AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn Swim and Dive returns to action with three meets over the span of two days at the Dual Meet Tournament hosted by Georgia Tech at the McAuley Aquatics Center in Atlanta. The #17/#19 Tigers will begin the bracket-style tournament against unranked George Washington at 10:30 a.m. CT on Friday, Oct. 16.
The #17/#19 Tigers are slotted to compete against either #20/NR Kentucky or Penn State in the second round, depending on Auburn's result in round one and the concurrent meet between Kentucky and Penn State. Auburn's second round matchup is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT on Friday.
The weekend will wrap on Saturday against one of Georgia Tech, #23/RV Florida State, RV/#24 Minnesota, or NR/#20 South Carolina. The first session of the final round, starting at 8 a.m. CT, will comprise of the second-round losers in the third-place and seventh-place matches. The second session, at 3 p.m. CT, will feature the championship and fifth-place match.
MEET INFO
- All three rounds will follow the same order of disciplines, listed below, varying the distances per round. Events listed with the distance below will only be contested at that distance; if not specified, the distance varies per round.
- Freestyle relay
- Backstroke
- Butterfly
- Breaststroke
- Freestyle
- 3 meter diving
- 500 freestyle
- 50 freestyle
- 200 IM
- 1 meter diving
- IM relay
- Team scores will be men's and women's combined with a total of 790 points to be contested for. The winner of the meet must reach 396 points.
- Events will be scored as follows:
- Relay: 22 - 8 - 4
- Diving: 22 - 8 - 4
- Individual: 16 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0
- Each team may roster 16 swimmers and two divers per gender.
- Athletes may not compete in more than three events.
FOLLOW LIVE
- Swimming times will be available on the MeetMobile app.
- Diving scores will be available at DiveMeets.com.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Tigers opened the 2026-27 season at College Swimming League Match Three in Stanford, Calif., two weeks ago. Auburn placed third in the match with 371.5 points, behind Stanford (550) and California (543.5), but ahead of Ohio State (255).
- Auburn's standout event was the Men's 50 Freestyle in which Warner Russ and Mike Rice finished one-two with a 19.21 and 19.47, respectively.
- Gabriel Machuco had a collegiate debut to remember, winning both medley events. Machuco topped the 200 IM, defeating Ethan Ekk of Stanford and the top recruit in the US, Will Stanton from California, with a 1:43.32 finish in the medley. Machuco won his debut event earlier in the meet with a 47.39 finish in the 100 IM.
- The Auburn Men's 200 freestyle relay squad of Russ, Nicolas Gama, Rice, and Matthew Hamilton won the opening relay event with a 1:16.72.
- Lora Komoroczy had a strong season opener with a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke, swimming a 52.09. Komoroczy also made it to the third stage of the skins event, finishing fourth in the opening round before back-to-back third-place finishes.
TIGER WATCH
- Multiple Tigers will make their season debuts in Atlanta.
- Morgan Carteaux, Carissa Rinard, and Audrey Crawford are all expected to make their season debuts, each in the butterfly.
- Arsen Kozhakhmetov, a junior transfer from North Carolina State, should make his Auburn debut in breaststroke events.
SCOUTING THE REVOLUTIONARIES
- George Washington swimming opened the 2026- 27 season, losing 174-87 at William and Mary, while George Washington diving lost at Navy, 142-119.
- The Revolutionaries won the men's 200 medley relay with a 1:28.84 finish.
- Shae Stratton won both the 100 backstroke (48.91) and 200 (1:47.21) backstroke against William & Mary.
- Freshman Kaia Abbadi-MacIntosh won the women's 1-meter diving with a 258.53 total in her debut.
UP NEXT
- Auburn finished the College Swimming League regular season next weekend in Athens, Ga. at CSL Match Six. The Tigers will compete against Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23.
—War Eagle—