﻿{"id":327077,"date":"2018-08-27T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=327077"},"modified":"2018-08-27T12:17:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T19:17:34","slug":"ohio-state-swimming-and-diving-posts-challenging-2018-19-meet-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ohio-state-swimming-and-diving-posts-challenging-2018-19-meet-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Swimming and Diving Posts Challenging 2018-19 Meet Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2013 The Ohio State swimming and diving program announced the competition slate for the 2018-19 season on Wednesday, featuring nine home events and the first-ever Big Ten\/ACC Challenge. OSU faces strong competition with meets against Texas A&amp;M and Louisville, Virginia Tech and Penn State, the annual Ohio State Invitational and a tri-meet with Florida and Kentucky among the highlights.<u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cOur team communicated a desire to take on a more ambitious schedule,\u201d said <strong>Bill Dorenkott<\/strong>, director of swimming &amp; diving. \u201cWe believe this schedule will provide the challenges necessary to best prepare us for Big Ten\u2019s and NCAA\u2019s. Our goals are simple: battle for conference titles and become a consistent top ten team at the NCAA\u2019s. This schedule will show us if we are on track.\u201d<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">The Buckeyes open the season at home with a meet against Alabama on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618755\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sept. 27<\/span><\/span> after traveling to Tuscaloosa, Ala., during the 2017-18 season and coming away with a win for both the men and women. Ohio State will then host its annual alumni weekend from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618756\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Oct. 5-6<\/span><\/span>, featuring an intrasquad exhibition and alumni meet. The following weekend, Texas A&amp;M and Louisville will come to McCorkle for a two-day tri-meet on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618757\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Oct. 13-14<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 The Texas A&amp;M women took third overall at the NCAA Championships, while the men\u2019s team was the SEC Championship runner-up last season. The Louisville women\u2019s team boasts a defending individual NCAA Champion and the men\u2019s team finished as the runner-up at the ACC Championships.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">The first road trip of the Buckeye season takes the team to Blacksburg, Va., for a meet against Virginia Tech and Penn State on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618758\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Oct. 26-27<\/span><\/span>. Ohio State will meet Virginia Tech for the first time since the hiring of head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sergio-lopez-named-head-coach-at-virginia-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sergio Lopez<\/strong> <strong>Miro<\/strong><\/a>, and faces its first conference opponent of the season. OSU returns home to host Denison and the Akron women to open the month of November (2).<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">OSU welcomes Kenyon on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618759\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Nov. 9<\/span><\/span> before heading to West Lafayette, Ind., for the inaugural Big Ten\/ACC Challenge on the campus of Purdue on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618760\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Nov. 10-11<\/span><\/span>. Ohio State director of swimming and diving Bill Dorenkott will be the assistant coach for the Big Ten men\u2019s team. The short-course yards dual meet will follow a similar format to the 2016 College Challenge, in which a running score will be kept combining the points earned by both the women and men. At least two male and two female swimmers from each institution will be designated to compete, but no more than five males and five females from each school will participate. Additionally, for divers, there will be no more than two males and two females from each school. Numbers may vary based on men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming program membership, as well as selection to the All-Star team based on personal event times and diving results.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">The annual Ohio State Invitational takes place the third weekend in November (15-17), when the Buckeyes host 10 teams at McCorkle. Kentucky, Notre Dame, the Indiana State women, West Virginia, a small group from Kenyon, the Ohio women, Stanford women, Yale, Penn State and Pitt will all be in attendance. Of note, the Stanford women are the reigning NCAA Champions.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59274\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59274\" data-attachment-id=\"59274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ohio-state-swim-club-sets-pair-of-national-age-group-relay-marks-at-jos-loses-one-to-dq\/ohio-state-pool\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ohio-state-pool.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ohio-state-pool\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6\/15\/17&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Ohio State Swim Club&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ohio-state-pool-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ohio-state-pool-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59274\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ohio-state-pool-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Ohio State Swim Club<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">Closing out November and surging into December, OSU athletes will split between the AT&amp;T Winter National Championships in Atlanta, Ga., from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618761\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Nov. 28 to Dec. 1<\/span><\/span>, and the Denison Invitational from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618762\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Nov. 29 to Dec. 1<\/span><\/span>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">To open 2019, the Buckeyes will head south to Gainesville, Fla., for a meet with Florida and Kentucky on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618763\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Jan. 4-5<\/span><\/span>. The road stretch continues against Michigan in Ann Arbor on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618764\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Jan. 19<\/span><\/span>, followed by the Shamrock Invitational on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618765\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Jan. 25-26<\/span><\/span> in Notre Dame, Ind.<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">Returning to the friendly confines of McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Ohio State will host the Winter Invitational on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618766\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Feb. 16-19<\/span><\/span> before embarking on the chase for a conference title. The women travel to Bloomington, Ind., from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618767\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Feb. 20-23<\/span><\/span> for the Big Ten Championships, and the men will be in Iowa City, Iowa, from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618768\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Feb. 27 to March 2<\/span><\/span>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">OSU is set to host a women\u2019s Last Chance Meet on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618769\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 3<\/span><\/span>, and a men\u2019s Last Chance Meet is to be announced for <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618770\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 10<\/span><\/span>. The squad will then participate in the CSCAA National Invitational Championship in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the NCAA Zone Diving Meet in West Lafayette, Ind., both from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618771\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 14-16<\/span><\/span>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5625883048878269062MsoNoSpacing\">Wrapping up the post-season, the women\u2019s NCAA Championships are from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618772\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 20-23<\/span><\/span> and the men\u2019s NCAA Championships take place on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735618773\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 27-30<\/span><\/span>, both in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Ohio State Athletics<\/i><i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i>\u00a0<b><i>Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2013 The Ohio State swimming and diving program announced the competition slate for the 2018-19 season on Wednesday, featuring nine home events and the first-ever Big Ten\/ACC Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":320060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[62136,62493,10294,36297,67195,60670,70482,46328],"class_list":["post-327077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-big-10-swimming","tag-big-ten-swimming","tag-bill-dorenkott","tag-college-swimming","tag-division-i-swimming-diving","tag-ohio-state-athletics","tag-ohio-state-swimming-diving","tag-sergio-lopez-miro"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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