The Nebraska swimming and diving team will face another difficult schedule following a successful year in dual competition, in which the team finished with a 5-1 record just last season.
The Huskers begin their season with the CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Championships held in Lawrence, Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. Two weeks later, the Huskers host the annual Scarlet v.s Cream Intrasquad meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Natatorium on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m.
The Huskers then shift into regular-season gear with two road meets in the same weekend. The first falls on Friday, Oct. 11, where the Huskers face the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in Brookings, South Dakota. The next day, Saturday, Oct. 12, the Huskers move on to Cedar Falls to face the University of Northern Iowa Panthers.
The following week, the Huskers return home for a dual with the Iowa State Cyclones at the Devaney Center Natatorium on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 12:00 p.m. The Husker swimmers will take the next two weeks off before hopping back on the road to revisit Lawrence, Kansas to dual with the Jayhawks on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 2:00 p.m.
The road stretch continues for the swimmers as they head to Missouri for the Mizzou Invite in Columbus from Wednesday, Nov. 20 to Friday, Nov. 22. Following the week and a half break, the Huskers will split up with two meets during the same time period. First, the U.S Open held in Atlanta, Georgia from Wednesday, Dec. 4 through Saturday, Dec. 7 and second, the Minnesota Diving Invitational held in Minneapolis, Minnesota from Thursday, Dec. 5 to Saturday, Dec. 7.
The next Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Husker divers will extend their trip to the U.S. Diving World Cup Trials at a location TBA.
After the semester break, the swimmers will host back to back meets at the Devaney Center Natatorium. The first meet will be a dual with the Omaha Mavericks on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 11:00 a.m. The next week, the Huskers second home meet in a row and final home meet, the team will face the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 11:00 a.m.
The Huskers then travel to Piscataway, New Jersey to dual the Rutger Scarlet Knights from Friday, Jan. 31 through Saturday, February 1 at 5:00 p.m.
A week and half later, the Husker swimmers travel to Iowa City, Iowa for the Big Ten Championships from Wednesday, February 19, to Saturday, Feb. 22. Immediately following the week, the team travels to Missouri again for the Last Chance meet from Saturday, Feb. 29 to Sunday, Mar. 1.
The Husker divers will then head to Dallas, Texas for the NCAA Zone Diving Meet from Monday, Mar. 9 to Wednesday, Mar. 11.
The team will head to the NCAA Championships for the final post-season meet in Athens, Georgia from Wednesday, Mar. 18 to Saturday, Mar. 21.
After the season is complete, swimmers and divers will be compete for the U.S Olympic Trials. The divers will head to Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, June 13 to Sunday, June 21. The swimmers will drive the short hour to Omaha for their trials the following week, beginning on Sunday, June 21 to Saturday, June 28.
NEBRASKA SWIMMING & DIVING
2019-20 SCHEDULE
Sat. Sep. 14 CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Lawrence, KS 10:00 a.m.
Fri. Sep. 27 SCARLET V. CREAM INTRASQUAD Bob Devaney Pool 4:00 p.m.
Fri. Oct 11 @ South Dakota State Brookings, SD TBD
Sat. Oct. 12 @ Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA TBD
Sat. Oct. 19 IOWA STATE Bob Devaney Pool 12:00 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 9 @ Kansas Lawrence, KS 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 20-22 @ Mizzou Invite Columbia, MO All Day
Dec. 4-7 @ U.S. Open Atlanta, GA All Day
Dec. 5-7 @ Minnesota Diving Invitational Minneapolis, MN All Day
Dec.(TBA) @ U.S. Diving World Cup Trials TBA All Day
Jan. 4-11 @ Holiday Training Trip Palm Beach, FL All Day
Sat. Jan. 18 NEBRASKA-OMAHA Bob Devaney Pool 11:00 a.m.
Sat. Jan. 25 ILLINOIS Bob Devaney Pool 11:00 a.m.
Fri. Jan.31 @ Rutgers (session 1) Piscataway, NJ 5:00 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 1 @ Rutgers (session 2) Piscataway, NJ 10:00 a.m.
Feb. 19-22 @ Big 10 Conference Championships Iowa City, IA All Day
Feb.29-Mar.1 @ Mizzou Last Chance Meet Columbia, MO All Day
Mar. 9-11 @ NCAA Zone Diving Meet Dallas, TX All Day
Mar. 18-21 @ NCAA Championships Athens, GA All Day
Jun.13-21 @ U.S. Olympic Team Trials Diving Indianapolis, IN All Day
Jun. 21-28 @ U.S. Olympic Team Trials Swimming Omaha, NE All Day