United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Perkins, Jessica2005-10-07Encyclopedia 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 1999text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Swimmers--Georgia--AthensAthletes--Georgia--AthensCollege athletes--Georgia--AthensUniversity of Georgia--SwimmingUniversity of Georgia--DivingUGA swim and dive teamsText