Bent-Ashmeil, Shorter Punch Tickets to NCAAs in 1-Meter

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ATHENS, Ga. — Tennessee Diving’s Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and Lynae Shorter have punched their tickets to the 2026 NCAA Championships, qualifying within the 1-meter to cap off the primary day of the Zone B Diving Championships.
 
In order to qualify within the occasion, each divers needed to end within the prime 11 after 12 dives between prelims and finals. Bent-Ashmeil was certainly one of simply two freshmen to qualify, ending fourth total with a mixed rating of 625.45. Shorter completed shut behind in sixth place with a rating of 572.85, securing her second journey to the NCAA Championships after making it her freshman marketing campaign in 2024.
 
Bent-Ashmeil put up a constant efficiency in each prelims and finals. The London, England native completed the prelims with a rating of 312.70 and adopted it up with a rating of 312.75 within the finals. Shorter improved on her rating from prelims to finals, placing up a rating of 290.35 to lock-in her spot at NCAAs after scoring 282.50 in prelims.
 
Freshman Emma Rhines additionally moved on to finals within the ladies’s 1-meter however got here up simply wanting qualifying for NCAAs with a 14th place end.
 
With Bent-Ashmeil and Shorter qualifying for NCAAs within the 1-meter, each will now solely want to complete within the prime 12 to earn their spot within the 3-meter. Rhines may have two extra alternatives to earn her journey to NCAAs, competing within the 3-meter and platform over the subsequent two days.
 
Monday, March 9
11:15 a.m. ET – Women’s 3-meter Prelims
1:40 p.m. ET – Women’s 3-meter Finals
3:40 p.m. ET – Men’s 1-meter Prelims
6 p.m. ET – Men’s 1-meter Finals
 
Tuesday, March 10
11:15 a.m. ET – Women’s Platform Prelims
1:40 p.m. ET – Women’s Platform Finals
2:40 p.m. ET – Men’s 3-meter Finals
5 p.m. ET – Men’s 3-meter Finals
 
Wednesday, March 11
11:15 a.m. ET – Men’s Platform Prelims
1 p.m. ET – Men’s Platform Finals
 


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