Georgia Men and Women Travel to Tennessee

ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia men's and women's swimming and diving squads will travel to Knoxville on Saturday to take on Tennessee.

The meet begins at 11 a.m. in the Allan Jones Aquatic Center and will be broadcast on the SEC Network with Rich Burk doing play-by-play accompanied by Rowdy Gaines (swimming) and Cynthia Potter (diving) offering analysis.

The Lady Bulldogs are 2-2 and stand 11th nationally, while the Bulldogs are 12th with a mark of 2-2. The No. 5 Lady Volunteers are 4-2 and the No. 11 Volunteers are 4-3.

"I think the thing we want to accomplish as a team is being competitive, like we were against Texas, keeping our focus the whole meet," said junior Javier Acevedo. "We know that they're a strong team swimming- and diving-wise, so if we compete at the level that we did against Texas, I think we'll end up on top."

"I'm excited for the Tennessee meet because we've had a lot of meets at home this season," said junior diver McKensi Austin. "This is only our second traveling meet, which has been nice because it's given us a good prep going into SECs. I'm excited to get on the road and get in a new environment, and it's always nice to get that outside practice in for going into postseason."

Currently, six Georgia swimmers hold 10 spots on the top-10 times lists in the country.

Junior Veronica Burchill is ranked No. 7 in both the 100 freestyle (47.37) and in the 100 butterfly (51.35). Sophomore Courtney Harnish is No. 3 in the 500 freestyle (4:43.06) and No. 8 in the 1,000 freestyle (9:45.52). Freshman Dakota Luther holds the sixth-best time in the 200 butterfly (1:53.55).

Sophomore Greg Reed stands No. 3 in the 1,000 freestyle (8:55.600) and No. 9 in the 1,650 freestyle (14:50.86). Sophomore Camden Murphy is No. 3 in the 100 butterfly (45.47) and has the No. 4 spot in the 200 butterfly (1:41.51). Acevedo has the fifth-fastest time in the 200 backstroke (1:39.88).

This will be the last conference meet for Georgia before hosting the SEC Championships in February.

Georgia returns home for Senior Day against Emory on Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. The 2019 SEC Championships will take place at Gabrielsen Natatorium Feb. 19-23.

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Players Mentioned

Javier Acevedo

McKensi Austin

Veronica Burchill

Courtney Harnish

Dakota Luther

Camden Murphy

Greg Reed

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