Cards Send Two Divers to Finals in First Day of Zone C NCAA Qualifying Meet

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Cards Send Two Divers to Finals in First Day of Zone C NCAA Qualifying Meet

March 07, 2021 | Swimming & Diving

Pinto and Sneden advanced to the 3M Finals

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville sent two divers to the finals on the first day of the 2021 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships Sunday afternoon, hosted at the Lancaster Aquatic Center in Lexington.

Daniel Pinto and Adam Sneden made the finals of the men's 3M diving after Pinto posted a 373.90 and Sneden scored 298.95 to advance. Pinto finished nine overall with a 725.90 and Sneden was 16^th, posting a mark of 611.40.

For the women, Kayla Wilson competed in the 1M board, placing 22^nd in prelims with a 234.95.

The United States is sectioned into five zones. Louisville dives in Zone C, which includes Division I programs from Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Divers competing this week had to meet preset standards at a meet throughout the season in order to qualify for the zone championships. A diver could have met a standard on one, two or all three disciplines – 1-meter springboard, 3-meter springboard and/or platform.

The top-18 finalists from the preliminary round will advance to the final round. At the conclusion of the final round per discipline, tabulators will compile scores from the preliminary round and the final round to determine the divers that will earn bids to the 2021 NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Those automatic qualifying spots are as follows:

Zone C: Automatic Qualifying Spots
1-Meter – Women: 7; Men: 7
3-Meter – Women: 6; Men: 7
Platform – Women: 10; Men: 10

If a diver auto qualifies for the NCAA Championships in one or more events at the Zone C Championships, he or she will be allowed to optionally enter any other event(s) at the national meet, provided that the diver finished in the top 12 in the additional event at the same zone meet.

The 2021 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships begins March 17-20, while the 2021 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships will compete March 24-27, both at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

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