference

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State swimming & diving team begins its 2017-18 season on Friday, making the 9.2-mile trip via I-8 to the University of San Diego for a swim-only meet at the USD Sports Center Pool beginning at 1:30 p.m.

San Diego State’s 2017-18 roster features 11 newcomers, divided between nine freshmen and two transfers. The team returns 20 members of last season’s team that finished second in the Mountain West Championships.

Returners include McKenna Meyer, who was named Freshman of the Meet of the Mountain West Championships a season ago. She is joined by Frida Berggren, who placed third in the individual medley, second in the 200 butterfly, and 200 in the individual medley in the MWC last year. Other all-conference returners include Alexandra Caplan (diving), Nicole Dutton (diving), Summer Harrison (fly), Rachael Kelch (IM, fly), Morganne McKennan (breast), and Alma Thormalm (free).

Over the last eight years, SDSU has captured three conference titles, three second-place finishes and a pair of third-place results in the Mountain West.

Complete San Diego State Swimming & Diving Schedule

The Aztecs see a travel-heavy start to the campaign, with SDSU competing at Nevada, Pepperdine, Fresno State, UC Davis and USC to start the year. SDSU competes in the Nevada Relays hosted in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 30, and the SDSU divers will make the trip up I-5 to compete in the Trojan Invite from Nov. 10-12.

SDSU will see its first action at the Aztec Aquaplex with the A3 Invitational from Nov. 16-18. Although the event will take place on the SDSU campus, UC San Diego serves as the official hosts for the annual swim-only event.

The Aztecs close 2017 with three consecutive home events, including a dual meet against Pepperdine and UCSD on Dec. 1, a dual meet against Air Force and Cal Poly on Dec. 22, and a dual meet against Oregon State on Dec. 30. The transition to 2018 begins with another home meet, hosting Fresno State, Colorado State, and New Mexico on Jan. 8.

Divers will compete at the UCLA Diving Invite from Jan. 12-14. SDSU then finishes the 2017-18 regular season at home with a senior meet against USD on Jan. 19.

The Mountain West Championships take place in San Antonio, Texas, from Feb. 14-17, as the Aztecs will look to build on a second-place finish last year. The Zone E Diving Championships take place March 5-7, in Flagstaff, Ariz., and the NCAA Championships occur one week later in Columbus, Ohio, from March 14-16.

Press releases courtesy of San Diego State Swimming.

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