Icard Finishes fortieth on 1-Meter on Day 1 at Zone Championships

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Liberty sophomore Shannon Icard positioned 40^th on one-meter springboard, on day two of the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, Monday at LeJeune Hall

Icard, junior Kayla Walsh and Mercy Goodnight are competing to earn a spot within the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, which will probably be held in Atlanta, Ga., March 18-21. Icard, Walsh and Goodnight will all compete on three-meter tomorrow, whereas Icard will contest platform diving on Wednesday.

 

Liberty’s Performer

• Jr. Shannon Icard – One-meter diving (6) – 227.55 (40^th place total)

Notable

• During this week’s three-day meet, the highest 18 from prelims every day qualify for night finals. The prime six mixed scores from prelims and finals in one-meter diving certified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
• This yr, it took 255.65 factors to qualify for the Zone A Diving remaining on one-meter springboard. Charlotte Martinkus of Princeton posted the highest qualifying rating of 291.85.
• Icard competed in prelim B, scoring 227.55 to position 40^th out of 86 individuals.
• Today’s divers represented faculties from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Historically Speaking

• This is the eighth straight NCAA postseason look for Liberty’s divers. The Lady Flames are trying to ship the primary Liberty diver to compete within the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
• This is the third time that Liberty has competed in NCAA Zone Diving Championships at Navy’s LeJeune Hall. The Lady Flames’ first Zone Championship expertise got here in 2019 at LeJeune Hall, which additionally hosted the championships in 2022 and now this yr.

Up Next
Icard, Walsh and Goodnight will compete on three-meter tomorrow. The preliminary rounds for three-meter diving start at 10:15 a.m. with prelim A, that includes Kayla Walsh. Goodnight and Icard each compete in prelim B at 2:45 p.m. The prime 18 scores advancing to finals at 5:15 p.m.