FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Contact:  Robert Preston, Jr.,
              912.260.4276
              robert.preston@sgc.edu

SGC to Host First-ever Swim Meet on Jan. 15

For the first time in the history of South Georgia College, the school is hosting a collegiate swim meet on campus.

Since 2008, SGC has been engaged in an aggressive campaign to add sports to its then-stable that included baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer. Men’s and women’s cross country were added in 2008, followed by men’s and women’s swimming, and men’s golf in 2010. In its first year of National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) competition, the Tigers swim team has placed very well, with several swimmers having already qualified for the national swim meet in Buffalo, New York, in early March.

During this first year, SGC has had to travel to compete against other schools. That comes to an end on Saturday, Jan. 15, when the Tigers will host LaGrange College and Florida A&M University for the first-ever South Georgia College Invitational swim meet. The meet will take place at the SGC pool located inside the Wellness Center on the east side of campus. The meet begins at 11 a.m.

“We are very pleased to host this invitational meet on Saturday. We’ve had meets here at the SGC pool in the past but never one for college teams. I’m excited about being able to show off our campus and our facilities to the visiting teams. I’m also anxious to see how our swimmers will compete this weekend. They have worked very hard this year and made incredible progress in just a short period of time,” says head swim coach C.M. Jenkins.

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South Georgia College (www.sgc.edu) was founded in 1906 and is an accredited two-year institution in the University System of Georgia. Located in Douglas, Ga., the college's environment gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty. With over 20 majors and transfer opportunities, South Georgia College provides the finest education possible to the citizens of its service area.