EVANSVILLE, Ind.-Â The University of Southern Indiana Women’s Diving team traveled to the windy city on Saturday to take on the University of Illinois at Chicago Diving Invitational. The invite was a final tune-up before the Summit League Conference Championships. The University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and UIC made up the competition.
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Three Meter
Freshman Maranda Uttke (Grafton, Wisconsin) has been consistent in her three meter scores all season. On Saturday, she led the Eagles in the event (216.50).
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One Meter
Uttke showed that she is ready for postseason play with a monstrous one meter score (247.40). The score marked a new school record in the event, beating her previous score (220.05). This massive improvement comes at the perfect time as Uttke looks to carry this performance into the Summit League Championships.
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Sophomore Autumn Turley (Hobart, Indiana) also turned in a productive performance with her personal best one meter score of the season (177.10).
Team Relays
The Eagles did not have enough participants for the team women three-meter springboard event. However, they did compete in the mixed team springboard event (2 women and 1 man). USI took first place in this event with Lane Pollock (Boonville, Indiana), Uttke, and Turley.
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What’s Next
USI swim and dive will have two and half weeks to train for postseason play in the Summit League Championships. The entire regular season leads up to the ultra-competitive event in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event runs from February 21-24 at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
