Solar Devils Set to Open 2022-23 With Pair of Meets in Georgia

September 27, 2022

TEMPE, Ariz. – The beginning of the Solar Devils’ extremely anticipated 2022-23 season begins this weekend in Athens, Georgia, with a pair of meets on the Gabrielsen Natatorium.

Each Solar Satan groups will sq. off in opposition to the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday, September 30, at 1 p.m. MST earlier than a tri-meet in opposition to Georgia and the Missouri Tigers on Saturday, October 1, at 7 a.m. MST.

Dwell outcomes and a dwell stream might be shared with followers previous to the beginning of competitors.

LOOKING BACK

The Solar Devils, Bulldogs and the Tigers had their fingerprints everywhere in the 2022 NCAA Championships again in March. The Solar Devils, in fact, had their highest end from the Males’s crew in 40 years, backed by Léon Marchand’s victories within the 200 IM and 200 breast.

The Georgia Males’s crew positioned eighth general, due to Matthew Sates’ profitable the five hundred free and Luca Urlando’s American file within the 100 again. Its’ Girls’s squad positioned fifteenth, powered by Abby McCulloh’s fifth-place effort within the 1650 free.

This weekend’s motion can even mark the start of a brand new period for the Bulldogs, after Jack Bauerle introduced his retirement this summer season after a 44-year run as this system’s head coach.

Neil Versfeld is now on the helm of the Georgia Males’s crew, whereas Stefanie Williams Moreno oversees the Girls’s crew.

The Tigers are a yr faraway from each their Males’s and Girls’s groups incomes top-25 finishes at NCAAs. Jack Dahlgren was a key part in serving to the Males’s crew rating 27 complete factors by inserting sixth general within the 200 again. Amy Feddersen, Megan Keil, Sierra Smith and Sarah Thompson cruised to an eighth-place end within the 200 free relay, because the Tigers earned 34 factors spanning the four-day occasion.

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

Not solely do the Solar Devils boast world-class expertise throughout each their Males’s and Girls’s rosters, however they’ve constructed fairly the supporting forged, too. Of the 13 Solar Devils who earned All-American honors ultimately yr’s NCAAs, 10 are again this season.

For a full season preview on the 2022-23 Solar Devils, go to right here.

FIRST ONE, FAST ONE

The Solar Devils opened their new marketing campaign on September 23 with the crew’s annual Maroon & Gold meet – and delivered a number of the prime performances in program historical past.

Girls’s 100 fly

Lindsay Looney, 52.80 – sixth quickest in crew historical past

Males’s 100 breast

Léon Marchand, 52.00 – 2nd quickest in crew historical past

Grant Home, 52.80 – eighth quickest in crew historical past

David Schlicht, 52.91 – tenth quickest in crew historical past

Males’s 100 fly

Léon Marchand, 45.68 – ninth quickest in crew historical past

For extra of the quickest instances for every occasion in Males’s and Girls’s historical past.

FOLLOW ALONG

Sustain with the Solar Devils in Athens by way of the crew’s Twitter account, @ASUSwimDive.

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