MADISON, Wis. \u2014 The Wisconsin swimming and diving teams kick off the new year with competition on Jan. 3. The divers will head out East to take on FIU in Miami, as the swimmers head out West to take on UC San Diego and UCLA in La Jolla, Calif.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before the Badgers take their mark, here are five things to know:<\/p>\n
1. LAST TIME OUT<\/p>\n
The Badgers closed out the fall semester with a Senior Day meet at Soderholm at the beginning of December, honoring its graduating class in the final home meet of the season. Both teams concluded the day with a win, as the women’s side took down Illinois, 184-111, and the men’s side topped Purdue, 156-104.<\/p>\n
2. MOVING ON UP\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the latest CSCAA poll, the Badgers had small shifts after almost a month off from action. The women now sit at No. 15, jumping up two spots from their place at No. 17. The men check in at No. 19, moving up one spot from No. 20. Both teams hold a 4-1 record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. DIVE RIGHT IN<\/p>\n
Juniors Julia Herring<\/a> and Ryane Neal<\/a> shone on the national stage at the USA Diving Winter Nationals over the winter break. Neal rounded out the week with an 11th-place finish on the platform. The competition came after a successful conclusion to the fall season at home, where Herring, Neal and Zara Karimi<\/a> collected all-time top-10 scores.\u00a0<\/p>\n 4. LOOKING AHEAD<\/p>\n After the meets in California and Florida, the Badgers will return to the Midwest to take on Northwestern on Jan. 17. Wisconsin will wrap up the regular season at home with the Badger Invitational on Feb. 6-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n 5. FOLLOW ALONG<\/p>\n Meet results can be found on the MeetMobile App. Follow us on Instagram and X for live updates throughout the meet @BadgerSwimDive.<\/p>\n \n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADISON, Wis. \u2014 The Wisconsin swimming and diving teams kick off the new year with competition on Jan.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-215408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}