Orono, Maine -- The University of Maine women's and men's swimming and diving programs will open their spring competition season this weekend. The women will open their schedule on Saturday at 1 p.m. at New Hampshire while the men open their slate Sunday at noon at Providence College.

The women's meet can be viewed live at AmericaEast.TV. No streaming information for the men's competition is available at this time.

Women's competitors to watch:

• Caroline Strolic - A senior captain and a versatile swimming who specializes in backstroke, breaststroke and the individual medley. Member of Maine's school record 200 and 400 medley relay teams.
• PhilAnn Dixion - Junior diver who holds the school record on the 1-meter board.
• Maggie White - Junior who begins the season as one of Maine's top distance competitions in the freestyle event.
• Sarah Mansfield, Morgan Bui, Sydney Loper, and Kayla Loughman each had impressive freshman seasons and make up a talent sophomore class with a lot of depth in a variety of strokes.
• Camryn Hargraves, who missed last season due to a knee injury, returns with significant potential to be a top competition for the Black Bears this season.
• Newcomers to watch - Aubrey St. Pierre (breakstroke specialist), Lindsay Mathews (distance free, IM), and Rebecca Thompson (specialist in distance free and backstroke)

Men's competitors to watch: