MIAMI READY TO CLASH WITH UCONN

Jan. 20, 2000

CORAL GABLES, FL – The University of Miami Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams face off against the University of Connecticut on Saturday, January 22nd at 1:00 p.m. at the Whitten Student Union Pool on the Coral Gables Campus.

The Hurricane swimming teams are coming off a meet last weekend in which the women (6-4) defeated Rutgers, 164-138, while the men (2-8) fell to the Scarlet Knights, 174-124So far this season, the Hurricane women have been led by 1999 NCAA Diver of the Year and senior All-American Jenny Keim (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), senior All-American Amy Lindblom (Milford, CT), senior NCAA qualifier Julie Kemp (Potomac, MD), junior Jen Weir (Cooper City, FL), freshman Elaine Schwartz (Mt. Laurel, NJ), and freshman Katie Beth Bryant.

The Hurricane men have been led by sophomore All-American Stefan Ahrens (Lictenhagen-Dorf, Germany), junior Daniel Asencio (Newark, NJ) sophomore Scott Gentles (Atlanta, GA), and freshman Jon Skinner (Raleigh, NC).

Following this weekend’s meet, the ‘Canes return to action on Saturday, January 29th against Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton.