COLLEGE SWIMMERS COMPETE IN KEY LARGO’S ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC

An Arkansas swimmer reaches for the wall. STEPHEN FRINK/Contributed

University of Arkansas women’s and Colby College men’s swimming teams took top honors at the 2024 Orange Bowl Swim Classic on Jan. 3 at the Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo.

The Lady Razorbacks amassed 757 points while Colby College’s male swimmers chalked up 1,061 points at the annual highlight of the winter collegiate swimming training season in the Florida Keys.

In second place in the women’s division was Colby College, based in Waterville, Maine, while Trinity College, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, was third. Finishing second in the men’s division was Trinity, while the College of the Florida Keys placed third.

The Orange Bowl Swim Classic is an official Orange Bowl event staged during the month-long Orange Bowl festival, highlighted by the nationally televised Capital One Orange Bowl football game.