LITTLE ROCK - The ladies from the Natural State are taking over the Sunshine State, as the Trojan swimming and diving team heads southeast for a two-day, three-team matchup between Little Rock, North Florida, and Tulane in Jacksonville, Florida. Live results can be found on the MeetMobile app for fans following along at home.
"The beginning of October is always a favorite part of the season for me because the real racing starts and we can really start getting specific in our training," said head coach
Nathan Townsend. "We've been splitting more into groups and already have seen a lot of progress over the past two weeks."
"North Florida has a great facility and I'm excited to see what we can accomplish over the next two days of racing," Coach Townsend added. "We are swimming just about every event you can swim at this meet, so we will learn a lot about who we are as we push through this first half of our season."
With every distance of every stroke from 50s to 200s on tap, including distance events like the 500, 1000, 400 IM, and mile, the full swimming lineup will be both a challenge and a benchmark for Little Rock. There will be no diving competition offered at this meet.
The team was voted to finish seventh in
the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll ahead of weekend where several other teams in the conference will get their first stab at racing this season. As the results roll in, it will be a good test for the Trojans to see where the match up at this point in the season.
So far, it's looking bright. The Trojans started off the year with
a win at the All-Arkansas Invite as well as several impressive times and scores right out of the gate. Now, after three weeks of hard training, this weekend marks Little Rock's only road trip ahead of their annual mid-season rest in November, another factor to add in that will reveal who's got grit.Â
Check out the entire 2023-24 schedule here.
Schedule of Events:
Friday, October 6
400 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
50 Backstroke
50 Breaststroke
100 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
50 Butterfly
400 Individual Medley
200 Free Relay
Saturday, October 7
200 Medley Relay
1650 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
200 IM
200 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 IM
200 Breaststroke
400 Free Relay
For the latest information on Little Rock Swimming and Diving, make sure to check out LRTrojans.com. You can also find the team on social media at @LittleRockSwim on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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