Jenna Dreyer Second in 3-meter Consolation Finals at NCAA's
March 20, 2009
College Station, Texas – Jenna Dreyer, a fifth-year senior diver for the University of Miami, concluded her UM career Friday afternoon with a second place finish in the consolation finals of the 3-meter springboard at the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. This year’s event is hosted by Texas A&M University inside the Student Recreation Natatorium.
After collecting her third career All-American award yesterday in the 1-meter event, Dreyer stepped onto the 3-meter board this afternoon for her last 12 dives as a Miami Hurricane. She has battled a nagging back injury throughout the season, and one that kept her away from the pool throughout the 2007-08 season with a medical hardship–earning her a fifth year.
The top eight finishers from the afternoon’s prelims advance to the evening’s finals. Student-athletes who finish among the top eight are named All-American. Those who place anywhere from ninth to 16th place are designated Honorable Mention All-American.
Dreyer, a native of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, finished the preliminary round with a score of 314.05, allowing her to finish in 13th place. Though not advancing to the finals, she did earn a trip to the consolation finals–as did teammate Brittany Viola yesterday in the 1-meter event.
Advancing to the consolation finals, Dreyer stood tied with Kate Hynes (Drexel) after the first three dives, but Hynes then picked up a near-perfect mark to move ahead of her. After she moved to third place behind Kathrine Giarra on the fourth dive, Dreyer performed two of her best dives of the day to collect a final round score of 319.35.
That would allow the three-time All-American to collect her second Honorable Mention All-American mark on the 3-meter springboard throughout her career, finishing in second place for the consolation finals–10th place overall for the event.
Hynes finished as the top performer of the consolation finals with a score of 329.75, while Giarra placed third (313.05).
The diving action concludes tomorrow for the Hurricanes as Brittany Viola looks to repeat as NCAA Champion on the platform.
For more information on the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving National Championships, please locate your internet browser to http://www.aggieathletics.com/ncaawsimstats.html. Once there, you will find live scoring, results and information pertaining to this year’s championships.
