Quartet of Longhorns qualify on Men’s 1-meter on final day of NCAA Zone D Diving Championships
LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Texas junior Paola Pineda captured the system title to emphasize Saturday’s 3rd and final day of the NCAA Zone D Diving Championship at the Lancaster Aquatic Center. The Longhorns competent 3 women on the system and four adult males on the 1-meter springboard for the impending NCAA Championships.
Above the 3-day NCAA Zone D satisfy, the Texas adult males experienced four divers qualify in 12 events and the UT women experienced four divers qualify in 9 activities. The blended eight NCAA Championship qualifiers in diving are the best quantity from any university in the country.
On the women’s facet, Pineda, sophomore Janie Boyle and sophomore Jordan Skilken just about every put amongst the top rated 9 finishers to secure their spots on system at the NCAA Championships. Pineda gained the level of competition with a score of 680.thirty, when Boyle put second (640.60) and Skilken took fourth (542.forty).
Pineda held a 22-point direct immediately after the preliminary rounds, boosted by her score of 87.45 on her fourth dive of the prelims, a back 3 ½ somersault tuck (207c). She then pulled absent by recording scores of 72.00 on 3 of her 5 dives in the finals. Boyle’s work was highlighted by a score of eighty two.50 on her fourth dive in the finals, a forward 3 ½ somersault pike (107b).
The Texas adult males observed four divers position amongst the top rated 9 finishers on the 1-meter springboard to secure their spots at the NCAA Championships. Senior Jordan Windle, who gained the 3-meter and system activities on Thursday and Friday, concluded second with a overall of 822.eighty factors, trailing LSU’s Juan Hernandez (840.twenty five). Freshman Noah Duperre claimed 3rd (728.10), sophomore Andrew Harness took fourth (678.twenty) and freshman Brendan McCourt concluded eighth (624.70).
The UT women head to the 2021 NCAA Championships on Wednesday, March seventeen by means of Saturday, March twenty in Greensboro, N.C. The Longhorn adult males will contend in the 2021 NCAA Championships on Wednesday, March 24 by means of Saturday, March 27 in Greensboro.
Record of Texas NCAA Championship Qualifiers from NCAA Zone D Diving
Females:
Janie Boyle (system)
Bridget O’Neil (1-meter, 3-meter)
Paola Pineda (1-meter, 3-meter, system)
Jordan Skilken (1-meter, 3-meter, system)
Males:
Noah Duperre (1-meter, 3-meter, system)
Andrew Harness (1-meter, 3-meter, system)
Brendan McCourt (1-meter, 3-meter, system)
Jordan Windle (1-meter, 3-meter, system)
Women’s system final results (Major 9 qualify for NCAA Championships)
|
Area |
Name (School) |
Rating |
|
1. |
Paola Pineda (TEXAS) |
680.thirty |
|
2. |
Janie Boyle (TEXAS) |
640.60 |
|
3. |
Abigail Knapton (Nebraska) |
619.45 |
|
4. |
Jordan Skilken (TEXAS) |
542.forty |
|
5. |
Chase Farris (Houston) |
538.ninety |
|
six. |
Savana Trueb (Missouri) |
534.50 |
|
7. |
Montserrat Lavenant (LSU) |
534.10 |
|
eight. |
Helle Tuxen (LSU) |
525.twenty five |
|
9. |
Sarah Rousseau (Missouri) |
521.50 |
Men’s 1-meter final results (Major 9 qualify for NCAA Championships)
|
Area |
Name (School) |
Rating |
|
1. |
Juan Hernandez (LSU) |
840.twenty five |
|
2. |
Jordan Windle (TEXAS) |
822.eighty |
|
3. |
Noah Duperre (TEXAS) |
728.10 |
|
4. |
Andrew Harness (TEXAS) |
678.twenty |
|
5. |
Tazman Abramowicz (Wisconsin) |
667.70 |
|
six. |
Thomas Stewart (Texas A&M) |
637.60 |
|
7. |
Parker Haridgree (SMU) |
632.ninety |
|
eight. |
Brendan McCourt (TEXAS) |
624.70 |
|
9. |
Peter Smithson (SMU) |
624.05 |
