EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana Men’s Diving team kicked off the second half of the season hosting the first home meet of the 2023-24 season on Saturday. The meet was a diving event only against the cross-town rival Evansville Purple Aces.
Remarkably, three out the four USI diving records were broken on Saturday. There were no team scores recorded from the contest, but each team battled for records and their own school pride. The matchup featured six of the eight athletes being from the Tri-State Area.
Three-Meter
Back in October, Freshman Nathan Deputy (Evansville, Indiana) fell just short to UE’s Levi McKinney (Boonville, Indiana) in the three-meter event at the UE Tri-Meet. The freshman had his eyes set on winning it this time around. Deputy won round two of the battle, while also demolishing a school record. He broke his own previous record of 246.45, with a score of 271.88 on Saturday.
Sophomore Lane Pollock (Boonville, Indiana) and senior Donnevun Banks (Evansville, Indiana) also made a run at first place. Pollock executed several tricky dives finishing right behind Deputy and McKinney with a score of 256.05. This marks a personal best for the sophomore in the three-meter event. Banks was right behind the bunch with a score of 231.53.
One-Meter
Evansville’s McKinney ended up taking first in the one-meter event with a score of 308.85. However, Banks and Pollock kept it close making strong dives. Pollock was just behind the leader with a score of 251.63. The sophomore continues to progress throughout the season in the one-meter inching closer to his school record of 264.75. Banks recorded his season best one-meter score of 246.98 with a number of outstanding dives on the day.
UP NEXT FOR USI:
Both the swim team will compete next Friday, traveling to conference rival Eastern Illinois University. The meet will kick off at 6 p.m.
