COLLEGE STATION, Texas --- The Texas A&M Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving will host the 2014 Art Adamson Invitational Thursday through Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium on the A&M campus. Annually one of the nation's fastest collegiate swim meets, last year's Adamson produced nearly 300 NCAA “A” or “B” qualifying cuts.
2014 Art Adamson Field: In addition to the Aggies, the men's and women's programs from SMU, LSU, TCU, Arizona State, Stanford and Grand Canyon and the Boise State women's team will be competing at Art Adamson Invitational.
Schedule of Events: This is a prelims/finals meet with the women in the odd event numbers and the men in the event event numbers.
Session Start Times
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Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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Swimming Prelims: |
10 am |
10 am |
9:30 am |
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Diving Prelims: |
10:30 am |
10:30 am |
12:00 pm |
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S&D Finals: |
6 pm |
6 pm |
5 pm |
Thursday:
200 Free Relay, 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, Diving, 400 Medley Relay
Friday:
200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, Diving, 800 Freestyle Relay
Saturday:
Platform Diving, 1,650 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, 400 Freestyle Relay
Free Swimming & Diving: Admission to the 2014 Art Adamson Invitational is free.
Live Results Available: Fans can keep up with all the action at the Art Adamson Invitation via the live results link at: http://www.12thman.com/fls/27300/livestats/swimming/ArtAdamson2014/index.htm
Who's Art Adamson?: A legend in the world of swimming and water polo, Art Adamson served as the Aggies' swimming coach from 1935 to 1970 and still stands as the longest tenured coach in Texas A&M athletics history. He was also instrumental in the development of the College Station Parks and Recreation department in the 1940s. He is a member of the USA Water Polo Association Hall of Fame and the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame, as well as the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame.
College Swim Coaches Association of America Div. I Rankings
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Rk. |
Men's Top 25 |
Women's Top 25 |
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1 |
California |
Georgia |
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2 |
Michigan |
Texas |
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3 |
Texas |
Stanford |
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4 |
Georgia |
California |
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5 |
Louisville |
USC |
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6 |
NC State |
Michigan |
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7 |
Florida |
Auburn |
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8 |
Indiana |
Indiana |
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9 |
North Carolina |
Texas A&M |
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10 |
Stanford |
Minnesota |
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11 |
Auburn |
Florida |
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12 |
Ohio State |
North Carolina |
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13 |
Southern California |
Arizona |
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14 |
Tennessee |
Tennessee |
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15 |
Alabama |
Ohio State |
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16 |
Missouri |
Southern Methodist |
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17 |
Virginia Tech |
Louisiana State |
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18 |
Penn State |
Louisville |
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19 |
Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
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20 |
Florida State |
Penn State |
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21 |
Minnesota |
UCLA |
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22 |
Princeton |
NC State |
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23 |
Utah |
Alabama |
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24 |
Georgia Tech |
Purdue |
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25 |
Notre Dame |
Boise State |
Bold Underline – Denotes participation at the 2014 Art Adamson Invitational