Sunday, July 31, 2016

Howard Bison Announces 2016-17 Swimming Schedule



WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Howard University men's and women's swimming and diving teams released its 2016-17 schedule, as announced by head coach Nicholas Askew on Tuesday.

The season will get started on Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. with the annual Bison Swim-A-Thon held on campus at the Burr Gymnasium Pool.

Howard will remain local for the first half of its schedule, hosting its Alumni Meet on Oct. 21 before visiting American (Oct. 28) and George Washington (Oct. 29).

The program gets into Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) action against UMBC on Jan. 7 in Baltimore, Md. Howard heads to the Garden State to take on league foes Drexel, St. Peter's and NJIT at a quad-meet on Jan. 15.

The Bison will host its final meet of the season when they welcome their neighbor, Catholic University, on Jan. 28, before traveling to Athens, Ga. for the CCSA Championships on Feb. 21-26.
Full schedule listed below:

DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
9/10/2016
Bison Swim-A-Thon
Washington, D.C.
1 p.m.
9/30/2016
Potomac Relay Invitational
Washington, D.C.
3 p.m.
10/21/2016
Alumni Meet
Washington, D.C.
6 p.m.
10/28/2016
American University
Washington, D.C.
6 p.m.
10/29/2016
George Washington
Washington, D.C.
1 p.m.
11/4/2016
Mt. St. Mary's
Emmitsburg, Md.
5 p.m.
11/5/2016
Barton College
Washington, D.C.
1 p.m.
11/19/2016
Loyola (Md.)
Baltimore, Md.
1 p.m.
12/2-3/2016
Yellow Jacket Invitational
Ashland, Va.
9 a.m.
1/7/2017
UMBC*
Baltimore, Md.
3 p.m.
1/13/2017
Randolph-Macon
Washington, D.C.
6 p.m.
1/15/2017
Drexel, NJIT, St. Peter's*
Newark, N.J.
1 p.m.
1/20/2017
Marymount
Arlington, Va.
6 p.m.
1/28/2017
Catholic
Washington, D.C.
10 a.m.
2/21-26/2017
CCSA Championships
Athens, Ga.
10 a.m.
Home Games in Bold

*Denotes Conference Meets

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