Razorbacks End Day One at Zone Diving, Two Punch NCAA Tickets

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two Arkansas divers punched their ticket to Atlanta on Monday because the Hogs kicked off the primary day of the Zone Diving Championships in College Station, Texas.

Arkansas can be competing in Zone D alongside 20 different packages together with Houston, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, LSU, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Texas, Northern Iowa, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, UN-Omaha, UT-Rio Grande Valley, UW-Milwaukee and Wisconsin.

Competition commenced Monday afternoon with 1-meter diving preliminaries, and finals following instantly after. The Razorbacks had seven whole divers compete within the occasion (Bryze Sanchez, Kanah Pumphrey, Lauren French, Lotti Hubert, Maizie Sanchez, Majo Sanchez, and Malea Martinez).

The Hogs competed effectively in preliminaries, having 5 high 25 finishers and three high 18 (finals qualifiers) in Lotti Hubert, Majo Sanchez, and Malea Martinez. Martinez would place 15^th with a rating of 268.90, Sanchez in 5^th with a 291.25, and Hubert in 3^rd with a 298.05.

Lotti and Majo continued constructing off their medal-worthy performances at SECs, and each certified for NCAA Championships within the 1-meter finals. Sanchez would end 9^th general with a rating of 577.55, and Hubert in 5^th scoring a 589.10. Martinez would simply miss the minimize coming in 14^th with a complete rating of 551.15.

“Today was a great day qualifying two Razorbacks to the NCAA Championships,” head diving coach Abel Sanchez mentioned. “Majo and Lotti did a fantastic job and competed steadily. The competition was fierce. Malea also made finals and missed punching her ticket to the dance by 3 points. Bryze and Lauren missed finals merely points. Today was a good showing for us which should help with confidence leading to tomorrow’s 3m competition.”

The Razorbacks compete tomorrow on 3-meter diving, with preliminary motion beginning at midday. For these following at dwelling, motion could be streamed on ESPN+.

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