Diving Heads To Athens For NCAA Zone B Championships

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina divers will head to Athens, Ga. to compete within the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships. Action will get underway on Sunday, March 8 on the Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium and can proceed to Wednesday March 11. Admission is free for all followers.
 
2026 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships
Dates: Sunday, March 8 – Wednesday, March 11
Site: Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium | Free Admission
Stream: ESPN+
Results: DiveMeets

TEAMS

Alabama, Auburn, Davidson, Duke, East Carolina, FAU, FIU, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Miami (Fla.), NC State, North Carolina, Queens, South Carolina, Tennessee, UNC Wilmington

UNC DIVERS

Sofia Knight

 

Chris Booler

Conrad Eck

Carter Loftin

Ciro Mejia

Rodolfo Vázquez Montaño

SCHEDULE

All instances Eastern

ESPN+ streams linked

Sunday, March 8

12:15 p.m. – Women’s 1-meter Prelims

2:55 p.m.  – Women’s 1-meter Finals (top 11 qualify)

Monday, March 9

11:15 a.m. – Women’s 3-meter Prelims

1:40 p.m. – Women’s 3-meter Finals (top 9 qualify)

3:40 p.m. – Men’s 1-meter Prelims

6 p.m. – Men’s 1-meter Finals (top 8 qualify)

Tuesday, March 10

11:15 a.m. – Women’s Platform Prelims

12:40 p.m. – Women’s Platform Finals (top 7 qualify)

2:40 p.m. – Men’s 3-meter Prelims

5 p.m. – Women’s 3-meter Finals (top 6 qualify)

Wednesday, March 11

11:15 a.m. – Men’s Platform Prelims

1 p.m. – Men’s Platform Finals (top 7 qualify)

 

FORMAT

During the competitors, the highest 18 finishers within the preliminary spherical will advance to the finals. In the lads’s competitors, eight will qualify on 1-meter, six on 3-meter, and 7 on platform, whereas within the ladies’s occasions, 11 will attain NCAAs on 1-meter, 9 will qualify on 3-meter and 7 on platform. Additionally, if a diver robotically qualifies in a single occasion, they will add extra occasions to their NCAA program with top-12 finishes.

Men’s 1-meter: 8

Men’s 3-meter: 6

Men’s Platform: 7

Women’s 1-meter: 11

Women’s 3-meter: 9

Women’s Platform: 7

 

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