Duo of Divers Journey to College Station for NCAA Zone Diving Championship

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – Junior Shiyun Lai and senior Lize Lukas van Leeuwen are set to compete within the NCAA Zone Diving Championship on the Student Recreational Natatorium in College Station, Texas. 

“We have a lot of good competitors here and the facility is very nice,” says 5-year head diving coach Allen Feng. “It will be an exciting meet and the divers are ready. We will have a good time here.”

The ladies’s 1-meter dive preliminary will start Monday, Mar. 9 at 12 p.m. CT with the finals starting at 3:15 p.m. in a while within the day. The 3-meter dive prelim begins at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 10 together with finals concluding at 3 p.m. CT. Lai and van Leeuwen will take part in each occasions. 

After competing each NCAA Zone Diving occasion of their 4-year Kansas profession, van Leeuwen is coming off a fourth-place end on the platform dive and a fifth-place end on the 3-meter dive on the Big 12 Championship.

Lai efficiently set a brand new college document on within the platform diving occasion at Big 12’s, scoring 260.55 factors. The 3-time Big 12 Diver of the Week additionally earned a gold medal on the 1-meter dive and silver on the 3-meter dive. 

At final season’s NCAA Zone’s, Lai certified for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, securing a second-place end on the 3-meter and fourth on the 1-meter. 

HOW TO FOLLOW

Fans can observe together with reside outcomes from the meet here.