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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech swimming and diving program heads to Atlanta, Ga., to face the Georgia Tech with the Florida Gulf Coast women Saturday. Start time for 11 a.m. The H₂Okies are 5-1 in dual meets for the men and 5-2 for the women.

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SERIES

• This marks the 10^th dual meeting against the Yellow Jackets and the H₂Okie men and the eighth between the women

• The Tech women have never lost a dual meet against Georgia Tech with the series dating back to 2004

• The H₂Okie men lead the series between the two teams 5-4, which dates back to 1999

• In Tech’s last regular-season meeting against Georgia Tech on Jan. 21, 2012, the H₂Okies won 22 out of the 32 events and the men cruised past the Yellow Jackets, 196-104, and the women did the same, 172-127

• The last time Tech traveled to Atlanta was last season for the Yellow Jacket Invitational

• The H₂Okie men swept the eight-team pool, while the women placed third

• Tech has never faced Florida Gulf Coast

SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS

• The Yellow Jackets kicked off their 2012-13 season hosting College of Charleston on Oct. 13

• Georgia Tech swept the meet, with the men winning 187-99 and the women, 167-122

• Heading into Saturday, the Yellow Jackets are coming off both squads falling to Georgia

• Last week, Andrew Kosic was honored as the ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week and Brandon Makinson collected his second Men’s Diver of the Week honor

• Kosic pulled off an impressive double victory in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle against the Bulldogs

• Makinson won both springboard events and broke his own school record on the 3-meter board in the dual meet against Georgia

• A year ago, Georgia Tech’s men placed sixth at ACCs, while the women notched eighth place

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

• The Eagles are coming off a 130-113 victory over ACC foe Miami three weeks ago and are 1-1 in dual meets this season

• Maegan Butler picked up CCSA Diver of the Week honors for the second straight week with her performance in the dual meet against Miami

• Butler took fourth in the 1-meter event and placed fifth on the 3-meter board

• Emma Svensson, who competed in the 2012 NCAA Championships, earned first-place finishes in both the 50 and 200 freestyles against the Hurricanes

• Jessie Porter and Eva Lehtonen also took home event titles in the 1000 and 200 freestyles, respectively

• The Eagles finished the 2011-12 season with their fourth-consecutive CCSA title

LAST TIME OUT

• The H₂Okies are coming off a solid weekend in North Carolina last week

• Despite both teams falling to the Tar Heels Friday, Tech’s men swept the quad meet at Duke with wins over the Blue Devils, No. 15 Florida State and UNC Wilmington

• The women defeated Duke and the Seahawks but fell to the No. 25 Seminoles

• Senior Heather Savage dominated this past weekend and led the H₂Okie women with a total of 60 points in the two meets

• She won every individual event she competed in, including the 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly

• Tech’s divers swept the ACC weekly honors this week with Logan Shinholser being named the ACC’s Male Diver of the Week and Kaylea Arnett honored for the women

• Shinholser swept the springboard events at Duke and won the 1-meter against North Carolina and he posted NCAA qualifying standards in all four events he competed in this past weekend

• Arnett led the H₂Okie women throughout the weekend, as she swept the 3-meter events and notched NCAA qualifying standards in three of the four events

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