IU Diving Finishes Strong at Zone Championships

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Indiana men’s and women’s diving capped its run at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships with five qualifiers in the Platform dive on Wednesday (March 9) inside Donald B. Canham Natatorium.

 

Over three days six Indiana divers, three men and three women, combined for 17 bids to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships later this month in Atlanta.

 

“It was a great week for the Hoosiers, qualifying six to nationals,” IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “Qualifying three on the men’s side and three on the women’s side is a great showing, and all of them placing in the upper third of the field bodes well for success at the NCAA meets coming up.”

 

“Our senior girls, Taylor Carter and Kayla Luarde, had great performances to end to their careers as captains of the team, although they just fell short of qualifying. This great team culture that we have and all the team spirit we felt at the pool this week was because of their leadership and what they’ve done during their time at IU.”

 

MEN’S PLATFORM
Freshman Carson Tyler set the tone with four dives scoring north of 70 points during the preliminary session. He followed with three straight dives scoring at least 70 points to kick off the final on his way to a second-place finish securely in qualifying territory.

 

Fellow freshman Quinn Henninger (763.20) and senior Andrew Capobianco (753.70) placed fifth and sixth, respectively, well above the 11th place finish needed to qualify for the national meet.

 

WOMEN’S PLATFORM
Reigning NCAA Platform Champion and sophomore Tarrin Gilliland lived up to her billing Wednesday, finishing atop the leaderboard with a score of 632.25, over 40 points better than the runner-up. She capped the day with her highest-scoring dive, an inward 3 ½ somersault tuck from 10 meters that yielded 81.60 points.

 

Senior Kristen Hayden finished just above the cutline in eighth, scoring 507 points. Hayden made up ground with her final five dives, moving up from her 13th place position following preliminary dives.

NCAA ZONE C CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
MEN’S 1-METER
2. Carson Tyler – 823.30 (Automatic Qualifier)

  1. Quinn Henninger – 763.20 (Automatic Qualifier)
  2. Andrew Capobianco – 753.70 (Automatic Qualifier)

 

WOMEN’S 3-METER
1. Tarrin Gilliland – 632.25 (Automatic Qualifier)

  1. Kristen Hayden – 507.00 (Automatic Qualifier)
  2. Taylor Carter – 419.35
  3. Megan Carter – 410.15
  4. Margaret Rogers – 181.65

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