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Tiger Divers Shine at USA Diving Preliminary Championships

Current and incoming members of the Mizzou diving team competed at USA Diving National Preliminary Zone Championships recently, with five earning qualifying spots for Augusts' 2015 AT&T USA Diving Nationals Championships in Orlando, Fla.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Current and incoming members of the Mizzou diving team competed at USA Diving National Preliminary Zone Championships recently, with five earning qualifying spots for Augusts' 2015 AT&T USA Diving Nationals Championships in Orlando, Fla.

Competing at the Zone D Championships last weekend in Iowa City, Iowa, Lauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Mich.) swept the senior women's 1-meter and 3-meter springboards. She notched a five-dive finals tally of 321.65 to take the 3-meter title, while scoring 259.2 in 1-meter finals to take first in that event as well. Reedy used the Zone Championships as a warmup for the World University Games, which begins in Gwangju City, Korea on Friday.

Also advancing out of Zone D were current Tigers Kendra Kieser (Plano, Texas) and Elliot Cecil (Fishers, Ind.) and incoming freshman Payton Conrad (Omaha, Neb.).

Kieser took second in senior women's 3-meter behind Reedy, clocking a score of 278.4 in finals. She also placed seventh on 1-meter with a total of 233.75. Elliot locked his national's spot with a fourth-place finish in senior men's 1-meter after a score of 324.25 in finals. He narrowly missed qualifying on 3-meter after taking seventh with a finals total of 315.8. Additionally, Conrad qualified for Junior Nationals with a 10th-place finish in 16-18 girls 3-meter after a score of 421.2.  

Incoming freshman Kyle Goodwin (Aurora, Colo.) shined at the Zone E Championships earlier in June. Goodwin won the senior men's 3-meter crown with a finals tally of 372.7 and took sixth in senior men's 1-meter with a 279.65 to earn spots at senior nationals. He also swept all three 16-18 boys events with scores of 507.75 on 1-meter, 524.4 on 3-meter and 499.35 on platform to qualify for junior nationals.