BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-The CSUB Women's Swimming team heads to the Arena Invitational for three days of competition this week.  The Arena Invitational is schedule to run from Thursday, Nov. 18-Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach.

Preliminaries will commence at 9:30 a.m. daily (except Saturday, when it starts at 9 a.m.) for the Men, followed by the "A" flight of Women (approximately 11:30 a.m.) and then the "B" flight of Women's Finals beginning nightly at 6:00 p.m., with four heats of every event. 

In addition to the Roadrunners (who are not fielding a full team), scheduled to compete in the event are No. 1 Stanford, No. 5 California, No. 23 San Diego State, No. 24 UCLA, Arizona State, BYU, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Loyola Marymount, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Jose State, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, host UC San Diego, University of San Diego, UNLV, and Utah.

Heading into the Arena Invitational, CSUB's Rachel McCall is seeded sixth in the 50 freestyle while the Roadrunner 200 Freestyle Relay is ranked No. 7.

"This will be the fastest meet that we have entered so far this year," said CSUB head coach Pat Skehan. "We hope to put up performances that will help make the cut at the US Senior Nationals."

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