Kivanc Gur Punches His Ticket to the NCAA Championship

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Kivanc Gur Punches His Ticket to the NCAA Championship

March 08, 2021 | Swimming & Diving

Gur qualifies on the platform for the Cardinals.

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville diver Kivanc Gur punched his ticket to the NCAA Championship with his performance in the finals of platform diving on the second day of the 2021 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships Monday afternoon, hosted at the Lancaster Aquatic Center in Lexington.

"I am very proud of Kivanc's effort today," said Ryan Rougeux, UofL dive coach. "He built upon a successful platform meet from ACCs and managed to stay consistent amongst a stacked field of talent. It is nice to see Kivanc so dialed in and perform consistently at a high level. I am excited to head back to Greensboro to finish the season on a high note."

Kivanc Gur placed sixth in prelims of the platform with a score of 354.90 and then went on to board a total of 692.40 for eighth and make the field.

Gur is the first male diver to qualify since Sean Piner advanced out of Zones in 2016 to go to the NCAA Championships in Atlanta.

Adam Sneden was 14^th overall with a 267.75 in prelilms to advance to the finals and then scored a mark of 541.15 for a final placement of 14^th. Logan Smith advanced to the finals after prelims with a 254.05 and then had a final score of 516.60 for 16^th overall.

In women's 3M, Kayla Smith finished 21^st with a score of 234.05.

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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