Reno, Nev. - The Nevada swim team will go on the road to open their 2021-2022 season in a relay meet against San Jose State on Saturday. The relay meet will be the first away meet since the 2020 Mountain West Championships. 

MEET SCHEDULE

The meet is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. in a non-regular order of events. Starting with the 150 butterfly relay (3x50), followed by the 150 backstroke relay (3x50), 150 breaststroke relay (3x50), and the 800 freestyle relay (4x200) before the break. 

Continuing after the break, the relays are to be 500 freestyle relay (50, 100, 150, 200), 400 medley relay (4x100), followed by the 200 freestyle relay (4x50), and the final break. 

Going into the final stretch, the swimmers will be completing the meet in a 900-yard freestyle relay (3x300), 400 individual medley relay (4x100IM), and the 400 freestyle relay (4x100). 

Results of the meet can be followed at the MeetMobile app, and on the Twitter (@NevadaSwim) and Instagram (@NevadaSwimDive) page from the Nevada Swim and Dive team. 

THE RETURN OF THE SENIORS

Nevada is looking to continue a strong campaign going into the 2021-2022 season, with three important seniors returning from last year. Donna dePolo, Caitlyn McHugh, and Montana Lloyd are back, after being given an extra year of eligibility due to Covid-19.

DePolo, McHugh, and Lloyd were important pieces to the Pack in last year's Mountain West Championships run, scoring big individual points for the team. Both DePolo and McHugh visited the podium in their individual and relay events. 

NEW KIDS IN THE PACK

Nevada welcomes two newcomers to the squad for the 2021-2022 season: swimmer Jessica Kraus (freshman, from Boise, Idaho) and diver Lucia Gabino (freshman, from Madrid, Spain). 

SUCCESSFUL COACHING STAFF

Nevada head coach Brendon Bray enters his sixth season leading the program, after leading the Pack into a second place at the Mountain West Championship last season. Alongside Bray is Nevada diving coach Jian Li You, who is in her 26th season with the Wolf Pack. This summer, You was the first female diving coach for Team USA to participate in a Summer Olympics. Jian Li coached Krysta Palmer, this program's Diving volunteer coach, to an Olympic Bronze Medal in Tokyo 2021. Palmer was the first individual female medalist since Sydney 2000, and the first to do so in the 3-meter springboard since 1988.