Three Utes Attain Finals in Opening Day of Texas Diving Invitational

AUSTIN, Texas – A trio of Utah divers reached last rounds within the opening day of the Texas Diving Invitational on Thursday contained in the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

Elias Petersen positioned eighth within the males’s 1-meter finals whereas Kathryn Grant and Callie Eaglestone got here in fifth and eleventh, respectively, on the ladies’s 3-meter.

“We had a really strong start to the meet,” head diving coach Richard Marschner stated. “Everybody competed really well and competed within themselves. We had some great performances with several finals.”

Utah was one in every of 4 faculties to have a number of divers within the 3-meter finals after Grant and Eaglestone made it by way of qualifying with scores of 282.00 and 279.60, respectively. Grant scored a 298.25 in finals, transferring up 4 spots from the quarterfinal spherical to complete fifth general, whereas Eaglestone’s 270.40 was adequate for eleventh place.

“Taking fifth in this meet against all this top-20 competition is very impressive,” Marschner added.

After ending eighth within the males’s 1-meter preliminary spherical with a 322.10, Petersen may transfer no larger within the last spherical, inserting eighth once more with a 329.45 checklist rating. He was the lone Utah man to achieve the ultimate spherical. At the 2024 Texas Diving Invitational, Petersen failed to achieve the finals on the 1-meter, inserting 18th in prelims, however positioned sixth on the 3-meter.

“We’re looking forward to tomorrow,” Marschner stated.

Looking Ahead
The Utah divers are again in motion on Friday, Nov. 14, with the second day of the Texas Diving Invitational. Preliminary rounds of the ladies’s 1-meter springboard and males’s 3-meter springboard will start at 12:40 p.m. MT with finals of every occasion getting underway at 5:30 p.m. MT.

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