Meet Three
Crimson & White Meet
Wednesday, Sept. 29 | 3:00 p.m. | NM State Swimming & Diving Complex | Las Cruces, N.M.
THE STARTING BLOCK
• With just a few weeks remaining until its first dual meet of the 2021-22 season, the NM State women's swimming & diving team will take to the lanes of the NM State Swimming & Diving Complex Wednesday afternoon for the squad's Crimson & White intrasquad meet.
• The Crimson & White meet is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m.
THE MEET
• Set up like an in-season event, a total of 16 events are scheduled to be taken part in by the Aggies Wednesday afternoon.
• NM State's diving events at the Crimson & White meet include the three-meter and one-meter dives.
• In terms of swimming events, the 200-yard medley relay, 1,000-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard fly, 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard fly, 200-yard individual medley and 400-yard free relay are all set to take place Wednesday.
• A scoring system consisting of 7-0 for the relays and 5-3-2-1 values for the individual events will be used.
QUOTABLE | HEAD COACH RICK PRATT
"We're really excited for this Crimson and White meet as an opportunity to prepare for our season's start. The team has been working hard and it will be an important event to see where we stand this early in the year. For some members of our team, it has been a while since they have raced and early in the year it is important to have those racing strategies in place. It will be interesting to see how they react to the challenge. This is the first year where we do a full 16 event line-up for this meet, and I think that will benefit us in many ways moving forward, especially because our depth should allow this meet to be very competitive. Overall we're expecting a high level of energy and team support. It is a great way to kick in off competitive season and we're ready to go."
COMING UP NEXT
• Following its intrasquad competition, the NM State women's swimming & diving team will prepare to host its first home dual meet in nearly two years. On Saturday, Oct. 9, NM State plays host to WAC foe Northern Colorado for a showdown between the two squads at 11:30 a.m. from the NM State Swimming & Diving Complex.
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