CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Nov. 19, 2009) – The Rutgers swimming and diving team travels to Cambridge, Mass. for the Harvard Invitational – a three-day affair – this Friday, Nov. 20. In addition to Harvard, Rutgers will face Columbia, Sacred Heart and Wagner in Blodgett Pool.
The meet gets underway with the first preliminary session Friday at 11 a.m. Friday’s finals will be held at 6 p.m. The same schedule will be in place Saturday, with diving also competing all day. Sunday’s preliminary heats will begin at 9:30 a.m. Diving will continue throughout the day, and early heats of the 1,650-yard freestyle will begin around 1 p.m. The last finals session will get underway Sunday at 4 p.m.
The Scarlet Knights received attention from the national poll voters, receiving a vote in the first CollegeSwimming.com/College Swimming Coaches Association of America Division I Swimming and Diving Team Poll of the season.
RU is perfect thus far in 2009, defeating Connecticut, Villanova and West Virginia in head-to-head competition. Two swimmers – seniors Shayna Longacre (Barto, Pa.) and Catherine Whetstone (Haven Beach, N.J.) – have earned BIG EAST Swimmer of the Week honors. Longacre was part of six wins, three individual and three relays, which including setting three pool records at UConn. Whetstone earned BIG EAST Athlete of the Week after winning three races Saturday.
