CHICAGO, Ill. – University of Evansville junior diver Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) set a new personal-best score on the three-meter boards on Saturday, and freshman Levi McKinney (Boonville, Ind./Boonville) posted a season-best mark in the one-meter competition, as the UE diving squad competed in its final tune-up before the conference championship season by participating in the UIC Diving Invitational in Chicago, Illinois.
Rollett recorded a personal-best score of 260.40 in the three-meter competition to place sixth out of 24 competitors on the women’s side. That score eclipsed her previous three-meter high-score of 248.35, which she set in winning the title at the A3 Performance Invitational back in November.
McKinney, meanwhile, set his season-best mark in the men’s one-meter competition with a score of 254.55 to place eighth out of 14 competitors. It topped his previous season-best score of 254.03 set in a diving dual meet against Southern Indiana back in October.
“Today was a good final tune-up before the conference meet season, as the competition level was very high, and that is the level of competition that we’ll see at conference,” said UE assistant coach for diving Dustin Bredemeier. “For both Madison and Levi to go out and post their best marks of the year today on the different boards is a good sign heading into the conference championships.”
Rollett also posted a sixth-place finish in the one-meter competition with a score of 245.90, the fourth-best one-meter score of her UE career. McKinney, meanwhile, posted a score of 229.90 in the men’s three-meter competition.
The UE divers will now prepare for the conference championship season upcoming. The women’s Missouri Valley Conference Swimming & Diving Championships will take place in Iowa City, Iowa from February 15-18. Meanwhile, the men’s Mid-American Conference Championships will take place in Oxford, Ohio from March 1-4.
