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ATLANTA, Ga. –Kansas junior Shiyun Lai punched her ticket to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center by scoring a duo of silver medals on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards on the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. This will mark Lai’s third consecutive qualification for the NCAA Championships.
“We are so thrilled Shiyun will represent our program this week at the NCAA Championship,” stated head coach Clark Campbell. “Her and Coach Allen have pointed to this moment all year. She’s ready to go.”
Lai posted scores of 647.15 and 706.80 on the 1-meter and 3-meter dive, respectively at zones. Additionally, Lai is a 3-time Big 12 Diver of the Week this season, has landed first in diving occasions eleven instances, and set a brand new college document within the platform diving occasion on the 2026 Big 12 Championship.
At final 12 months’s NCAA Championships, Lai obtained All-America honors after putting sixth and seventh on the 3-meter and 1-meter dives, respectively.
The 1-meter diving occasion can be held on Thursday, Mar. 19, with preliminaries starting at 12:15 a.m. CT and finals to observe at 6:25 p.m. CT. The following day, the 3-meter dive will observe the identical instances on Friday, Mar. 20. Lai will compete in each occasions.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships can be broadcasted stay on ESPN+.
ORDER OF EVENTS
Wednesday, Mar. 18
(finals at 6 p.m.)
1650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Medley Relay
800-yard Freestyle Relay
Thursday, Mar. 19
(prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.)
100-yard Butterfly
400-yard IM
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breastroke
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1-meter Diving
Friday, Mar. 20
(prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.)
100-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breastroke
500-yard Freestyle
50-yard Freestyle
400-yard Medley Relay
3-meter Diving
Saturday, Mar. 21
(prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.)
200-yard IM
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Butterfly
200-yard Backstroke
400-yard Freestyle Relay
Platform Diving
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