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Nov. 3, 2008

ANTEATERS HOST ANTEATER SHOOTOUT: The UC Irvine men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams will open the 2008-09 season as they host the Anteater Shootout Friday, November 7^th and Saturday November 8^th at Anteater Aquatics Complex. The Anteater Shootout will feature teams from 12 different schools competing in dual meets in two pools. The meet will begin at 12:00 p.m. Friday and at 10:00 a.m. Saturday.

ANTEATER SHOOTOUT PREVIEW: The Anteater Shootout will feature eight men’s teams and 11 women’s teams. The UCI men will be scored in dual meets against Air Force, Cal Poly and Hawaii in one pool with UC Davis, UNLV, BYU and Cal State Northridge being scored in dual meets in the other pool Friday. The top two teams from each pool will compete Saturday. The Anteater women will compete with Stanford, Cal Poly, Hawaii, Idaho and Pepperdine Friday with UC Davis, UNLV, BYU, Cal State Northridge and San Diego in the other pool. The top three women’s teams from each pool will compete together Saturday.  

TOP RETURNERS: The Anteater teams will each have a former Big West Athlete of the Year returning this season. Junior Lyndsay DePaul (Orange/Villa Park HS) returns for the women’s side after her second straight trip to the NCAA Championships. Senior Randall Tom (Wailuku, Hawaii/Seabury Hall) returns after redshirting last season. Tom was the 2007 Big West Athlete of the Year and finished ninth in the 100 fly at the 2007 NCAA Championships. The ‘Eater men also return sophomore diver Miles Smith (Carmichael/Capital Christian HS) who won both Big West diving titles as a freshman in 2008.

 

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