Gracie Hurley headlines NC State swimming and diving’s journey to NCAA Zone B Diving Championships – Technician

There is nothing like ending a season on a excessive be aware.

Junior Gracie Hurley, who joined NC State swimming and diving after two years at Alabama, actually ended her season on a excessive be aware. After competing within the 3-meter dive final yr with the Crimson Tide, she competed within the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform occasions for the Wolfpack this yr. In the platform, she certified to the ultimate the place she added 223.20 to her preliminary rating and positioned 14th with 452.40.

Hurley simply missed the lower required to signify NC State within the Swimming & Diving Championships later this month, however nonetheless went nearly all the way in which to the highest in her first yr with this system.

Joining her within the 1-meter occasion was freshman Keann Guthrie, making her debut within the Zone B Championships. Both fell wanting the finals lower with weak preliminary spherical scores. Hurley positioned thirty fourth with 219.80 whereas Guthrie took forty first with 200.25. It’s not fairly the identical ceiling both athlete reached throughout the common season, with each having a season-best rating above 280.00.

In the 3-meter occasion, Hurley competed as soon as once more, this time being joined by freshman Riley McGrath. McGrath hit 307.43 within the common season, however solely managed 206.30 in her Zone B Championships debut. That rating was ok for Thirty third-place, whereas Hurley’s 242.90 put her in Twenty sixth-place.

All three of Hurley, McGrath and Guthrie competed within the platform occasion, however Guthrie and McGrath fell wanting the finals lower. Ending in twentieth and twenty first place, respectively, Guthrie scored 199.70 and McGrath scored 199.35. Hurley’s final-qualifying rating was 229.20 for Thirteenth-place.

With no divers qualifying for the NCAA Swimming & Diving championships, the Wolfpack’s contingent will characteristic 9 certified swimmers from each every of the lads’s and ladies’s groups, in addition to extra swimmers for relay occasions.

The NCAA Swimming & Diving championships will likely be held at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Women’s occasions run from March 18-21 and males’s occasions run from March 25-28.