Hurricanes Set for NCAA Zone B Diving Championships
March 9, 2006
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The top 13 men and top nine women will advance to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The women’s championship will be hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens March 16-18. Georgia Tech will be the host of the men’s meet, March 23-25 in Atlanta.
To have qualified for the zone diving meet a diver must have achieved the NCAA qualifying standards for minimum point totals in bona fide competition in at least one event. The NCAA has five different zones, A-E.
Senior Melanie Rinaldi, juniors Heather Bounds and Derek Starks, sophomore Jenna Dreyer and freshman Tess Waresmith will be representing Miami. 22 schools in total will be competing at the Zone-B Championship.
Rinaldi is coming off a strong performance at the ACC Championships where she was named the meet’s Most Valuable Diver after winning the 1-meter and coming in second on the 3-meter.
Starks was also tabbed the ACC Championship’s Most Valuable Diver after winning the 1-meter and 10-meter platform and coming in second on the 3-meter board.
Bounds took gold on the 10-meter platform at the ACC Championships while Dreyer came in third on both the 1 and 3-meter boards. Waresmith turned in zone qualifying marks on the 1 and 3-meter in her first season of collegiate competition.
Stay tuned to hurricanesports.com for up-to-date Miami Diving news, results and recaps.
NCAA Zone B Championship Schedule
Friday, March 10
12:00-4:00 PM Men 1-Meter; Women 3-Meter
Saturday, March 11
12:00-4:00 PM Women 1-Meter; Men 3-Meter
Sunday, March 12
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Women 10-Meter Platform
1:00-3:00 PM Men 10-Meter Platform
