Drury's swimming and diving Panthers will host their first competition of the season at home on Friday and Saturday when they entertain several fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference members for the Drury Invite at the Breech Pool.

Coach Brian Reynolds' squads will swim against the men's and women's squads from William Jewell and Missouri-St. Louis the men from Missouri S&T and the women's team from Maryville in competition starting at 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday with a meet split into three segments.

Diving competition will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday.

Drury is the two-time defending GLVC champion on both the men's and women's sides and finished as national runner-up at the NCAA-II meet last March in Indianapolis.