University of Louisville
NCAA Diving Zones
Else Praasterink Punches Her Ticket in Platform Diving at NCAA Zones
March 09, 2021 | Swimming & Diving
Praasterink will head to Greensboro for the NCAA Championships
The University of Louisville diver Else Praasterink punched her ticket to the NCAA Championship with her performance in the finals of platform diving on the final day of the 2021 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships Tuesday afternoon, hosted at the Lancaster Aquatic Center in Lexington.
Praasterink placed fifth in platform with a final score of 519.05 after qualifying fourth with a score of  262.60. She will advance to the NCAAs late this month. Also diving platform were Abigail Erickson who placed 14th with a score of 449.60 and Kayla Wilson, who was 16th with a score of 423.10.
In the men's 1M diving, Daniel Pinto finished 10th with a score of 619.15 and teammate Adam Sneden was 175h with a 529.15. Â
Â
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. Â
Players Mentioned
