- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- UGA swim and dive teams
- Creator:
- Perkins, Jessica
- Date of Original:
- 2005-10-07
- Subject:
- Swimmers--Georgia--Athens
Athletes--Georgia--Athens
College athletes--Georgia--Athens
University of Georgia--Swimming
University of Georgia--Diving - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the swim and dive teams at the University of Georgia. The University of Georgia (UGA) swim program was founded in 1926 by Athens YMCA athletic director C. W. Jones. Over the next six decades the program expanded to include diving and added a women's team in 1974. In the 1990s the team became a consistent top finisher in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and a competitive power in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships. As of 2005, the men's team has finished in the top fifteen in the country every year since 1996; the women's team began placing in the top five in 1996 and has won first or second at the NCAA championships every season since 1999
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/uga-swim-and-dive-teams/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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