Georgia Tech welcomes USA Diving and USA Swimming teams

The McAuley Aquatic Center will host the U.S. Olympic diving and swimming teams leading up to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the campus community as well as the public will have an opportunity to see them practice and get autographs. 

The USA Diving Team is hosting a Send-Off Celebration that will include open practices, team-building exercises and visits to local children’s hospitals. The events will also include members of the 1996 Diving Team from the Atlanta Olympics.

USA Diving’s open practices are Wednesday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 5:30 p.m.; Friday, July 22, from 2:30 to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, July 23, from 10 a.m. to noon. Autograph sessions are Wednesday, July 20, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 23, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. 

Information on USA Swimming’s open practice schedule and autograph sessions will be announced soon.

“We are excited to be returning to Atlanta and the site of the 1996 Games for our final preparation for the 2016 Games in Rio,” said Linda Paul, president and chief executive officer of USA Diving. “We are also thrilled to be including the 1996 U.S. Olympic divers in this final training camp.”

The Olympic rosters for both USA Diving and USA Swimming are available online.

For more details, visit the CRC website.