February 23, 2011

Swimming and Diving WAC Championship Handbook

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Northern Arizona swimming and diving begins its pursuit for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships on Wednesday. Links for live updates, streaming video, and meet program are available for viewing.

The 2011 WAC Swimming and Diving Championships get underway in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 23-26. Over the four days, eight teams will compete for the conference championship at Palo Alto College Natatorium. Boise State is the defending champion after beating New Mexico State by nearly 100 points last year.

The championship begins on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. (CT), with both the finals of the 200 medley and 800 free relays. Prelims will begin at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday while finals will start at 6:30 p.m. each night.

The conference will be streaming the finals of all four nights. Viewers can sign up by visiting www.WAC.tv . Viewers that sign up, will be able to watch Wednesday relays for free. The remaining three nights can be viewed for a subscription of $5.95 per night or a full championship package can be purchased for $9.95.

DID YOU KNOW… The Northern Arizona University athletics department recorded a cumulative grade point average of 3.07 GPA among its more than 300 student-athletes at the completion of the spring semester. It marked the 12^th semester out of the last 13 overall that the Lumberjack student-athletes have recorded a 3.00 cumulative GPA or higher. Since 1998, NAU student athletes have earned a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher in 22 out of 24 semesters.