Cats Surge on Day Three Behind Diving Sweep and Document-Breaking Swims

GREENSBORO, NC – Arizona Swim & Dive delivered considered one of their strongest performances of the week on Friday on the Big 12 Championships. With a one-two end on the lads’s platform occasion, two new program data, and an excellent girls’s 200 free relay, there’s solely a lot extra you may ask for in at some point.
 
The evening belonged to the lads’s diving squad. Gage DuBois captured his first particular person Big 12 Championship title on this occasion tonight, and Luke Hernandez was an in depth second to finish the one-two sweep.
 
“What an incredible night for Gage,” mentioned head dive coach Dwight Dumais. “After so many close calls in his pursuit of an individual Conference title, to finally capture one — in the final event of his Conference Championship career — makes the moment even more special. He has put in the work year after year and deserves this moment.”
 
Dumais additionally praised Hernandez’s efficiency over the past 4 days.
 
“What a breakout performance from Luke Hernandez at his first Big 12 Championships. One gold, two silvers, and a bronze across four events — an outstanding debut. He has all the tools to become a cornerstone of this program for years to come.”
 
Head coach Ben Loorz additionally emphasised the impression the dive staff had in relation to staff standings.
 
“Going 1-2 on platform is a big deal for our men,” Loorz mentioned. “Not only did it distance us from Utah in the team race, it really established the full dominance of our male divers in the Big 12.”
 
Arizona males’s diving is in an amazing place heading into NCAA Zones subsequent week.
 
The Wildcats additionally noticed large momentum on the swimming facet. The girls’s 200 free relay delivered one other assertion efficiency, proving to be essentially the most dependable occasion group this season.
 
“It’s consistently been our best event the past year, and today was no different,” Loorz mentioned. “They led from the jump and just walked away with it.”
 
Two Arizona program data highlited the lads’s facet of the meet. Duncan Henderson crushed the 100 again document this morning in prelims, proving to be an asset for the staff as only a freshman.
 
Haakon Naughton lastly captured the 200 fly program document he had been chasing for 4 years. “He left no doubt tonight,” Loorz mentioned. “He just obliterated it. That was a fun one.”
 
With at some point left, Arizona sits in an amazing place in staff standings. “While the team race looks pretty stable, we’ve got a few more opportunities to add to the NCAA roster,” Loorz mentioned. “That’s the goal.”
 
The Wildcats return to motion tomorrow for the ultimate day of competitors. The preliminary spherical is scheduled to begin at 8:00 AM MST, and the finals at 4:00 PM MST. Live broadcasting shall be obtainable on ESPN+.