WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Howard University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams released its 2016-17 schedule, as announced by head coach Nicholas Askew on Tuesday.
The season will get started on Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. with the annual Bison Swim-A-Thon held on campus at the Burr Gymnasium Pool.
Howard will remain local for the first half of its schedule, hosting its Alumni Meet on Oct. 21 before visiting American (Oct. 28) and George Washington (Oct. 29).
The program gets into Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) action against UMBC on Jan. 7 in Baltimore, Md. Howard heads to the Garden State to take on league foes Drexel, St. Peter’s and NJIT at a quad-meet on Jan. 15.
The Bison will host its final meet of the season when they welcome their neighbor, Catholic University, on Jan. 28, before traveling to Athens, Ga. for the CCSA Championships on Feb. 21-26.
Full schedule listed below:
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION | TIME |
| 9/10/2016 | Bison Swim-A-Thon | Washington, D.C. | 1 p.m. |
| 9/30/2016 | Potomac Relay Invitational | Washington, D.C. | 3 p.m. |
| 10/21/2016 | Alumni Meet | Washington, D.C. | 6 p.m. |
| 10/28/2016 | American University | Washington, D.C. | 6 p.m. |
| 10/29/2016 | George Washington | Washington, D.C. | 1 p.m. |
| 11/4/2016 | Mt. St. Mary’s | Emmitsburg, Md. | 5 p.m. |
| 11/5/2016 | Barton College | Washington, D.C. | 1 p.m. |
| 11/19/2016 | Loyola (Md.) | Baltimore, Md. | 1 p.m. |
| 12/2-3/2016 | Yellow Jacket Invitational | Ashland, Va. | 9 a.m. |
| 1/7/2017 | UMBC* | Baltimore, Md. | 3 p.m. |
| 1/13/2017 | Randolph-Macon | Washington, D.C. | 6 p.m. |
| 1/15/2017 | Drexel, NJIT, St. Peter’s* | Newark, N.J. | 1 p.m. |
| 1/20/2017 | Marymount | Arlington, Va. | 6 p.m. |
| 1/28/2017 | Catholic | Washington, D.C. | 10 a.m. |
| 2/21-26/2017 | CCSA Championships | Athens, Ga. | 10 a.m. |
Home Games in Bold
This post originally appeared on HUBison.com.
