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Varsity - October 3, 2013

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INSIDE SWIMMING & DIVING BY JEREMY WODAJO @BADGERSWIMDIVE SCHEDULE COMING UP Oct. 4-5 at Georgia 3 p.m./9 a.m. Oct.18-19Minnesota TBA Nov. 1 at California 3 p.m. Nov. 2 at Stanford 1 p.m. Nov. 15 at Northwestern 4:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Notre Dame Noon Testy waters: UW will be challenged in 2013-14 UW opens season at perennial power Georgia nother season of Wisconsin swimming and diving is here and, from the looks of the schedule, not much has changed in terms of mentality. In 2012-13, UW head coach Whitney L. Hite looked to take a major step in terms of rebuilding the program by scheduling some of the country's top squads early on in the A 54 // VARSITY October 3, 2013 season. That strategy resulted in 12 new school records, a Big Ten record, a pair of individual Big Ten championships and UW's first NCAA individual champion in over four decades in Drew teDuits. The Badgers will look to take another step forward this season, beginning this weekend as they travel to Athens, Ga., to take on perennial national power, Georgia. "Heading down to Athens will obviously be a tough test but a great measuring stick for our program," Hite said. "Going up against one of the best men's and women's teams in the country will allow us to learn a lot about ourselves early on and hopefully have an opportunity to make gradual adjustments so that we can be at our best come March." UW returns a pair of All-Americans in juniors Ivy Martin and teDuits, the 2012 NCAA 200-yard backstroke champion. The duo headlines a vastly improved men's and women's team that will be competing against arguably one of the toughest schedules of any team in the country. Following UW's lone home meet of the season on Oct. 18-19, the Badgers hit the road beginning with a pair of top-10 programs in Cal (Nov. 1) and Stanford (Nov. 2). The gauntlet continues with visits to Northwestern (Nov. 15), Notre Dame (Nov. 16) and the Texas Invitational (Dec. 5-7), where UW will compete against Arizona and Texas, among others. "I've always told them, to be the best you have to beat the best, and we will continue to train and compete with that philosophy in mind," Hite said. "This team has put in the work in the offseason, now it's time to go out and show off what we've got."

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