Tampa Swimming to Host Four-Day Spartan Invite

Event will feature a total of six schools.

Tampa Swimming to Host Four-Day Spartan Invite
December 14, 2017

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The University of Tampa men's and women's swimming teams will host the annual Spartan Invitational from December 15-18 at The Doyle Aquatic Center at the Long Center in Clearwater.

The event will begin on Friday with the timed finals at 5:00 pm. Saturday and Sunday's competition will begin with the prelims at 9:30 am, followed by the finals at 6:00 pm. The final day, Monday will feature the prelims at 9:30 am with the finals scheduled for 5:00 pm.
 
In addition to Tampa, other schools competing are Florida Southern College, Indian River State College, Nova Southeastern University, Rice University (women) and Saint Leo University.
 
Individual events will be scored as the following (A & B finals only): 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Relay events will score as follows (A & B finals only): 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2.
 
All spectators will be charged $5 per session for admissions. Heat sheets will be included in the cost. There will not be any all-session passes available.
 
Fans may also follow live through the Meet Mobile app, which offers live scoring of each event in addition to updated team scores. The app is available for free download on iOS and Android app stores. There are in-app charges to access live results.
 
The Doyle Aquatic Center is a 10-lane 50 meter x 20 lane 25-yard pool that varies in depth from 12-feet at the start end to four feet at the turn end. A separate three lane 25-yard pool will be available for continuous warm-up and warm-down throughout the meet. The meet will be swum in a single eight-lane 25-yard course for both the preliminary and finals sessions.
 
There is permanent bleacher seating available for 294 people along with an additional standing room only section directly behind the bleachers for viewing the competition. Colorado Timing System will be used in conjunction with Hy-Tek software.
 

2017 Spartan Invitational Schedule of Events

 

Female Event #

Distance

Male Event #

Distance

Friday

Timed Finals 5:00 pm

1*

200 Medley Relay

2*

200 Medley Relay

3**

1000 Freestyle

4**

1000 Freestyle

5*

200 Freestyle Relay

6*

200 Freestyle Relay

Saturday

Prelims 9:30 am

Finals 6:00 pm

7

500 Freestyle

8

500 Freestyle

9

200 Individual Medley

10

200 Individual Medley

11

50 Freestyle

12

50 Freestyle

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20 Minute Intermission

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20 Minute Intermission

13*

400 Medley Relay

14*

400 Medley Relay

Sunday

Prelims 9:30 am

Finals 6:00 pm

15

400 Individual Medley

16

400 Individual Medley

17

100 Butterfly

18

100 Butterfly

19

200 Freestyle

20

200 Freestyle

21

100 Breaststroke

22

100 Breaststroke

23

100 Backstroke

24

100 Backstroke

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20 Minute Intermission

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20 Minute Intermission

25*

800 Freestyle Relay

26*

800 Freestyle Relay

Monday

Prelims 9:30 am

Finals 5:00 pm

27***

1,650 Freestyle

28***

1,650 Freestyle

29

200 Backstroke

30

200 Backstroke

31

100 Freestyle

32

100 Freestyle

33

200 Breaststroke

34

200 Breaststroke

35

200 Butterfly

36

200 Butterfly

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20 Minute Intermission

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20 Minute Intermission

37*

400 Freestyle Relay

38*

400 Freestyle Relay