Ithaca Divers Shine Placing Up Regional Qualifying Scores at Geneca Invite

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Ithaca College males’s and girls’s diving groups turned in a robust all‑round efficiency on the Geneca Invitational on Saturday, highlighted by a victory from Madison Morris and a number of prime‑5 finishes towards a aggressive regional subject.
 
Morris led the Bombers on the ladies’s aspect, capturing first place on the 1‑meter board with a successful rating of 490.60. She adopted that effort with a second‑place end on the three‑meter (485.65), pacing Ithaca throughout each occasions.
 
The Bombers showcased their depth on the 1‑meter board, inserting six divers within the prime 9. Eliza Salus completed fourth (450.85), Anastasia Albornoz positioned sixth (440.45), Emily Provost took seventh (435.60), Maya Hathorn completed eighth (426.85), and Lillian Schick rounded out the group in ninth (422.70).
 
Ithaca continued its robust exhibiting on the three‑meter board with 5 prime‑eight finishes. Grace O’Malley positioned fourth with a rating of 452.05, adopted by Hathorn in sixth (446.35), Eve Weatherhead in seventh (421.05), and Salus in eighth (418.10)
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On the lads’s aspect, Kian Long led the Bombers with constant performances on each boards. Long completed third on the three‑meter with a rating of 488.40 and added a fourth‑place end on the 1‑meter (434.65).
 
Also competing for Ithaca, Andrew Cheely positioned eighth on each the three‑meter (332.35) and 1‑meter (319.70), whereas Ignacio Fernandez-Manzano completed tenth in every occasion, scoring 286.30 on the three‑meter and 297.40 on the 1‑meter.
 

Ithaca hosts the Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships from February 18-21 contained in the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium.