Lopez heads to NCAA Zone C Qualifiers for the second consecutive season

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State diver Jecza Lopez is heading again to the NCAA Zone C Qualifiers this week because the junior heads to Ypsilanti, Mich. and the Michael H. Jones Natatorium for the three-day occasion hosted by Eastern Michigan over March September 11.
 
Lopez heads again to the Zones for the second consecutive season after qualifying in each the 1M and 3M Springboard occasions. She turns into simply the primary Indiana State diver to qualify in each boards in back-to-back occasions.
 
Lopez will tackle the sphere within the 1M Springboard occasion on Monday, earlier than competing within the 3M Springboard on Tuesday. Preliminary rounds will happen within the morning with finals coming following a brief break. Live Results could be discovered on DiveMeets.com.
 
The Guadalajara, Mexico native received her second consecutive 1M Springboard title on the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships and was the runner-up within the 3M Springboard A-Finals to spotlight the beginning of her postseason run. She posted a 285.40 within the 1M Finals to win the occasion by almost 25 factors, whereas her 3M efficiency got here right down to the final dive after scoring a 279.70 within the convention meet.
 
Last season in Columbus, Ohio, Lopez turned the primary Sycamore in program historical past to advance to an NCAA Zone C Qualifier Finals after inserting contained in the Top 18 within the 1M Springboard preliminaries. Lopez posted a 12-dive rating of 496.90, hitting eight dives that scored not less than 40 factors on the day to position seventeenth total within the subject.
 
Lopez added a Twenty seventh-pace consequence within the 3M Springboard preliminaries with a rating of 257.30, averaging 42.88 factors per try. She eclipsed the 40-point mark on 5 of her six makes an attempt.
 
To turn into NCAA Zone certified for the one-meter occasion, a diver should obtain a rating above 300 factors for males and 265 factors for girls. For the three-meter occasion a diver should obtain a rating above 320 factors for males and 280 factors for girls. For the platform occasion a diver should obtain a rating of 300 factors for the boys.
 
The NCAA Diving Zone Championships will present one ultimate alternative for divers to safe their spots within the NCAA National Championships.
 
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