This Thursday, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams aim to top the rest of the conference in the PAC Swimming & Diving Championship. Grove City will once again host the three-day long invitational. In addition to swimming with the comforts of home, the hosts have reason to believe they will be successful in another championship meet. Expectations are high, but this program has become accustomed to that reality.

Anything other than a victory for the women (10-6, 4-0 in PAC) would be both a surprise and a disappointment. The team not only hasn’t lost to a PAC rival this year, but it has scored at least 30 points more than each in-conference opponent. There’s no reason to think the team will falter under the familiar late-season pressure. Barring the improbable, the women will secure a fifth consecutive PAC conference title.

The men’s side of the meet will likely come down…