KINGSTON, R.I. – The Tootell Aquatic Center will be bustling over the next four days, as Rhode Island hosts the 28th Harold Anderson Invitational starting Thursday, Nov. 21.
The Rams will host the nine-school meet, which also includes Maine, Holy Cross, Providence, Vermont, Assumption, Norwich, Stonehill and Wagner. Competition runs through Sunday, Nov. 24.
Event Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 21 – Pool Opens at 3 p.m. – Finals at 5 p.m.
- 200 Medley Relay
- 800 Freestyle Relay
Friday, Nov. 22 – Pool Opens at 8 a.m.
Prelims at 10 a.m. | Finals at 5 p.m. | Diving begins around 1 p.m.
- 500 Freestyle
- 200 Individual Medley
- 50 Freestyle
- 200 Freestyle Relay (Fastest 2 Heats Swim in Finals)
- Women's 3-meter Diving (Prelims between Swimming Prelims and Finals)
- Men's 1-meter Diving (Finals during Swimming Finals)
Saturday, Nov. 23 – Pool Opens at 8 a.m.
Prelims at 10 a.m. | Finals at 5 p.m. | Diving begins around 1 p.m.
- 100 Butterfly
- 400 Individual Medley
- 200 Freestyle
- 100 Breaststroke
- 100 Backstroke
- 400 Medley Relay (Fastest 2 Heats Swim in Finals)
- Women's 1-meter Diving
- Men's 3-meter Diving
Sunday, Nov. 24 – Pool Opens at 8 a.m.
Prelims at 10 a.m. | Finals at 5 p.m. | Diving begins around 1 p.m.
- 1650 Freestyle
- 200 Backstroke
- 100 Freestyle
- 200 Breaststroke
- 200 Butterfly
- 400 Freestyle Relay (Fastest 2 Heats Swim in Finals)
Meet Rules
- Each competitor is permitted to participate in a maximum of (7) events, and no more than (3) may be individual events
- The meet will follow a "Prelims and Finals'' format. All heats of the Mile will be swum on Sunday, fastest to slowest, alternating women and men, during the break. The top 2 heats of the mile will swim at night
- There will be an A, B and C final - Top 24 will swim at night, but only Top 16 can score. The Mile and all relays will be Timed Finals
- Scoring will follow the normal (3/2) place scoring system used in NCAA dual meet competition, meaning no more than (3) individuals and no more than (2) relays from any one team may score in any given event
Women's Scoring
- The scoring for the Women in individual events will go to the sixteen (16th) place and to the fourteenth (14th) place for relays.
- Individual Events: 20 – 17 – 16 – 15 – 14 – 13 – 12 - 11 – 9 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
- Relay Events: 40 -34 – 32 – 30 – 28 – 26 – 24 – 22 – 18 – 14 – 12 – 10 – 8 - 6
