By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
Georgia Tech announced on April 18th that they will be hosting a knockout-style dual meet tournament next season, scheduled for October 17-18.
The format will feature eight teams, including Georgia Tech, NC State, Auburn, Minnesota, Army, Florida State, and George Washington.
Seven dual meets will be contested throughout the competition, with the first four being scored head-to-head between two teams. The winners of those meets will advance to round two, where two more meets will be scored head-to-head, with the winners advancing to the final competition.
It’s unclear at this time whether the first and second rounds will be swum together or if separate head-to-head meets will take place throughout the day. Additionally, it’s not yet clear which teams will face off in the first round. SwimSwam will share more details as they become available.
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Making dual meets more fun has been a hot topic in the sport over the past several years, and this innovation for next season could inspire others moving forward. Texas and Virginia have been at the forefront of this effort for the past few seasons.
On the first day of their November 2022 dual meet with Virginia, Texas experimented with a new format by scoring the men’s and women’s competitions together, rather than separately as is typical. Bevo, the University of Texas’s official live Longhorn mascot, was present at the Lee and Joe Jamail Center that day. The meet also featured music, a DJ, a light show, and ISL-style swimmer introductions before the races. The 100 IM and mixed 400 freestyle relay, events not usually included in NCAA competition outside of intrasquad meets, were also swum on Friday. The Longhorns have since incorporated elements of this format into two of their meets each season.
At the UVA–Texas dual meet in October 2023, Virginia introduced two unconventional dual meet concepts: “super finals” and “winner-takes-all” events. Super finals took place after the regular heats of the 100 back, 100 breast, and 100 fly, with each team selecting one swimmer—who did not compete in the standard 4 vs. 4 heat—to race head-to-head. The winner earned five points, while the loser received none. The University of Tennessee also incorporated the super final format into its annual invitational this past November.
Prior to that, the only semi-comparable events were the USA College Challenge meets held in both 2016 and 2017, as well as the ACC vs. Big Ten Challenge contested in late 2018.
The USA College Challenge pitted National Team members against all-stars from the Pac-12 Conference in a format similar to a college dual meet, much like the famous Duel in the Pool. The same format was used for the ACC vs. Big Ten meet, but with all-stars selected from both of those conferences.
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