5 Things to Know: Texas Hall of Fame Invitational

Thursday, November 29

Austin, TX

10 AM / 6 PM

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5 Things to Know: Texas Hall of Fame Invitational

November 27, 2018 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Wisconsin travels to Austin for Lone Star State showdown with strong field

MADISON, Wis. – As the Wisconsin swimming and diving team gears up for a four-day stay at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational in Austin, Texas, here are five things you should know.

1. Freaky Fast: Wisconsin junior Beata Nelson bagged six wins for her team of conference all-stars in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge the weekend of Nov. 10-11. She recorded the nation's fastest time in the 100-yard backstroke at 50.86 seconds, the only automatic NCAA qualifying time in the event so far this season.

Nelson snatched three individual wins – in the 100 back, 200 back (1:51.85) and 200 individual medley (1:54.94) – and contributed to three Big Ten relay victories in the 400 medley relay (3:25.71), 200 medley relay (1:34.96) and 400 freestyle relay (3:11.60).

2. Badger Bouncers: The Wisconsin diving contingent capped the Hawkeye Invitational with three finals appearances the weekend of Nov. 15-17.
Kevin Pomeroy (men's 3-meter), Andrew Pearce (men's 1-meter) and Hazel Hertting (women's 3-meter) were all high-flying finalists after posting top-eight scores in prelims. The trio also secured NCAA zone meet nods in the process.

3. Meet the Meet: The Texas Hall of Fame Invitational convenes six of the nation's premier programs at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center this Wednesday through Saturday.
The No. 20-ranked Wisconsin women's team will go head-to-head with No. 1 Texas, No. 6 USC, Arizona and Harvard.

On the men's side, the Badgers will battle against No. 6 Texas, No. 7 USC, No. 8 Stanford, No. 25 Arizona and Harvard.

4. Live Look: Live results from the Texas Invitational will be updated via the Meet Mobile app and linked on the schedule page at UWBadgers.com. Portions of the meet also will air on Longhorn Network.

5. Onward & Outward: Following their time in Texas, the Badgers will be back in action when they cap their annual Hawaiian training trip with a dual-meet matchup against Hawaii in Honolulu on Jan. 4.