Garcia Places 12th in 1-meter at NCAAs

March 22, 2018

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MINNEAPOLIS ââ'¬" Penn State junior Hector Garcia Boissier (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) placed 12th in the 1-meter springboard on his first day of competition at the NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships Thursday at the University of Minnesota's Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.

Garcia earned honorable mention All-America honors for a third consecutive year with his highest career finish. He advanced to the consolation finals with a preliminary score of 357.60, which was good enough for 11th overall. He then totaled 343.55 points in the consolation finals to place 12th.

Garcia will next compete in the 3-meter springboard starting at 1:15 p.m. ET Friday. Video coverage of the entire meet is available. The preliminaries are being streamed on BTN 2GO, and the finals sessions on Friday and Saturday night will be streamed on WatchESPN.

Friday, Mar. 23
3-meter Diving

Saturday, Mar. 24
Platform Diving