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GENEVA, Ohio  – The 2021 BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championships Presented by JEEP begin on Wednesday afternoon at the SPIRE  Institute. The event returns to SPIRE for the second time. The Geneva facility also hosted in 2018.
 
On the men’s side, Xavier has won the last two with Georgetown the runner-up both times. The last time the event was in Geneva, Seton Hall won the men’s team event with Villanova as the runner-up. Xavier has won the last five of the last seven championship titles for the men (2014-16, 2019, 2020).
 
For the women’s team title, Villanova is the seven-time champion and looking to make it eight in a row. Georgetown has been the runner-up six of the last seven years.
 
All Championship action will air live on the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by SoFi featured on the BIG EAST Conference YouTube channel and FloSports with wall-to-wall coverage that includes all event preliminaries, finals and awards. John Fanta will be poolside reporting on the action.
 
Live action starts Wednesday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. ET on BEDN.
 
The pool, which opened in fall 2011, is a 10-lane, 50-meter Olympic size pool, with two moveable bulkheads for subdivision of the pool. There is a diving well with a one-and-three-meter diving area with four springboards. An additional 25-yard pool to support training and various therapy activities is also present. Extensive permanent seating is available for over 1,000 spectators with great views, with the capability of increasing to over 2,200.
 
For schedules, heat sheets, updates, live results and live coverage links please visit Championship Central on BIGEAST.com.