Greensboro N.C. - Penn State men's and women's diving concluded day two of NCAA Zone A Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.
Top Dives
Junior Sierra Shurts led the women, qualifying for the 3-meter finals with a preliminary score of 272.35. She finished the day eighth overall with a final score of 539.55. During the 1-meter competition yesterday, she placed eighth out of 31 divers in prelims with a score of 252 and ranked 12th overall in finals, totaling 490 points.
Sophomore Wei Wei also competed in the 3-meter preliminary event, scoring 218.60. Yesterday, she finished the 1-meter with 473.5 points overall.
Although sophomore Kevin Sullivan and senior Bryce Hoch did not dive in the men's platform today, they'll be back in action on the boards tomorrow for the 1-meter competition.
Sullivan qualified for the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships yesterday for his 3-meter performance. He scored 252.5 at prelims, and his finals score totaled 576.45, qualifying him for NCAA's.
Hoch also competed in the 3-meter finals, totaling 535.95 points overall.
The divers get six dives to impress in the 1-meter and 3-meter, and the top 18 divers in each event will move onto finals when they will perform six more dives. Scores from prelims are carried over into the finals. The platform event features the men taking 12 dives in two sets of six and the women doing two lists of five for ten total dives.
Live results can be found at divemeets.com, and the links become active at the start of the event.
Next Up
The divers are vying to join qualified Penn State swimmers to compete at the NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro, N.C., from Mar. 17 to Mar. 20 and the NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships in the same location from Mar. 24 to Mar. 27.
They'll each have their last chance to do so during the final events tomorrow afternoon. The men will compete in the 1-meter, and the women will take on the Tower dives.
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