Lopes travel for midseason action at Purdue Invitational

The Grand Canyon swimming and diving teams are in West Lafayette, Indiana, to compete Thursday through Saturday in the Purdue Invitational.

Last year at the Miami Midseason Invitational, the Lopes men secured the meet victory with eight teams present.

The midseason meet is a great opportunity because the student-athletes taper leading into the meet, meaning every Lope has been resting in advance of this competition. In addition, the swimmers will wear tech suits, which guarantee faster swimming. The ultimate goal is to have NCAA and College Swimming Coaches Associatin of America qualifying times.

Purdue swimming and diving is hosting the three-day Purdue Invitational at Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

FIELD OF TEAMS

Men and women: Grand Canyon, Southern Illinois, McKendree, Purdue
Women only: FIU, Illinois State

MEET SCORING AND REGULATIONS

A final scoring: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11
B final scoring: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relay scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26
Team diving scoring: 40-34-32-30-28-26
Top 12 divers in springboard preliminaries advance to finals; divers 13-16 in preliminaries also score
Non-scoring C finals also offered; some women's events may feature a D final (100s and shorter)
One scoring relay per team, but teams may enter as many relays as desired
Each swimmer may swim a maximum of four individual events

DAILY SCHEDULES AND LINKS
THURSDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10 a.m. • Springboard Diving Prelims at 1 p.m. • Finals Session at 5 p.m. • Men's Team Diving at 5:15 p.m. • Springboard Diving Finals at 5:50 p.m.	FRIDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10 a.m. • Springboard Diving Prelims at 1 p.m. • Finals Session at 5 p.m. • Women's Team Diving at 5:15 p.m. • Springboard Diving Finals at 5:50 p.m.	SATURDAY • Swimming Prelims at 10 a.m. • Platform Diving Final at 1 p.m. • First Heat of the Mile at Approx 3 p.m. • Finals Session at 5 p.m. • Fastest Heat of the Mile in Finals

ORDER OF EVENTS
THURSDAY • Women's 200 Free Relay • Men's 400 Medley Relay • 10-Minute Break • 500 Free • 200 IM • 50 Free • 20-Minute Break • Women's 400 Medley Relay • Men's 800 Free Relay • Men's Team Diving • Men's 1-Meter Diving • Women's 3-Meter Diving	FRIDAY • 200 Medley Relay • 10-Minute Break • 400 IM • 100 Fly • 200 Free • 100 Breast • 100 Back • 20-Minute Break • Women's 800 Free Relay • Men's 200 Free Relay • Women's Team Diving • Women's 1-Meter Diving • Men's 3-Meter Diving	SATURDAY • 1650 Free • 200 Back • 100 Free • 200 Breast • 200 Fly • 20-Minute Break • 400 Free Relay • Platform Diving (Finals Only)
Relays, team diving, 1,650 freestyle and platform diving are finals only

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