MAC Shows Strong Effort at Diving Invites

Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Ball State Shows Strong Effort at Miami Invite 

OXFORD, Ohio. – The Ball State males’s and ladies’s diving groups ended their common seasons on day two of the Miami (OH) Invitational, exhibiting robust performances contained in the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center.

On the ladies’s aspect, Ella Penny positioned fifteenth on 1M (206.60), adopted by Hannah Justice in 18th (198.40) and Ava Pavich in twentieth (166.60). Pavich additionally completed seventeenth on the 3M, scoring 161.25.

The applications now enter preparations for the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 25-28). The ladies journey to Akron, Ohio, for competitors on the Ocasek Natatorium.

1M Diving 

fifteenth – Ella Penny – 206.60

18th – Hannah Justice – 198.40

twentieth – Ava Pavich – 166.00

3-Meter Diving 

seventeenth – Ava Pavich – 161.25

UMass Divers Compete at Rutgers Platform Invitational

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Five members of the University of Massachusetts diving staff accomplished competitors on the Rutgers Platform Invitational on the Rutgers Aquatics Center on Saturday morning.

Freshman Carson Harrington positioned second with a complete of 357.55 for the Minutemen, as sophomore Khrystyna Yaremyn completed fifth with a rating of 234.25 for the Minutewomen. Both Harrington and Yaremyn earned qualifying scores for the platform dive for the upcoming NCAA Zones.

Massachusetts swimming and diving will put together for its respective convention championships. The Minutewomen journey to Akron, Ohio, for the Mid-American Conference Championships on Wednesday, February 25, by means of Saturday, February 28. 

Ohio Diving Competes at Miami  

OXFORD, Ohio – The Bobcats’ Diving staff traveled to Miami (OH) (Feb. 6-7) for one final meet earlier than the MAC Swimming and Diving Championships. Individually, junior Astrid Pichardo (Guanajuato, Mexico) completed in second place within the 1-meter dive and fourth place within the 3-meter dive, main the Bobcats’ diving efforts. 

On Friday (Feb. 6), freshman Alyssa Kiszczak (Thousand Oaks, Ca) was the one Bobcat to take part within the platform dive. Kiszczak completed in sixth place with a rating of 172.05.

Saturday morning began with the 3-meter dive, the place Pichardo was the best ending Bobcat in fourth place with a rating of 260.85. Senior Stephanie Balthaser (Delaware, Ohio) completed in eighth place with a rating of 231.30. Kiszczak completed in 10^th place with a rating of 223.10, and freshman Bella Basford (Cincinnati, Ohio) completed in 12^th place with a rating of 215.85.

In the 1-meter dive, Pichardo completed in second place with a rating of 262.40. Basford completed in sixth place with a rating of 240.75, Balthaser completed in 11^th place with a rating of 233.95, and Kiszczak completed in 19^th place with a rating of 197.85.

The Bobcats return to the pool Feb. 25-28 for the MAC Swimming and Diving Championships, hosted by Akron.